Team USA on fire as European monopoly ends

Europe’s stranglehold on the Ryder Cup ended last night as Rory McIlroy lost an epic duel with Patrick Reed and the tail in Darren Clarke’s singles running order failed to wag as the USA ran out convincing 17-11 winners.

There was to be no miracle fightback from a big Saturday deficit for the Europeans as there was four years ago at Medinah and by contrast for American captain Davis Love there was vengeance for his side’s 2012 meltdown as well as some vindication for the two years of soul-searching to turn around three successive defeats.

“I’m just proud of these guys. They had a lot of pressure on them for the last two years. And every time we picked a guy, there was more and more pressure on the team and more and more questions,” Love said. “I’m just proud the way every one of them played.