This year’s tournament will be held at Gleneagles, a posh resort complex in Perthshire, Scotland. Dates: Sept. 26-28.

Plan on being up early; play begins at 7:35 a.m. Scottish time the first two days and 11:36 a.m. on the final day. Scottish time is five hours ahead of Eastern time.

Day 1 will be carried live on The Golf Channel, beginning at 2:30 a.m. ET. NBC will air play live on the final two days. Air times: 3 a.m. and then 7 a.m.

American teams lead the series 25-12-2, but the European team won the past two events, five of the past six and seven of the past nine.

Teams are composed of 12 players. They compete in match-play foursome, four-ball and singles events. The latter caps the competition on Sunday with all players taking part. Foursome and four-ball play is staged Friday and Saturday.

The teams: United States | Europe

Tom Watson is the U.S. captain. Paul McGinley is Europe’s captain. Teams are made up of nine qualifiers in points and three captain’s picks.

This is the 40th Ryder Cup competition. It began in 1927, with teams from the U.S. and Britain vying for a trophy donated by English businessman Samuel Ryder.

Irishmen and others from the British Isles were added to the British team. Other European players were allowed in the competition beginning in 1979. Jack Nicklaus suggested the change after Americans dominated the competition.

Result: Team Europe won nine times since then, the Americans seven times. Another match ended in a draw that allowed the Europeans to retain the Cup.

Points are awarded for winners in the match play competition.

The Ryder Cup was canceled from 1939 through 1945 because of World War II. It was moved to even-numbered years when organizers delayed the 2001 event because of 9/11. The Presidents Cup, pitting Americans against a World team, now is contested in odd-number years.

American and British teams staged the Walker Cup for amateur players beginning in 1922, a year after the two nations sent 12 men for a competition at Gleneagles ahead of the British Open. That set the stage for the Ryder Cup.

Sites across the United States play host to Cup events. European sites were limited to England until 1937, and since have been held across the British Isles. The first time Ryder Cup play was staged elsewhere was 1997, in Spain. The 2018 event will be played in France.

Here are the winners year by year.

2012: Europe, 14½-13½ 2010: Europe, 14½-13½ 2008: United States, 16½-11½ 2006: Europe, 18½-9½ 2004: Europe, 18½-9½ 2002: Europe, 15½-12½ 1999: United States, 14½-13½ 1997: Europe, 14½-13½ 1995: Europe, 14½-13½ 1993: United States, 15-13 1991: United States, 14½-13½ 1989: Draw, 14-14 1987: Europe, 15-13 1985: Europe, 16½-11½ 1983: United States, 14½-13½ 1981: United States, 18½-9½ 1979: United States, 17-11 1977: United States, 12½-7½ 1975: United States, 21-11 1973: United States, 19-13 1971: United States, 18½-13½ 1969: Draw, 16-16 1967: United States, 23½-8½ 1965: United States, 19½-12½ 1963: United States, 23-9 1961: United States, 14½-9½ 1959: United States, 8½-3½ 1957: England, 7½-4½ 1955: United States, 8-4 1953: United States, 6½-5½ 1951: United States, 9½-2½ 1949: United States, 7-5 1947: United States, 11-1 1937: United States, 8-4 1935: United States, 9-3 1933: England, 6½-5½ 1931: United States, 9-3 1929: England, 7-5 1927: United States, 9½-2½