00:00 For a little while Sunday afternoon at Marco Simoni Golf Club outside of Rome,
00:05 the American team actually made it look like they could pull off the impossible.
00:09 A lot of red was on the board, a lot of players were in the lead for the US side.
00:14 The ultimate comeback was in the works.
00:17 But in the end, the US just did not have enough to overcome a five-point European lead
00:23 that ended up being a 16.5 to 11.5 victory.
00:28 Lots of places and things to dissect for the Americans going forward.
00:32 They'll look back on a horrible Friday opening session where they went 0-4 in foursomes on Friday morning.
00:38 A format that's been good to them in the US but really bad for them in Europe.
00:42 They ended the day 6.5 to 1.5 down.
00:46 That means from Saturday on they played the Europeans even.
00:50 They gave them a five-point head start and that's really, really tough to overcome.
00:54 A couple of bright spots for the Americans. Max Homa, rookie in the Ryder Cup, went 3-1-1, the best American player.
01:01 Patrick Cantlay had a nice singles victory on Sunday and played very, very well over the weekend.
01:06 There were some other bright spots with some guys stepping up, playing well in the last day,
01:10 but ultimately, Zach Johnson's captains' picks didn't come through.
01:15 They weren't sharp enough, certainly not as much as the European team,
01:19 which was led by Roy McIlroy who went 4-1.
01:23 Once again, another defeat in Europe.
01:26 The US has not won on European soil since 1993. That's 30 years.
01:32 It'll be at least 34 years before they can do it when the next Ryder Cup is in Europe in 2027.
01:39 Next up, Beth Page Black on Long Island in two years.
01:43 Look for a very raucous pro-American crowd there when the US will try to regain the cup once again.
01:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:53 (upbeat music)
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