So Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Corey Pavin, you’re dismissed. Thanks for playing. We need to get serious.

What occurred in the revamped third session of the Ryder Cup on Sunday at Celtic Manor — where the United States managed just a half-point in the six matches — was the most thorough wax job in a single session ever in the Ryder Cup, prompting gloom and doom on this side of the pond.

“This thing is over,” said Brandel Chamblee of the Golf Channel.

U.S. mainstay Steve Sticker disagrees.

“We’re only down three,” Stricker said. “We all know what happened at Brookline.”

Stricker was referring to 1999, when the United States trailed 10-6 entering Sunday singles. Then pigs took flight. The first seven U.S. players sent out by captain Crenshaw won, setting the scene for Leonard’s outrageous 45-foot bomb that clinched the Cup.

Crenshaw kissed the green that day. For Pavin to do the same, he will need some underachievers to step up. Mickelson (0-3) and Johnson (0-3) have been absolute no-shows. After getting much praise for their victory in the opening session, Ryder Cup rookies Jeff Overton (1-2) and Bubba Watson (1-2) haven’t made a putt.

When Overton jarred a wedge on No. 8 on Sunday, he screamed “Boom, baby” and joined Watson in an over-the-top celebration. Since then, despite the adrenaline rush, the duo has combined for one birdie the rest of the way.

Coming up short is a malady that has affected the entire U.S. team, even though everyone knows greens are slower in Europe, especially when saturated. So if Pavin has nothing better to offer, he should at least use golf’s tried and true expressions.

“Never up, never in.”

“Alice, does your husband play, too?”

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