Phil Mickelson today insisted the successful USA Ryder Cup team won’t be resting on their laurels after the hosts grabbed the glory for the first time since 2008.

Davis Love III’s men romped to a 17-11 victory at Hazeltine last night to end Europe’s run of three successive victories in dominant fashion.

Two years ago at Gleneagles, Mickelson slaughtered US skipper Tom Watson in the immediate aftermath of a damaging defeat but out of the ashes of his criticism came the Task Force charged with improving the American fortunes in the biennial bout.

Mickelson was at the vanguard of that whole process and the 46-year-old multiple Major champ was vindicated over the course of three thrilling days in the Minneapolis suburbs.

Mickelson himself was inspired during Sunday’s sizzling singles and reeled off 10 birdies in a quite thrilling match with Sergio Garcia that fittlingly ended all square.

That half point pushed the Yanks nearer victory and it was sealed not long after when Ryan Moore, the last man into the 12-strong team as Love’s final wild card, overturned a two hole deficit with three to play against Lee Westwood to win on the 18th.

Mickelson is now looking to the future and the California insisted that the US will keep building on a blueprint for success that they have mapped out.

He said: “We don’t want to jump the gun here. We’ve got work to do. This whole thing has nothing to do with one event. This is something we’re going to build on and we move forward otherwise it will be all for nothing, We have to take this experience and add to it.”

US skipper Love had experienced an agonising defeat as captain in 2012 when Europe mounted a final day singles surge to complete the Miracle of Medinah.

But his men gave him a sense of redemption yesterday as they powered to a purposeful triumph.

He added: “I’m just so proud of these guys. They have had a lot of pressure on them for the last two years. I’ve never seen a team come together like a family like this one. They hung in there all week.”

Love’s counterpart Darren Clarke was gracious in defeat as he became the first European skipper to lose a Ryder Cup since Nick Faldo at Valhalla eight years ago.

He said: “At the end of the day they played better than we did. They holed the putts when they had to. The guys gave it their all and we’re obviously bitterly disappointed but credit to Davis and his team for that performance.”

The opening exchanges of a super Sunday were simply sensational as Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed traded a series of fearsome blows.

Europe had loaded their top order with big hitters in an attempt to claw back America’s three hole lead but Reed’s one hole win in the top tie was a huge blow to the visitors.

Europe were still fighting in the top order, though. Thomas Pieters became their most successful rookie ever with four wins as he surged to a 3&2 win over J.B Holmes while Henrik Stenson and Rafa Cabrero Bello did their bit too.

Unfortunately the Americans were doing the business as well. Rickie Fowler edged out Justin Rose on the 18th while Brooks Koepka raced to a 5&4 win over an out of sorts Masters champion Danny Willett.

The bottom of the draw looked vulnerable for Europe and so it proved. In the final six ties, the visitors picked up just one point.

The Americans, meanwhile, were picking up the Ryder Cup.