The world renowned tournament features two teams of 12 golfers representing both the United States and Europe, in three days of match-play competition.

It officially begins today with the Opening Ceremony.

Action will then get underway on the golf course tomorrow with four foursome matches on both Friday and Saturday morning, and four fourball contests on Friday and Saturday afternoon.

Each player then takes on one member of the opposition team on Sunday in 12 singles matches to conclude the event.

The last time the competition was held in the United States, Europe produced a stunning comeback dubbed "The Miracle of Medinah" to come from 10–6 down going into the final day, to win by 14.5 points to 13.5_.

Europe have won eight of the last ten Ryder Cups including the last edition held at Gleneagles, Scotland, in 2014, and will this time be captained by Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke.

"It’s unquestionable that it’s going to be a very, very big task ahead of us,” said Clarke, who was previously a vice-captain in both 2010 and 2014.

"The American team is also shaping up very, very strongly.

"But with this European team, those guys have earned their right to be on the team.

"They have embraced the challenge and are world-class players in their own right."

Rio 2016 Olympic Games champion Justin Rose of England will be competing in his fourth Ryder Cup for Europe, as will Northern Ireland's Rory McIlory who recently won the season ending FedEx Cup Tour Championship to take $10 millon (£7.7 million/€8.9 milllion) prize money.

Current Masters champion and Englishman, Danny Willett, is also on Clarke's team as is Sweden's Henrik Stenson who defeated Ameican Phil Mickelson in a tense final round at this year's The Open Championship at Royal Troon.

Meanwhile, Davis Love III has been given the American captaincy once again after he oversaw the humiliating defeat in Medinah four years ago.

"I was moving on, I never dreamed it would happen again," said Love.

"I had a great experience at Medinah, I have no regrets.

"We put a great team out there who played great, they were just unfortunate."

Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson, who was a potential captain's pick to play in the tournament but was overlooked for Ryan Moore, have been selected as vice captains.

The American team features 23-year-old Jordan Spieth who was the second-youngest person to win the Masters when he did so in 2015, as well as the current world number two Dustin Johnson.

Mickelson will be making his 11th Ryder Cup appearance in Minnesota.

Tonight's Opening Ceremony formalities are headlined by the announcement of the opening foursome pairings, where Love III and Clarke will reveal their hands after months of planning.

The Ceremony will also include a video tribute to the late Arnold Palmer, whose death was announced at the start of the week.

Palmer was a seven-time winner of the Ryder Cup for the US as a player and captain and passed away aged 87.