The 15th Presidents Cup begins from Royal Montreal Golf Club tomorrow

The GIST: Fresh off Team USA’s Solheim Cup victory earlier this month, the best in the men’s game take over Canada’s beautiful Royal Montreal Golf Club for the 15th edition of the Presidents Cup, a biennial team event pitting 12 Americans against 12 non-European golfers. Here’s what to know before the fun begins tomorrow — it’s ball or nothing.

How it works: Unlike the three-day Ryder Cup (featuring the men’s Team USA vs. Team Europe), this four-day match play event includes four-ball (best ball) and foursome (alternate shot) competitions through the first three days, culminating with 12 singles matches on Sunday.

• The team that earns the most points wins the Cup, an honor Team USA has had all but two times, boasting a nine-tourney win streak that dates back to 2005. Talk about dominant.

Golfers to know: Canadian champion and 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir faces the tall task of ending the Americans’ aforementioned win streak, with hopes of bringing the Presidents Cup back to the international side for the first time in 25 years.

• Leading the pack is Australian Adam Scott, who’s making a record-breaking 11th International Team appearance. He’ll rely on his fellow Aussie, Jason Day, and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, but expect the Canadian crowd to be the 13th man as they root for hometown boys Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes, and Taylor Pendrith.

Zooming out: Given the success of the Solheim Cup, it begs the question why there isn’t a women’s event equivalent to the Presidents. Seven of the top 10 women’s players in the world hail from countries other than the U.S., including New Zealand’s 2024 Olympic gold medalist and World No. 3 Lydia Ko.

• Creating another opportunity for golf's best to shine in a team event would be a significant move in growing the game. Now that would be tee-riffic.