Dustin Johnson enjoys elder statesman role to perfection at Ryder Cup | Bryan Armen Graham

The oldest member of the USA team won all five of his matches in the thrashing of Europe

For all the talk of the youth movement that powered USA to a record-breaking victory over Europe at the Ryder Cup - and its first consecutive wins on home soil since 1979 and 1983 - it was the team's elder statesman who made the biggest individual impact.

Dustin Johnson, the world No 2 and the oldest member of a team whose average age is barely 29, became the fifth player to win all five matches in a Ryder Cup - an elite class made up of Arnold Palmer in 1967, Gardner Dickinson in 1967, Larry Nelson in 1979 and Francesco Molinari three years ago.