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While it's getting late here on the West Coast, things are just getting started at THE Celtic Manor Resort—kind of reminds me of THE Ohio State University—in THE city of Newport, Wales.

So while those of us here are heading off to bed, the world's finest golfers are teeing off in the sport's most heated international competition.

For regular updates throughout the evening, stay tuned to RyderCup.com, where they'll be keeping track of every shot, every hole, every half, every duff, every point and every one of the fans booing Tiger Woods.

For live scoring of each and every Friday morning Fourball match, go here.

For Friday afternoon Foursomes, you'll want this link.

For the overall scores and standings, point that browser in this direction.

Enjoy the opening day of matches and we'll be back soon with more information, updates and analysis.

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Friday's action tees off from Wales with the Fourball (better ball) matches. These are two-on-two match-play competitions where—as the name suggests—each team plays the better ball from the team's two shots.

The tee times and matchups are as follows (all times ET):

2:45 a.m.: Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson vs. Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer

3 a.m.: Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar vs. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell

3:15 a.m.: Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods vs. Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher

3:30 a.m.: Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton vs. Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington

Then, on Friday afternoon (local Wales time), everyone will be ready for some Foursomes. (It's not what you're thinking, sicko.) These are four more two-on-two (alternate-shot) matches.

The pairings haven't been released for that segment just yet, but we'll get them to you as quickly as possible.

Team Europe
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Just to reset the stage, there are 12 players on both the U.S. and European rosters. On each squad, there are eight players who qualify automatically for their team with their results over the year.

For the Europeans, it comes down to the European Tour list and the Official World Golf Rankings points list.

For the Americans, it's a combination of prize money won in recent majors, prize money earned in other events, and a ranking of 59 of the nation's top collegiate football coaches. Wait, or maybe that's the BCS rankings ... but this is nearly as convoluted and confusing.

Anyway, after the eight qualify automatically, the team captains—Corey Pavin of the U.S. and Colin Montgomerie of Europe—each get to make four captain's picks.

So, without further ado, the rosters are made up of the following golfers. Something tells me you'll recognize most of the names.

TEAM USA

• Phil Mickelson
• Jim Furyk
• Matt Kuchar
• Dustin Johnson
• Jeff Overton
• Bubba Watson
• Hunter Mahan
• Zach Johnson (captain's pick)
• Stewart Cink (captain's pick)
• Rickie Fowler (captain's pick)
• Tiger Woods (captain's pick)

TEAM EUROPE

• Miguel Angel Jimenez
• Lee Westwood
• Rory McIlroy
• Martin Kaymer
• Graeme McDowell
• Ian Poulter
• Ross Fisher
• Francisco Molinari
• Peter Hanson (captain's pick)
• Eduardo Molinari (captain's pick)
• Luke Donald (captain's pick)
• Padraig Harrington (captain's pick)

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According to everyone's favorite golf gambling website GolfLasVegasNow.com (OK, it was the first site that came up in Google), Europe is a slight favorite at -0.5 points to reclaim the Ryder Cup from the American team.

"Action is minimal until the days leading up to the Ryder Cup," says Jeff Sherman, assistant director of the Las Vegas Hilton Superbook and founder of founder of Las Vegas' GolfOdds.com.

"We tend to see more action on the individual matches, especially the Sunday singles, than the odds to win the Ryder Cup itself," he continues. "Even though the USA won the last Ryder Cup in the States, Europe is a slight favorite due to their overall recent domination and a return to European soil. With the USA now the defending champion, the atmosphere will be extremely heated. Tiger Woods recent issues will only add fuel to that as if the tournament isn't charged up enough."

Add the gambling element to the pre-existing excitement of the Ryder Cup and it's like the Super Bowl of golf.

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As we've made very clear already on Bleacher Report here, here and here, seeing all of the action live in the United States is going to be a tricky proposition.

On Friday, ESPN will be showing the first day's matches live from 2:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.

On Saturday, NBC will be taking over the coverage and will showing it largely on tape delay from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.

On Sunday, NBC is at it again, where it will broadcast live from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.

If you're more a computer person or you'll be attempting to stay up to date with live streaming video from work, RyderCup.com is the place to be.