Tiger Woods will be paired with Fred Couples during the first day of the Presidents Cup at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Woods, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, will be participating in his fourth Presidents Cup, and he carries only an 8-7 record at the event. He and Couples, who has won eight of his 12 all-time matches in Presidents Cup play, will be matched against Adam Scott and Retief Goosen from the international squad in Thursday's first foursome match, which will tee of at 1:10 p.m. (et). There are five other foursome matches on Thursday afternoon, and the last one will be between Stewart Cink and David Toms for the U.S. against Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir. Toms was hospitalized over the weekend for a rapid heart rate following his withdrawal from the 84 Lumber Classic in suburban Pittsburgh. Toms, who has lost four of his five all-time matches at the Presidents Cup, said Wednesday he's ready to help his team capture the tournament for a fourth time. "I was a bit sluggish early in the week," Toms said. "I don't know if that's because I didn't sleep for a couple of days or what, but now I'm starting to feel much better. I really don't see it being an issue at all, unless for some reason I have an incident this week on the golf course, or off the golf course." Also Thursday, Fred Funk and Jim Furyk will be paired for the U.S. against Vijay Singh and Mark Hensby. Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco will face off against Nick O'Hern and Tim Clark from the international team. Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank will team up for the U.S. squad versus Peter Lonard and Stuart Appleby. Davis Love III and Kenny Perry will be matched against Michael Campbell and Angel Cabrera of the international team. After Thursday, there will be five four-ball matches on Friday. Saturday will open with five foursome matches, followed by six matches in a four-ball format. There are 12 singles matches involving all players on Sunday. The United States is 3-1-1 all-time against the international squad in the Presidents Cup, which is staged every two years. The American team has never lost on U.S. soil. The event was played in even numbered years until 2003 so that it wouldn't coincide with the Ryder Cup. "We don't have a great reason as to why, other than we've had a good mixture of players, guys that hit long off the tee and can take advantage of the par 5s that are marginally reachable," Mickelson said of a possible home-course advantage. "We have guys that are incredible short iron players; we have a lot of short irons into these pins to make a lot of birdies. I think the mixture works out well as opposed to being a one dimensional team." The 2003 Presidents Cup was held in South Africa and finished in a 17-17 tie with both teams agreeing to share the trophy for two years. This occurred after Woods and Ernie Els halved three sudden-death holes with pars, as the matches were called because of darkness and deemed a tie. However, this year, there won't be a tie. There will be no halves in singles matches and there will be extra holes for full points. This marks the fourth time the Presidents Cup will be held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, where the U.S. collected victories in 1994, 1996 and 2000. "I think we expect that the Americans are going to get the most cheers from their home crowd," said Singh, the world's No. 2 ranked player. "I feel like I'm playing here, this is my home as well, so there's a lot of fans out there that's going to be on our side, as well." All matches are worth one point each, for a total of 34 points. If, at any time, a Presidents Cup match is deadlocked at the end of singles play, there will be a sudden-death playoff between two players designated in advance by the respective captains. The Americans will try to bounce back against their European counterparts after losing by a margin of 18 1/2 - 9 1/2 in last year's Ryder Cup in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. "I wouldn't say we feel like we're the underdogs," Goosen said. "Obviously on paper we look like we are probably not as strong a team. But in match play, it always can turn around so many times, like we've seen in the Ryder Cup." Love and Mickelson are the only players on the United States team to have competed in all five Presidents Cups, while Price and Singh have equaled that feat for the internationals. South African Gary Player will make his second consecutive appearance as the international team captain, while the American contingent will be skippered for the third time by Jack Nicklaus.