The bonny banks of Loch Lomond became a watery grave for GB&I's PGA Cup hopes after the final day singles were entirely dominated by the Americans who took the honours 8.5 to 1.5.

Such was the margin that captain Gary Alliss, summarised the outcome of the 10 head-to-heads as an 'annihilation'.

Having clawed their way back into the match on day two to trail by just two, there was optimism among GB&I that the gap would not be too insurmountable to climb as they attempted to retain their unbeaten run in Scotland.

However, the gap became a chasm as a bright start by GB&I fizzled away as the longer that day went on the more the scoreboard turned a deep shade of red.

A brisk morning downpour over the fairways of The Carrick on Loch Lomond coincided with GB&I's best spell but the instant the rains went, so too appeared their chances of pulling off a win under captain Gary Alliss.

It took just five of the 10 single matches to confirm that the Llandudno Trophy would be winging its way back across the Atlantic and the PGA of America's historical centre in Port St Lucie, Florida.

The opening two contests, Barry Taylor v Sonny Skinner and Jon Bevan v Scott Hebert, both went to the last but each GB&I player was a hole down and battling to secure a half.

Taylor, who eagled the par 5 11th - the first eagle of the tournament - slipped to two down with four to play but ensured Skinner, who finished with four wins from four, would have to go all the way to get his point.

Bevan came back from two down to reach the turn all square but two losses early on the home stretch proved too much as he lost by two holes.
Jeremy Robinson provided brief respite as the former Walker Cup player defeated Mike Small, the reigning PGA of America national champion, 2&1 having been in control since the fourth hole.

Scot Craig Matheson began well but the experience of Lee Rinker, playing his third PGA Cup, came through as he triumphed 3&1.

It was just minutes later that America regained the cup as Lee James, who was in match nine, conceded on the 13 to lose 6&5 to Mark Sheftic, who made the second eagle of the tournament at the par five 5th.

That ensured the cup was in the bag, with half the singles still out on the course were playing for pride.

The 18th green saw more action as the next three matches all came down the last. Andrew Barnett, who was playing Steve Schneiter and Paul Wesselingh, up against Craig Thomas, were one down trying to salvage a half. Schneiter's one hole success over Barnett ensured the match was also won.

Wesselingh stated his claim for a half, with a birdie on the last, but that was matched by Thomas who took the match by one hole.

Will Barnes also came down the last one down but ended up losing by two holes to Eric Lippert.

Paul Simpson turned his game around to stop the rot having been three down after 11 but pulled it back over the final six holes to secure a half against Kyle Flinton.