RORY EYES GLORY
Rory McIlroy wants another twenty years of Ryder Cup action, after his tear-stained exit from Europe’s record-breaking 19-9 drubbing at Whistling Straits.
McIlroy, 32, sobbed in front of the TV cameras after his own win in the singles, over Olympic champion Xander Schauffele, saying he had ”let down my team-mates” by losing his previous three matches.
But he was in a defiant mood as Europe watched the Americans celebrating on the 18th green, and vowed to put things right in Rome in two years’ time.
McIlroy said: “There's phenomenal talent on that US team, and I think the most important thing is they have a lot of great young players who have bought into The Ryder Cup.
“I think that was probably missing in previous generations. But guys like Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth - the sort of heartbeat of that US - team, they really get the team aspect of the Ryder Cup.
“They are going to be formidable opposition from now until I'm probably not playing Ryder Cups anymore, whenever that is - in hopefully twenty years' time.
“We seem to be in a pattern where the home team has a big advantage, and it is up to us to make it count when we get to Rome.
“You could see what this event means to me by my reaction after my singles match. This week hurt, and we’ll remember that feeling.”
