You're reading this at your desk in work aren't you? We know what you're like. How can anyone resist such temptation. Let us know how you're showing your colours on #bbcrydercup.

Not a bad Ryder Cup week so far too, a few soap operas have played out. More on that next.

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Looking at those foursomes this morning, I fancy the Rose/Stenson and McIlroy/Sullivan to put blue on the board but Walker/Johnson and Johnson/Kuchar to level it up. What do you think?

Justin Rose is out sharpening his putting right now. In the dark may I add. That's commitment.

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New to the Ryder Cup? Not sure of your fourballs from your foursomes?

This morning's foursomes has each pair playing one ball between them, taking alternate strokes.

This afternoon's fourballs -as the name would suggest - means each player has his own ball, with the best score taken. 

You'll notice that only eight men from each team are in action - four are on the sidelines, as chosen by the captain. 

Same drill tomorrow, with the formats reversed, then on Sunday all 12 men will take part in the singles.

Right, so the first thing I need to know is are you pumped? Let me know on #bbcrydercup. I am, my boss to my left is too. There's even a woman carrying her Friday big shop outside our office window who looks like she's off home to focus on swing speeds while chanting in her living room.

We will get to what the difference is between fourballs and foursomes shortly. This is who gets us underway though.

Stay in touch, tweet us, let's get through these three days as one. "Shoulder to shoulder," as Europe captain Darren Clarke would say.

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Thank you one and all for joining us at BBC Sport as day one of the Ryder Cup gets under way.

How is this going to work?

We will bring you every blow and every hole won, lost or botched up by these players in live text format. If that's not enough, click 'live coverage' at the top of this page and you can listen to the action courtesy of BBC Radio 5 live.

And to cement all your Ryder Cup knowledge from the day, you'll be able to tune into highlights on BBC Two later tonight.

Practice is over. Let us ban silly poses for the cameras...

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Let us call an end to selfies with spectators....

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In a nutshell, let the talking stop. Enough is enough.

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We have waited two years for this. Europe, America, it's on. 

Hammer into one another with your putters, wedges and drivers at full throttle. We want carnage.

There will be heroes.

They will joyously sip champagne on Sunday evening while others become the collective image of golfing failure.

Let us soak up the joy of it and feel every drop of emotion along the way...

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There have been moments of wonderful sportsmanship, where the good shines through...

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Tears, we've seen a few, controversy, we've seen a lot...

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And then there's the brilliance, the magic. The dazzling soft hands under pressure, the nerves of steel when a nation or continent can barely watch. Character is called on and of course, character can be broken down.

Rookies can become kings. The established big names can melt down. Either way you can't stop watching. It's a soap opera, played out live with a soundtrack of raucous noise from the galleries.

Abandon all you are doing. Welcome to the Ryder Cup.