Colsaerts kept his card in 2010 when he finished 67th on the money list. Then in 2011 he hit the big time when he won the Volvo China Open. This year he got into the Ryder Cup frame with victory in the Volvo World Match Play Championship.
"To be honest I didn't make much money until last year," he says. "It's funny how everybody has this idea of me being really wealthy but I'm only starting to make some cash in the last year. Ten years on tour without making any is pretty difficult."
With his fiscal problems behind him, Colsaerts, who is arguably the longest driver in elite professional golf, can't wait for the Ryder Cup to get started. He loves match play.
"I give myself a lot of chances and when you are put under the gun in a match play format and forced to do stuff, sometimes the target gets smaller. Your focus becomes more intense and that's why I like it," he says.
NUMBERS GAME
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Out of the last seven Ryder Cups, this many have been won by the host team. Home advantage counts for a lot but it wasn't the case for the United States in 2004. That year, Europe thrashed the Americans by nine points at Oakland Hills for their biggest ever victory.
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The length, in yards, of the reconfigured 15th hole, a par-four, at Medinah Country Club. The 15th, which features water in front of the green, was redesigned by Rees Jones who hopes to lure players into reaching for their drivers and going for the putting surface in one blow.
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This was Nicolas Colsaert's world ranking just four years ago. The Belgian, who will make his Ryder Cup debut this month, rededicated himself to the game after suffering what he calls "a mid-life crisis at the age of 25."The long-hitting Colsaerts won the Volvo World Match Play Championship earlier this year.
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