Kuchar, Stanley paired with home team at World Cup

With the PGA Tour officially on hiatus until the new year, attention in the world of golf shifts south this week for the World Cup of Golf in Australia. Here's a look at some of the marquee opening-round tee times for the team event, where the American contingent will play alongside the host nation at Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne (all times ET):

6:05 p.m. Wednesday: Abraham Ancer/Roberto Diaz (Mexico), Russell Knox/Martin Laird (Scotland)

Ancer will look to extend his run of good play in Oz, having cruised to victory at last week's Australian Open. He and Diaz will be joined by a pair of Scots who play primarily on the PGA Tour, as Knox has narrowly missed out on making the last two…