The best news out of the American camp since losing the Ryder Cup again to the Europeans is that no one has suggested another task force.

The path forward is no less muddled than it was leaving Scotland in 2014.

An Indiana club pro — Ted Bishop, the PGA of America president — decided that Tom Watson should be the U.S. captain for those matches at Gleneagles. That didn’t go well, ending not only with another loss but with Phil Mickelson in a most awkward takedown of the captain.

That led to the vaunted task force, and Mickelson was far more optimistic five months later when the work was completed.

“We are looking forward to not just 2016 … but really laying a foundation and a blueprint for the years to follow of continuity and success,” Mickelson said.

The Americans have won two of the

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