American Ryder Cup star Dustin Johnson admitted losing to Europe in Sunday's dramatic finale at Medinah was a bitter pill to swallow.
Johnson: Won his match, but it wasn't enough
Johnson, who will play in this week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland alongside Ryder Cup opponents Martin Kaymer, Paul Lawrie and Peter Hanson, was one of only three Americans who won their singles matches on Sunday, though it was not enough to prevent a famous and memorable European comeback victory.
"It was a tough pill to swallow and it definitely sucks to lose," said Johnson.
"But it was a great week and great for TV and what a match it was. It's just that the Europeans out-played us on Sunday.
"Personally, I had a great week. It was a lot of fun and you know, we went there as a team and we lost as a team.
"Hopefully, we will get them in two years time at Gleneagles."
Despite the disappointment, Johnson feels there was not much his team or his captain Davis Love could have done differently.
"I don't think the team or Captain Love could have done a better job," he said.
"We had a 10 - 6 lead going into Sunday and everything we did I thought was right, and Captain Love just did a great job and it was a lot of fun playing for him.
"When I look back on it, the only thing I can come up with is that it wasn't meant to be.
"Phil (Mickelson), Jim (Furyk) and Steve (Stricker) had so many putts over the last few holes that looked they were going in the hole, and were such great putts, but they just did not go in.
"There was Steve's putt on 17 and Jim's putt on 18 and if Jim hits that same putt 10 more times it's surely going to go in nine times.
"You can't say nobody played bad, and I guess you can't say that anyone in our team panicked or didn't handle the situation as we just had so many chances of the ball going in the hole that just didn't go in.
"There were six or seven of those putts and if just one of those putts dropped then it was a totally different outcome.
"As I said, it seemed that it just wasn't meant to be.
"So I am not upset about it but it does stings a little bit but we had a great time. The team was great and we had a lot of fun, and we'll get them next time."
Regarding the controversy over whether the Molinari/Woods match should have been conceded by the Italian, or whether Woods made the right decision in conceding the half after he missed his putt, Johnson added: "I don't have any problems with Tiger conceding the putt because at that point in the afternoon the match was over and when Tiger and Francesco were standing in the middle of the 18th fairway it was already over.
"Although I thought that they both should have conceded, it was good sportsmanship on Tiger's part.
"It's obvious there is nothing between the two teams and we have a great team, and it just didn't go our way on Sunday and simple as that.
"Two years ago it was pretty much the same for us, as we were down going into Sunday and we fought back hard, so much so it came down to the last match.
"That's what it seems it's going to do most of the time now, and that's come down to the last match.
"When it comes to Sunday it's a case of we don't want to lose and they also don't want to lose, so that's golf and s*** happens!"
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