Darren Clarke warns against dangers of overreacting

Outgoing captain Darren Clarke has urged the European Tour not to follow the Americans and make sweeping changes to their Ryder Cup system in the wake of his team’s defeat at Hazeltine National.

After three straight victories, Europe lost control of the Ryder Cup to a revamped United States side revitalised over the past two years since their eighth defeat in 10 matches at Gleneagles in 2014.

Davis Love’s side swept a 17-11 victory on Sunday night to hand Clarke’s rookie-filled team a crushing defeat but the captain resisted any suggestion of changing things as a result. Asked if Europe should follow suit and hand future captain’s four selections rather than three, Clarke replied: “Why would you have a knee jerk reaction when the whole system has been doing so well?