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Geoff Ogilvy intends to replicate the victorious cohesion the European Ryder Cup team is famous for in a bid to captain his International Presidents Cup side to its first victory this century.<\/p>\n
Two weeks before the 16th edition of the biennial teams matches comes to Chicago, Ogilvy\u2019s team is complete<\/a> and the 49-year-old is undaunted by the event\u2019s overall ledger that shows the American side with a near-perfect record.<\/p>\n RELATED: Skipper Geoff Ogilvy names three Presidents Cup rookies<\/a><\/p>\n The Melburnian is aided by an advantage only he possesses \u2013 his design firm, OCM Golf, is responsible for the renovation of the No.3 course<\/a> at the host venue, Medinah Country Club.<\/p>\n Whether that counts for anything when the two 12-player sides line up remains to be seen, but Ogilvy would like to harness some of the energy the European Ryder Cup side has discovered when it comes to taking on the might of American golf.<\/p>\n \u201cIt used to be a group that would get together every two years and play a golf tournament. Now it\u2019s a constant, the International team,\u201d he told Australian Golf Digest this morning. \u201cWe have dinners all the time, they all play practice rounds [together on tour], we had an outing last year with the whole group at Medinah.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels a bit more like \u2013\u00a0I don\u2019t know what it feels like to be a European leading up to the Ryder Cup or in the Ryder Cup team \u2013\u00a0but it feels more like that.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re the benchmark in international team golf. They do such a good job. Luke [Donald\u2019s] hallmark has been attention to detail and leaving no stone unturned. All the different things they do to create that\u2026 and that energy continues.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can bridge that gap from all the players who have played before to now, and I think Europe have really always done that really well and I think we\u2019re getting to a point where that\u2019s starting to work for us.\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED: United nations highlight this Presidents Cup<\/a><\/p>\n Ogilvy has continued to build upon the unity Ernie Els elevated during his captaincy of the 2019 International side that led going into the singles matches at Royal Melbourne before falling short on Sunday. The team shield remains and so does a heightened sense of camaraderie across a side drawn on this occasion from seven different nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt takes a long time to get a group of people from all these different countries feeling like they\u2019re all playing for the same team, if you like,\u201d Ogilvy said. \u201cEurope, I think, took a long time with that as well, if you look at the history of the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup history is actually pretty similar to that.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we\u2019re feeling [like we\u2019re] in a pretty good spot and it\u2019s pretty exciting. The boys are definitely into it.\u201d<\/p>\n However, the odds are still stacked against the Internationals. Only once in 15 previous contests has the blended side captured the trophy, and not since 1998 and never in the United States. Only twice since 1996 have the Internationals managed to finish within three points of the US side in Presidents Cups held in America.<\/p>\n