Ryder Cup Reaction: Andy Sullivan “Sometimes you just come up short”

Andy Sullivan

Despite Andy Sullivan holding his own throughout his first appearance at a Ryder Cup, the Englishman failed to register a single point over the weekend leaving him frustrated.

Speaking to reporters Sullivan also admitted he struggled to cope with the atmosphere at Hazaeltine National during the weekend.

“When you’re a rookie, you’re not quite seasoned in this sort of atmosphere,” he said.

“It’s tough to go out there and you’ve just got to really dig in. Sometimes you just come up short.

“I think it’s been a massive learning experience, obviously the first one in the States. Obviously massively massively disappointed to not get a point for the team at all. That’s going to not sit well with me.

“It’s just frustrating, felt like I had opportunities to get myself back into the match but didn’t make the putts. Down to myself and no one I can blame for that one.

“It has been an amazing week. It would have been nice to cap it off with a win but unfortunately the Americans played that much better and holed the putts when they needed to.”

The 30-year-old also paid tribute to his opponent in Sunday’s singles matches and praised the way the American team gained momentum throughout.

He said: “You know, just a few putts here or there can change the momentum.

“You can see that I think throughout the five, six sessions there we got our tails in the air for one and they were always up.

“But you can see the momentum was clearly with them and it’s difficult to shift against that sometimes.

“Brandt played fantastic there. Felt like I gave it everything out there and just came up short unfortunately.”