The Presidents Cup is a biennial team competition run by the PGA Tour that sees the United States take on the International Team, which covers the rest of the world outside of Europe. The event has been played since 1994 and alternates between being held in the United States and elsewhere, with Canada, South Korea, Australia and South Africa all past host nations. This year's edition takes place from September 24-27 at Medinah Country Club in Illinois, which hosted the 2012 Ryder Cup along with the US Open and PGA Championship on multiple occasions.

The 2028 edition will be held at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Victoria, Australia, while the 2030 contest goes to Bellerive Country Club in Missouri. Team USA's qualification period began in January 2025 and ran until the BMW Championship last month, with points earned based on PGA Tour results and the top six in the standings qualifying automatically. World No 1 Scottie Scheffler topped the standings after winning eight times during the qualification period, with Players champion Cameron Young and US Open winner Wyndham Clark the next in the standings ahead of Sam Burns, Russell Henley and Collin Morikawa.

Captain Brandt Snedeker then selected Jacob Bridgeman, Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup, Jackson Koivun, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas as his six picks. The International Team standings ran from September 8 until the Tour Championship on August 30, with players' Official World Golf Ranking Points being used to determine their six automatic spots. Si Woo Kim topped the standings to secure his fourth appearance and Ryan Fox earned a debut by winning The Open at Royal Birkdale, with Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee, Tom Kim and Adam Scott all returning to the International Team.

Sungjae Im, Nico Echavarria, Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Ryo Hisatsune were Geoff Ogilvy's six captain's picks, with seven different nationalities making up the International Team. Snedeker served as a vice-captain at the 2024 Presidents Cup and 2025 Ryder Cup before taking on the American captaincy, with the 45-year-old having Gary Woodland, Jim Furyk, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson as his assistants.