Great Britain & Ireland's hopes of regaining the PGA Cup were swept away by a tidal of wave of red as the United States crushed their hosts in the final day's singles at The Carrick on Loch Lomond on Sunday.
The US continued their transatlantic domination of team golf by retaining the Llandudno Trophy in emphatic fashion achieved on the back of a record 8½ - 1½ victory in the singles.
The singles result left the US clasping the trophy with a winning margin of 17½ - 8 ½ points achieved over the three days.
GB&I captain Gary Alliss striving at the second attempt to get his hands on the Llandudno Trophy, admitted his team had been soundly beaten.
"The US were very strong, they didn't make any mistakes, holed some putts at crucial times and they were a shot and hole better all week," he said.
"I didn't think we putted as well as the US. I think it was as simple as that. In history they will look back and say we were absolutely annihilated and we were, albeit that the margin is very tiny and in the individual matches it was a shot here and there.
"You have to say enormous congratulations to Brian Whitcomb and his team. The GB&I guys were absolutely up for it, and they really felt that amount of red on the board could have been that amount of blue and so did I but I think all week the US have played the turn slightly better. They made some birdies on nine, 10 and 11 - they probably played difficult 12 slightly better but only because they holed putts."
US captain Brian Whitcomb hailed his team's consistency which he believed was a decisive factor.
"Some of the GB&I team said that our team kept constant pressure on, they hit fairways and hit greens and when you play an opponent that doesn't give holes away then that is a tough opponent. Several of the GB&I players said that and I believe that to be the difference," he said.