trounce

Team USA is getting trounced by Europe on home soil, and the locals might just be losing their cool.

In each of the past five events the overall victors have trounced the visitors in the first-day foursomes.

In each of the five subsequent events the winning outfit have trounced the visitors in the first-day foursomes.

But how much could USC really take from trouncing a team that finished fourth last season ... in the Missouri Valley Conference?

After England trounced Spain at home last weekend, Dow is expecting a bracing evening in south-west France, one that will steel a near full-strength side for challenges to come.