CHASKA, Minn. — Memo to the 11-member U.S. task force organized to break Europe’s near-chokehold on the Ryder Cup:

You did well. Now take the next couple years off.

The most lopsided win for the American team since 1981 in the bag, there doesn’t seem much need to change the formula that carried the U.S. to a 17-11 win Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Probably not much need to change the captain, either, after Davis Love III came up a winner in his second time at the helm.

But Phil Mickelson is both a tinkerer and a thinker, and he doesn’t figure to leave well enough alone. He’s also the most influential member of the task force, and may tweak a few things for the 2018 Ryder Cup in Paris.

“For us to go to Europe and try to win the Cup is a whole different feat,” Mickelson said. “That’s going to require a whole different level of play, of solidarity, of fortitude and we are going to have to build on this in two years if we want to try to retain the Cup.”

Europe’s dominance dating to 1985 remains impressive: they still claim six of the last eight and eight of the last 11 Ryder Cup wins. Worse yet for the Americans, they haven’t won on foreign soil since capturing the Cup in 1993 at The Belfry in England.

And that has Lefty thinking a bit.

“The thing about this is that we need to build on this,” Mickelson said. “Otherwise it’s all for naught.”

Some other takeaways from the U.S. win:

NEXT U.S. STAR?: When the task force does get back to work, its No. 1 priority should be to find more guys like Patrick Reed. Dubbed “Captain America” by his teammates, the 26-year-old Texan went 3-1-1 in the event, capping his performance by staring down McIlroy, Europe’s top player, in the critical opening singles match that delivered some thrilling shots from both players on the front nine.

Reed’s gutsy showing in all five matches was exceeded only by his bravado. After Tiger Woods, serving as a vice captain, told Reed he’d likely be held out for one of those sessions, Reed replied, “You’re not sitting me for any matches.”

Convinced, Woods pushed captain Love to use Reed — who went 3-0-1 as a rookie two years ago — and partner Jordan Spieth in Saturday’s final slot. They responded with a third win over the tough European pair of Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose.

NEXT EUROPEAN STAR?: Thomas Pieters took his first Ryder Cup swings with a stocking cap on his head on Friday morning. It didn’t take him long to get really comfortable.

Pieters went 4-1-0 at Hazeltine, the best debut performance ever for a European. Three of those wins came when he was teamed with McIlroy, giving Europe a solid foundation heading into the next Ryder Cup.