Ryder Cup: Which players have performed strongly at Whistling Straits before?
With the 24 players for this year’s showdown in Wisconsin now known, we look at the past course records of the two teams.
The Paris venue was well known to the European team and many boasted strong records there.
The stars of the show that memorable week were Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood, the duo winning all four matches together and the Italian completing a perfect 5-0-0 record by capturing his singles too.
Alex Noren had won there a few months earlier, Rory McIlroy had a pair of top fours on his previous two visits and 11 of the 12 had at least a top 10 at the course, with eight recording a top five.
By contrast, the only American to come over and play the Open de France in the summer of 2018 was Justin Thomas.
He ended tied 10th and was rewarded for his reconnaissance work by finishing as the top US points scorer, racking up an impressive four wins in his side's 17.5-11.5 drubbing.
And after Le Golf National was set up to negate the Americans' power-hitting, Whistling Straits should be a far better fit for the US bombers.
Course form at Whistling Straits
Team USA
Collin Morikawa - not played before
Dustin Johnson - 7th 2015 (66-73-68-69), 5th 2010 (71-68-67-73)
Bryson DeChambeau - not played before
Brooks Koepka - 5th 2015 (73-69-67-66)
Justin Thomas - 18th 2015 (72-70-68-70)
Patrick Cantlay - not played before
Tony Finau - 10th 2015 (71-66-69-71)
Xander Schauffele - not played before
Jordan Spieth - 2nd 2015 (71-67-65-68)
Harris English - 48th 2015 (68-71-76-72)
Daniel Berger - MC 2015 (74-74)
Scottie Scheffler - not played before
Team Europe
Jon Rahm - not played before
Tommy Fleetwood - MC 2015 (77-72)
Tyrrell Hatton - 25th 2015 (73-72-68-70)
Bernd Wiesberger - MC 2015 (72-75)
Rory McIlroy - 17th 2015 (71-71-68-69), 3rd 2010 (71-68-67-72)
"Overall I think it's a fantastic golf course. It's a fantastic venue for a Major championship, and looking forward to the Ryder Cup in five years' time."
Viktor Hovland - not played before
Paul Casey - 30th 2015 (70-70-70-74), 12th 2010 (72-71-70-69), MC 2004 (74-72)
Matt Fitzpatrick - not played before
Lee Westwood - 43rd 2015 (72-72-70-73), MC 2004 (75-71)
Shane Lowry - MC 2010 (71-79), MC 2015 (78-69)
Sergio Garcia - 54th 2015 (72-71-75-70), MC 2010 (78-69), MC 2004 (73-73)
Ian Poulter - MC 2015 (75-75), MC 2010 (72-72-77), 37th 2004 (73-72-70-73)
Summary
If aggregated, here are the combined finishes of each side:
USA: 2nd, 5th, 5th, 7th, 10th, 18th, 48th, MC
Europe: 3rd, 12th, 17th, 25th, 30th, 37th, 43rd, 54th, MC, MC, MC, MC, MC, MC, MC, MC, MC, MC
The US Ryder team have also gone on a recent scouting trip to Whistling Straits to further acquaint themselves with the course.
Captain Steve Stricker explained: "My message from day one has been to try and out-prepare the other team, the European team, and for me it's been that way throughout my career, just trying to prepare the best as I can going into events.
"They had us over a barrel in Paris because we didn't have enough practice rounds at [Le Golf National]," he said, which begs the question why more of them didn't play in the Open de France the previous summer.