The finance industry’s alternative Ryder Cup saw the USA team demolish their European opponents, days before the real thing kicks off near Chicago on Friday.

The inaugural Complete FS Ryder Cup saw mortgage lenders representing Europe take on bridging lenders – representing the USA. The latter won by 11-5.

The event was held at the Meon Valley Golf and Country Club, and saw Complete FS’s charity Cancer Research being donated over £1,000.

Team captain for Europe, Tony Salentino, said: “Hopefully this is not a sign that Europe might lose the real thing this weekend, but we are feeling pretty low at the loss.

“We put up a spirited performance but at the end of the day the Bridging team were too strong. However all this has done is strengthen our resolve to beat the Bridging team next year. The truth is they had lady luck on their side this year but next year we will be hungry for revenge, so watch out..”

Phil Jay, victorious ‘USA captain’ said: “Our short term objective was to win the hole and move quickly on to the next, which we achieved with great success. We hit fairways and greens in regulation all too often; let’s face it as bridgers we do like regulation.

“I’m very proud of this win and every team member contributed to this victory. We look forward to next year and hope it’s a bit closer.”