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Time for another Ryder Cup task force? Defeat raises questions for Team USA

It’s up to the best of us Americans to police the worst of us by shouting down their disgraceful behavior and shutting them up.
Time for another Ryder Cup task force? Defeat raises questions for Team USA

Justin Thomas attempted to calm down a wild crowd at Bethpage Black down while Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry were addressing shots during the Saturday fourballs at the Ryder Cup. Pic: Vaughn Ridley/Sportsfile

Might be time to convene another American “task force”.

Remember when Team USA suffered a third consecutive Ryder Cup defeat at Gleneagles in 2014, and a post-match mutiny was led on the dais by Phil Mickelson against captain Tom Watson?

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