Just a month after failing to win a point at the Ryder Cup - and being left on the sidelines for three of the five sessions - Hanson revealed that any hard feelings are a thing of the past.
In Chicago Hanson was angry to be left out all day Saturday and he said the following week that he might not be sending captain Olazabal "that many Christmas cards".
But the pair chatted last week and are back on good terms. "I was a bit disappointed," Hanson said, "but there's no feeling of revenge or wanting to show everyone now. It's a team effort and we ended up winning it."
McIlroy is staying in China, but only for a one-day head-to-head against Tiger Woods - joint fourth in Malaysia on Sunday after a closing 63.
The rest of the week is being spent with his tennis star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki in Bulgaria - she is playing a tournament there - but he returns to Asia for the Singapore Open and his defence of the Hong Kong Open.
Those events will give the 23-year-old the opportunity to clinch the money list double before the race-ending World Tour Championship in Dubai on November 22-25.
