The 2018 Ryder Cup will make its much-anticipated arrival on Friday, when the titanic powers of Europe and the United States will go stroke for stroke to settle the score at Le Golf National, just outside Paris.
The United States are current champions but have not won a Ryder Cup in Europe in 25 years, and captain Jim Furyk will undoubtedly be desperate for that quarter-century drought to end in the French capital.
Thomas Bjorn led the European team into Thursday's opening ceremony, where we learned of Friday's schedule and the fourball pairings that will kick off this weekend's festivities.