The USA has won the last nine editions of the Presidents Cup and captain Jim Furyk will aim to make that a perfect 10 when his 12-man team do battle with the Internationals at Canada's Royal Montreal Golf Club.
Furyk, a veteran of nine Ryder Cups and seven Presidents Cups, won three points from five matches at the Quebec course in 2007 as the US claimed victory by a 19.5-14.5 scoreline.
It's -250 that the US win outright this time and -334 that they retain the Cup with a tie or better.
The Internationals, meanwhile, counter with Canadian captain Mike Weir, who played in five Presidents Cups from 2000 to 2009 and who came closest to a victory in the tied 2003 edition in South Africa.
His team are +240 to end a long winless run.
This is the fifth Presidents Cup in a row in which 30 points are on offer. Thursday features five foursome matches and then Friday's action comprises five fourball matches. There are four morning foursomes on Saturday and four afternoon fourballs.
All 12 team members then compete in Sunday singles, with the team which reaches 15.5 points awarded the trophy. In the event of a tie, the USA will retain the trophy as holders.
While the Ryder Cup has been traded back and forth in recent years, the Presidents Cup has been dominated by the USA and 2024 captain Furyk will be expected to deliver another victory given the quality at his disposal.
LIV golfers are ineligible to participate, but Furyk still has five members of the world's top ten in his squad, including Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, who have both had stellar seasons.
USA were caught cold by Europe in Rome at last year's Ryder Cup, but Internationals captain Weir does not have a Rory McIlroy or a Jon Rahm to call upon and the absence of the LIV Golf contingent is arguably more significant for his team, with Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann among those unable to compete.
While the Internationals came closest to ending their long wait for a win in the last two Presidents Cup on 'home turf' in Korea in 2015 and Melbourne in 2019, conditions in Canada will be more familiar to the American team.
For the US, some of the familiar faces of previous Presidents Cups are missing, but Furyk still has strength in depth and the best bet could be to expect a similar winning margin to Quail Hollow in 2022, when the US won by five.
Scheffler and Schauffele head the top USA Points Scorer betting, but Patrick Cantlay looks a value play with the likelihood that he'll partner his close friend Schauffele in several sessions.
The Californian duo did not win any points when playing together at the 2023 Ryder Cup, but they won both matches together in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits and two of three matches at Quail Hollow in 2022.
Cantlay, a solid all-round performer and a gritty matchplay opponent, should be a key figure in Furyk's plans.
Tom Kim took to the Presidents Cup arena like a duck to water in 2022, winning two points on Saturday then losing out at the 18th hole to Max Homa in an epic singles match.
The 22-year-old Korean has posted some excellent results in recent months, finishing fourth at the Canadian Open and second at the Travelers Championship in June and eighth at the Olympics in August.
Royal Montreal, a tree-lined venue where Tim Clark saw off several other accurate operators to win the 2014 Canadian Open, should play to Kim's strengths.
Internationals | +240 |
Tie | +1400 |
USA | -250 |
USA to Lift Trophy (Tie or outright winner) | -334 |
Scottie Scheffler (USA) | +600 |
Xander Schauffele (USA) | +700 |
Collin Morikawa (USA) | +850 |
Sungjae Im (Internationals) | +1600 |
Hideki Matsuyama (Internationals) | +1800 |
Adam Scott (Internationals) | +2000 |
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