Ryder Cup spot another chapter in Colsaerts' fairytale

Ranked outside the top 1,000 when the Ryder Cup was last contested in the US in 2008, Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts never gave up and was rewarded on Monday with a captain's pick for the biennial team event.

The 29-year-old will become the first Belgian to play for Europe at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois from Sept 28-30.

"I'm living proof that if you want something badly it's only a matter of time if you put the work in and have the passion. It's a bit of a fairy story," said Colsaerts as he sat with team captain Jose Maria Olazabal at a news conference at Gleneagles, Scotland.