It's hard to know what's more disturbing: The seemingly endless string of defeats suffered by various Team USAs this year. Or the fact that the average American sports fan really doesn't care all that much. Randy Hill takes a closer look.

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Tiger Woods believes curing America's Ryder Cup ills requires an infusion of good young players, getting off to better starts in the matches, a true home-course advantage - and making timely putts. After he and his teammates joined the triumphant European players in their celebration party the previous evening, Woods dissected the latest lopsided loss by the Americans. "They have a younger crop of players that are playing well.

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Here's hoping you had a better weekend than the members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Ian O'Connor examines how the Euros dominated the Americans... again.

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Eric Axley succumbed to the urge to win his first PGA Tour event with pizazz. But after a late double bogey, he got back to the original game plan and won the Texas Open by three shots Sunday. Axley, a left-hander living in Knoxville, Tenn., closed with a 1-over 71. He led by four shots to start the day, and built a six-shot lead heading into the back nine. But the double bogey on 14 after he drove into the trees cut it briefly to two.

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Better camraderie. A grieving teammate to rally around. Those are but some of the reasons Ian O'Connor gives that might explain the Europeans' thrashing of the United States in the Ryder Cup. Alas, it has become a common sight as the Euros triumphed for the third straight time.

Everybody thinks Americans can't beat the rest of the world at anything anymore because our athletes are too flush. So think unconventional and get ready to throw even more money at the problem. The quickest route back to global domination - maybe the only one - is to convince them they aren't flush enough.

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Darren Clarke provided the emotion, Colin Montgomerie the leadership and Sergio Garcia the inspirational golf as Europe gave the Americans another lopsided Ryder Cup beating. Europe made it three victories in a row and five in six matches on Sunday as the United States wilted under the consistent pressure applied by the hosts over three days. A second 18 1/2-9 1/2 triumph in a row underlined the improvement European golf has made in the last 30 years and also the depth of talent now emerging.

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The tears flowed freely. The hugs were too many to count. Ian Woosnam unlocked himself from an embrace with Darren Clarke, then took Clarke's arm and lifted it into the air - a champion's salute for a player who was every bit a champion and more. Six weeks after his wife, Heather, died of cancer, Clarke got to celebrate camaraderie, friendship and a European victory Sunday in the Ryder Cup. He shed tears of sadness and joy.

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Well, at least that one's out of the way. Happened pretty quick, too. Turns out the Americans can't play singles very well, either. No big deal. Besides, it was kind of neat to watch how good the Europeans were at chugging Guinness. Now Phil Mickelson can go back on vacation. And Tiger Woods can jet over to England and win another title, assuming he can dry out the 9-iron his caddie dropped in the water on the seventh hole.

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Paul McGinley was trying to do the right thing. His European teammates will probably never let him live it down. Of course, they can all laugh about it because the Europeans have the Ryder Cup again. But had McGinley not conceded a 25-foot putt to J.J. Henry on the 18th hole, they might have had a record, too. Europe matched its record-setting blowout of 2004 with an identical 18 1/2-9 1/2 score Sunday.

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