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Jose Maria Olazabal insists he has not been invited to captain Europe's Ryder Cup team at Celtic Manor in 2010.

Reports suggested the Spaniard has been offered the job and Thomas Bjorn, chairman of Europe's players' committee, did speak to him two weeks ago.

But after missing the halfway cut at Augusta by four shots following a second-round 75, the two-time Masters champion said: "The job was not offered.

"We just had a little chat - nothing serious. The job was not on the line. That information (the offer of the captaincy) is not completely accurate."

Health

Olazabal has just returned from seven months out fighting rheumatism in his joints and the speculation was that his health might lead to him taking on the role next time rather than later in his career.

On that, though, he stated: "I'm 42 and if I didn't think I can play in two years' time I should not be here.

"If I get healthy I still think I can play some golf. There is no rush. We have a lot of time ahead."

Sandy Lyle has already thrown his hat into ythe ring for the captaincy in two years' time.

Olazabal was named by Nick Faldo last May as an assistant for September's match in Kentucky, although he said his priority was to try to play his way onto the team. Then came his long lay-off, though.

Colin Montgomerie is regarded as a certainty for the position when the match goes to Gleneagles in Scotland in 2014.