US Ryder Cup debutants sweep away deadwood of doomed Tiger-Phil era | Bryan Armen Graham

Freed from the psychic baggage of two decades of failure, the youngest team in Ryder Cup history are so far battering Europe

The generational shift that defines Steve Stricker's US team continued to pay off handsomely on Saturday morning as the Americans moved closer to winning back the Ryder Cup along the windy, western shores of Lake Michigan.

The youngest team in Ryder Cup history - average age: 29 - continued its rampage on the Straits Course and their European foes, winning three of the morning's foursomes matches to take a 9-3 stranglehold on the proceedings and move within 5 points of reclaiming the title. The Americans, who became the first team in competition history to lead by six or more points after three sessions, were threatening to not only win back the Ryder Cup but run away with it as the groups went off for Saturday afternoon's fourballs.