The hottest stretch of Alex Noren's career has come a few weeks too late.
If only two of his three European Tour wins since early July hadn't arrived after the qualification period for the Ryder Cup ended and Darren Clarke had selected his captain's picks.
''I wasn't on their minds,'' Noren says.
Too bad for Clarke. With Noren on the team, the Europeans might not have been humbled at Hazeltine.
The 34-year-old Swede is easily playing the best golf of his life - and, as a consequence, earning more money than he could ever have imagined.