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Scottie Scheffler's dominance at the top of the men's game - insurmountable as the world number one, ruthless wins at the majors and cleaning up on the PGA Tour - have seen parallels drawn with Tiger Woods.

The loss at Bethpage means American world number ones have lost five straight Ryder Cup foursomes matches - Scheffler following Woods in 2010 and Dustin Johnson in 2018.

The United States have never been able to find that leader - not even Woods.

But curiously Woods featured on just one victorious Ryder Cup team and won only 39% of his matches.

One theory is Woods - and now Scheffler - are unable to transfer their single-mindedness into a format where they are reliant on their playing partner.