By STEVE DOUGLAS, AP Sports Writer •
Modified: October 2, 2012 at 12:11 am • Published: October 2, 2012
LONDON — Not even the family of Seve Ballesteros could have imagined a Ryder Cup finish quite like this.
It was after midnight in Spain when a European team inspired by the “spirit of Seve” and captained by his close friend Jose Maria Olazabal completed its improbable comeback victory over the United States in Medinah, Ill.
“What happened yesterday went beyond sports,” Ivan Ballesteros, Seve's nephew and vice president of the Madrid-based Seve Ballesteros foundation, told The Associated Press on Monday.