Rory
McIlroy, donning a red tartan kilt and a wig, was snapped topless
looking a little worse for wear as the Northern Irishman took to
Instagram to show how he bid Gleneagles farewell.
McIlroy,
asked on Monday morning about USA's Phil Mickelson after the American
openly criticised captain Tom Watson, said it was 'unfortunate' that
neither stayed to see off the Ryder Cup in style.
Rory McIlroy took to Twitter to show off his new Scottish-themed outfit with Scotland's Stephen Gallagher
Rory McIlroy took to Twitter to praise Europe captain Paul McGinley after they won the 2014 Ryder Cup
'We had a great time with the American team last night, they seemed in good spirits,' McIlroy told Sky Sports. 'Tom wasn't there, he didn't really hang around too much.
'It
was unfortunate. We don't know what the dynamic was in the team room.
All we know if we had a great captain and we did the things we needed to
do to be able to win the Ryder Cup.
'I'm sure the Americans will go back now and think about what didn't go right.'
McIlroy
put his earlier mishap behind him when the 25-year-old accidentally
popped a champagne bottle too early on the green by getting 'into the
Scottish swing of things' on Sunday night.
Likewise,
USA's Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson went about dealing with the loss
in their own way by wearing the same Scottish-themed costumes as both
teams had a blowout.
Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson in red tartan kilts and wigs after USA's loss against Europe in Ryder Cup
Another
absentee from USA's send off was Mickelson, who didn't hang around to
celebrate the Ryder Cup coming to an end after his damning analysis of
captain Watson.
Watson,
in response to Mickelson's criticism, said: 'The issue between Phil and
myself is basically a difference of opinion. He has a difference of
opinion where he would like to manage the team and I certainly had my
own opinion on how I'd manage the team.
'That's
the controversy and that's the issue but I have to say that I'm very
proud of my team's efforts. One thing I asked them to do from the
beginning was to give absolutely everything they have and they did. They
just ran up against a buzz saw.
'The
European team was very strong and had four of the top five players in
the world. When you play against them, you better be firing on all
cylinders and frankly, we weren't so that's it.'
European captain Paul McGinley, holding a copy of the Daily Mail, couldn't be further from criticism after being hailed as 'fantastic' by McIlroy and Co for commanding the win over USA. See more pics........
Paul McGinley, the victorious European Ryder Cup team captain, reads the Daily Mail on Monday morning
Europe's Paul McGinley is sprayed with champagne as he holds the Ryder Cup trophy after beating USA
Europe celebrate their Ryder Cup triumph over USA which came to an end after singles matches on Sunday
Paul McGinley clutches the Ryder Cup trophy on Monday morning after beating USA on Sunday
Sunday
night was about seeing off the Ryder Cup in good spirits and, when USA
beat Europe at table tennis, McIlroy quipped: 'That's one thing they
beat us at this week.'
Europe's
Lee Westwood certainly got his priorities right, putting his 3&2
loss against Jimmy Walker in Sunday's singles behind to celebrate the
overall win as soon as possible.
The
41-year-old momentarily looked in a world of his own during a press
conference on Sunday evening, only for the cork to fly off a champagne
bottle before pouring himself a well-earned drink.
It's
the least those on Team Europe deserve, and it was topped off by a
hearty breakfast and a friendly lift home from the police, too.
Lee Westwood took to Twitter to show off his lift home after celebrating winning the 2014 Ryder Cup
Lee Westwood showed off his breakfast the morning after winning the 2014 Ryder Cup with Europe
Europe's Lee Westwood put this photograph on Instagram with the message: 'I have felt better!'
Europe's Jamie Donaldson was certainly not coy about how he celebrated the Ryder Cup win.
When asked if the enormity of clinching the winning point had sunk in, the Welshman replied: 'No, because I'm still drunk.'
Donaldson
took dead aim and played the stroke that will follow him for the rest
of his days as it never left the flag and came to rest six inches from
the 15th hole.
From the sidelines, jubilant winning captain McGinley emerged and jumped on his back.
Ian
Poulter was very much a part of the Sunday night celebrations, too,
admitting he felt 'a little worse for wear' on Monday morning as he made
his way to the airport after staying up until 4am.
Jamie Donaldson sticks his tongue out as he celebrates with his Team Europe teammates at the Ryder Cup
The 2014 Ryder Cup celebrations got into full swing after Europe emerged 16½-11½ winners against USA
Ian Poulter makes his way to the airport after enjoying a night of celebrations with his European teammates
Still,
Fowler and Watson's way of dealing with the defeat may be more harmless
than what USA teammate Mickelson did in the aftermath.
Mickelson,
asked about USA captain Watson, said: 'There were two things that
allowed us to play our best that Paul Azinger (the 2008 captain) did.
'First,
he got everybody invested in the process. He got everybody invested in
who they were going to play with, who the picks were going to be, who
was going to be in their "pod", when they would play, and they had a
great leader for each pod. We hung out together.
'The
other things that Paul did really well was he had a game plan for us -
how we were going to go about doing this, how we were going to go about
playing together, if so-and-so is playing well, if so-and-so is not
playing well.
'Those two things helped us bring out our best golf. We use that same process in the Presidents Cup and we do really well.
'Unfortunately
we have strayed from a winning formula for the last three Ryder Cups
and we need to consider maybe getting back to that formula that helped
us play our best.'
Asked
if he believed his comments were disloyal to Watson, he replied: 'I'm
sorry you're taking it that way. I'm just talking about what Paul
Azinger did to help us play our best.'
Phil Mickelson was clear and specific in his criticism of American Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson on Sunday
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