CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The U.S. Presidents Cup team includes five of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. Nine of them are ranked in the top 15, the most ever on a single team in the history of the event.
The International team has none, after Australia's Cameron Smith, the third-ranked player in the world and The Open winner, jumped to the new LIV Golf circuit in late August.
History is on the Americans' side, too. They have won 11 of the past 13 Presidents Cup competitions, losing just once and tying one other time.