Mickelson: 'We had a great formula in '08 and I don't know why we strayed from it'

Phil Mickelson was clearly frustrated following Team USA's 3rd straight loss to Team Europe at the Ryder Cup, enough so that he called out U.S. captain Tom Watson. 

"We had a great formula in '08 and I don't know why we strayed from it," Mickelson said in a greenside interview a few yards away from the European celebration. "I don't know why we don't even try going back to it. But what Zinger (former captain Paul Azinger) did was really a good formula. And maybe we ought to re-invent something like that."

Mickelson is referencing the last win by Team USA, which came in 2008 by the same score they lost to this year, 16 1/2 - 11 1/2. That year, the team was captained by Azinger, who developed a system the players were happy with throughout the competition.

Mickelson ended the final day defeating Stephen Gallacher 3 & 1 during singles play.

Quote courtesy: ESPN.com