Pádraig Harrington: I'll stress about Ryder Cup loss but golf has been very good to me

Harrington has warned against a knee-jerk reaction and wholesale changes to the European qualifying system

Team USA captain Steve Stricker shakes hands with Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington

Pádraig Harrington confessed he will “stress” about seeing his brilliant Ryder Cup career sullied by a record defeat at Whistling Straits, but he warned against a knee-jerk reaction and wholesale changes to the European qualifying system.

The Dubliner had an old team that was thrashed 19-9 and with several players clearly out of form, there are question marks about the dual-band system that left the likes of Justin Rose and Alex Noren out in the cold as the captain had just three wild cards.