After an eighth Ryder Cup loss in 10 meetings, the American media were divided over what was behind their latest defeat and split over whether Phil Mickelson was right to publicly question the leadership of captain Tom Watson.

Europe will win a fourth straight Ryder Cup at Valhalla – but by nothing like the nine-point winning margins experienced in the last two contests.

DEBACLE, embarrassment and humiliation is not how Fáilte Ireland would have envisaged the reviews of the first Ryder Cup on Irish soil, but thankfully for them the American media was only referring to the efforts of its own team.