What went wrong and what needs to happen next for the U.S. Ryder Cup team

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- After yet different U.S. nonaccomplishment to the Europeans successful the 45th Ryder Cup astatine Bethpage Black this past week, it's clip to analyse what went incorrect and what needs to hap next.

The Americans' spirited rally successful Sunday singles covered up the warts of a 15-13 loss, their 11th decision successful the past 15 matches.

With overmuch of the European squad expected to instrumentality astatine the adjacent Ryder Cup astatine Adare Manor successful Ireland successful 2027, including Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm and others, the Americans volition undoubtedly look different uphill ascent -- this clip connected overseas soil.

Luke Donald, who became lone the 2nd European skipper to triumph back-to-back Ryder Cups, didn't accidental whether helium plans to beryllium back a 3rd consecutive time.

"I deliberation helium turned this European Team into a truly unstoppable force, particularly the archetypal 2 days, and you know, successful my eyes, I deliberation he's the champion European Ryder Cup skipper ever," U.S. squad skipper Keegan Bradley said. "I was truly excited to spell up against him, but I knew it was going to beryllium pugnacious to bushed him. He enactment his squad successful the champion presumption to win, and to bash that astatine these 2 places is simply a singular feat."

Who could beryllium the adjacent captain?

Mark Schlabach: I don't cognize it's arsenic overmuch a question astir who is going to beryllium the adjacent captain, arsenic what the PGA of America and the remainder of American nonrecreational play are going to bash to enactment him. Clearly, Bradley made mistakes arsenic a rookie Ryder Cup captain; helium admitted arsenic overmuch successful his post-loss quality conference, particularly erstwhile it came to setting up Bethpage Black.

Donald had a overmuch amended enactment down him, from statistic guru and vice skipper Edoardo Molinari to past captains Thomas Bjørn and Paul McGinley, who stay precise overmuch committed to making definite the Europeans proceed to dominate.

Tiger Woods is the favourite to skipper the U.S. squad astatine Adare Manor successful Ireland successful 2027, which volition beryllium the 100th day of the Ryder Cup. Woods is friends with Adare Manor proprietor J.P. McManus. It remains to beryllium seen whether the 15-time large champion wants the job, but if helium does adjacent the GOAT should beryllium required to marque a two-year committedness to the position.

The U.S. squad doesn't request a repetition of what happened the past time, erstwhile the PGA of America waited for months for Woods to marque up his mind. When Woods decided helium was excessively busy, the Americans chose Bradley, who hadn't adjacent been a Ryder Cup vice skipper and, incredibly, wasn't alert helium was nether information until 2023 skipper Zach Johnson called and offered him the position.

If Woods opts out, Brandt Snedeker (U.S. skipper successful the 2026 Presidents Cup), Webb Simpson and

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