Iain Carter
BBC Radio 5 Correspondent

In two years’ time you would expect Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson, the Open champion to make the team. Thomas Pieters could be one of the stars, Justin Rose, Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Sergio Garcia are likely to be there.

I expect Lee Westwood has played his last. It was an awfully difficult week for Danny Willett, but he is the Masters champion. Chris Wood, Andy Sullivan, are players who will be much stronger for the experience and, providing their careers stay on the same trajectory, they will be there in Paris.

Iain Carter
BBC Radio 5 Correspondent

This has been a Ryder Cup team of generational change for the Europeans. The likes of Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell, they have been replaced by guys who have been inspired by the way Europe have played, but six rookies is always going to be an awful lot. Five qualified and they will become stronger players because of it, I would imagine.

USA's Phil Mickelson: "Sergio played a lot of great golf out there, he played a lot of good golf this week. But to look up and see that much red and how they were fighting, and how Patrick [Reed] led us out, it was really fun to be a part of this team. 

"We've got some work to do, this is something we're hopefully going to build on and hopefully we're going to get even better."

Hats off to Martin Kaymer, he found something late on with four birdies in the final six holes. Matt Kuchar can't overturn things on the last and Kaymer has two putts for a halve, to win the match by one hole.

He rolls up, that'll do it. Well done Martin, bitter sweet.

US captain Davis Love speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: “There was shift in attitude, it is our team now and not their team. We kept losing over and over, it’s a breath of fresh air and new attitude.

“We came here ready to go. It started in March with Jack Nicklaus telling us to be prepared and throughout with Tiger Woods telling us the strategy. It was a new system and the picks were confusing, but everything else we were prepared for.

“It was a new chapter over the last two years and I think the biggest thing is not really the win, but that we are all pulling in the same direction together. We are going in a great direction, the veteran players have showed them what we want them to do for the next 20 years.”

Jordan Spieth reacts on Sky Sports: "It feels amazing. Two years ago we experienced the other side. This year we just executed it a bit better and got the cup. How about Ryan Moore coming from two down with three to go and clinching it for us? Patrick Reed the hero of the Ryder Cup, absolutely unbelievable what he did. We did this for the captain, he had a tough go four years ago. 

"The Euros put up an unbelievable fight. I'm blessed to be a part of this incredible team and hopefully a change in the future of the Ryder Cup."

Europe captain Darren Clarke speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: "After about an hour and a half there was a lot of blue on the board and that was what we needed to see, but the American guys fought hard and played very, very well today. 

"I wouldn’t have changed anything. I have spoken about this already to my vice captains and we were confident. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but even with that we wouldn’t have made any changes. 

"A putt missed here or a putt holed outside your opponent, that makes all the difference. Unfortunately for us we didn’t quite hole them and the Americans did. I couldn’t have asked for one ounce more. Davis' team gave everything and that’s the passion of the Ryder Cup.

"We will be fighting hard for it again in Paris in two years' time."

Jim Furyk, one of the USA’s vice captains, speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: "We have had our struggles and Europe has got the best of us over the past 20 years - these guys played beautifully all week. It is easy to put pressure on yourself but this group did an amazing job and we’re looking to the future.

"Davis Love was the right guy for the job. I’m glad the committee decided to pick him. He had a good plan and a lot of experience.

"Really I am so happy for him as well. Great leadership comes from guys who will never take the credit. He deserves a whole lot of the credit. I’m proud of his leadership."

Dustin Johnson gets a half on the last with Chris Wood to complete a 1UP victory and further extend the United States' winning margin.

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USA's Ryan Moore, who sealed the winning point: "I don't think I've had a moment to digest what just happened. I was trying my hardest, trying to not let my team down, to make Lee do something to beat me.

"To clinch the last point of the Ryder Cup for the US is unbelievable.

"This is something I want to be a part of every single year. The crowds have been so supportive."

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US captain Davis Love is asked what he is most proud of this week? "That our guys handled the pressure. There was a lot of stunning golf. Phil put up 10 birdies and only got a half today. I'm proud of what Darren Clarke did but we pulled together and put up a performance. Everybody did their part, from the people in the locker room to the guys on the course.

Celebrations? "It will be a lot of fun. We have talked about things to do, one of them is going to Arnold Palmer's ceremony on Tuesday."

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American captain Davis Love speaks on Sky Sports: "This team had to come together. We lost Arnold Palmer last Sunday, that was tragic. So many crazy things have happened. It's not about one guy. We have been criticised for eight or 10 years for not coming together. Everyone who played on the team or didn't play, showed we had a lot of heart.

"I am humbled that they put me in this position and everything that happened is special. in 2012 we had a great team, this is different, I'm just super proud of them. We all pulled together.

"We have been kicked around for so long. You keep losing and you feel like you have to do something different we all said we are going to do whatever it takes."

Carin Koch
Last year's European Solheim Cup captain on BBC Radio 5 live

That is the tough thing, but Europe will come back strong in two years' time and the six rookies will not be rookies next time. We will get it back.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer in Minnesota

Cavorting and celebrating across Hazeltine, the long wait to win back the Ryder Cup over at last for a home team that never looked like falling apart on this final afternoon. 

It has taken task-forces, tears, rows, former captains being criticised and co-opted and a new approach based on European successes of old, but it has all paid off. A victory long planned and entirely deserved.

Zach Johnson has added a point to the American tally, he's shut out Fitzpatrick 4&3 after a birdie at 15, only his second of the round.

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