Paul McGinley has admitted he is still deciding on his pairings for the opening foursomes and fourballs on Friday.
The Irishman has arrived at Gleneagles to plot the defence of the title Europe so memorably won at Medinah two years ago.
The 47-year-old has an idea of what pairings he wants to send out against the US but he wants to assess his players’ form this week before finalising his decision.
“I have a skeleton plan in place but I wouldn’t say it is firmed up,” he told Sky Sports News HQ. “I want to discuss things with the vice-captains but more than I want to see how the players are.
“It is a little bit like horses from Ireland travelling over to Cheltenham – you want to see how they get over the journey.
“You want to see how tired they are and assess them all. The next four or five days will give us an insight into that.
“We’ll assess that in the next few days and then firm up our ideas with regards to pairings.”
The US team, which will be captained by Tom Watson, are scheduled to arrive in Scotland on Monday while some of the European players are already at Gleneagles attempting to get to grips with the famous course.
After two years of build-up, McGinley admitted he is relieved the event is finally about to begin and said he cannot wait to get started.
“It is great to get the week started,” he said. “Players are starting to arrive and it is all starting to build up and get exciting.
“I go to meet Tom (Watson) and the team tomorrow morning at the airport. I feel it has started. Some of the players are arriving today.
“It is starting to get exciting. It is real, it is alive and it is about to start.”
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