GRAEME McDowell revealed he and Rory McIlroy had planned their Ryder Cup campaign: "We have been talking about this for a couple of years.

"We have spent a lot of time together, and we have been joking around about winning Ryder Cup points.

"I think we both realise now how difficult winning a point is in this tournament, and we certainly experienced that the last couple of days.

"I regard Rory as one of the best players I've seen in the world.

"I am going to miss him tomorrow (in the singles), but I know he will be doing his job and I will be doing mine.

"We have had three great games. A point and a half from three, considering the type of matches we were involved in, we are pretty happy with that.’’