HERTFORDSHIRE, England -- On a rare weekend off last week, Adam Scott was like many golf fans, sitting in front of the television set watching the Ryder Cup.

Scott watched the debacle on Sunday as the U.S. team won just two matches and halved another on the way to that record-tying defeat. And he couldn’t help but wonder why the Americans always seem to play so much better at The Presidents Cup.

The 26-year-old Aussie has played on two International Teams at the Presidents Cup -- with the U.S. winning once and the two teams tying in the other. The Americans have a 4-1-1 edge in the competition overall.

“I'd like them to roll over a little more for us,” Scott said, smiling. “We're going to definitely feel the heat next year in the Presidents Cup because we'd definitely like to get a win.

“We're going to have a really strong team, and I'm sure the Americans are going to be bitter about not having the Ryder Cup, so they're going to want to keep The Presidents Cup. I think we're in for a really good competition.”

The 2007 Presidents Cup will be played Sept. 27-30 at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada. Scott said he had dinner the other night with fellow Aussie Stuart Appleby and New Zealand’s Michael Campbell, and they were already talking about next year’s event.

“I think The Presidents Cup, the last couple years, has really lifted as a tournament,” Scott said. “I think with all the buildup over the next year I think it's going to be big there in Montreal with probably the Americans looking to get their hands on the trophy, and same for us.”

Scott enters Sunday’s final round of the World Golf Championships--American Express Championship in second place, trailing Tiger Woods -- the leading point-getter for the Americans at The K Club last week -- by six strokes.

A reporter asked the 26-year-old Aussie if he had considered wearing a European Ryder Cup cap to the first tee at The Grove for their 10:37 a.m. (5:37 a.m. ET) date.

“(The) last time some guy wore a hat to take down Tiger, it didn't go too well,” Scott said, recalling the “Tiger who?” cap Vijay Singh’s caddie donned for their Singles match at the 2000 Presidents Cup. “I'm going to wear my Titleist hat tomorrow.”

Woods took a 2-and-1 victory over Singh that day as the U.S. won 21 ½ to 10 ½.

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Scott used to play those infamous 6 a.m. practice rounds with Woods, soaking up all the knowledge he could from the world’s No. 1 player. The young Aussie, who is ranked fifth, has found he likes sleeping in too much now, though.