Woods believes it helped the visitors smash the Internationals 19-15 and would like to see a similar preparation from his team next year.
"Yeah if they want to [play the Australian Open]; whatever is best for their game," Woods told AAP on Wednesday.
"I just want them not to be like most of our team in 1998, when the Tour Championship ended in early November and the guys didn't play for a month."
In 1998, just two American team members contested the Open at Royal Adelaide before the Internationals won their only Cup title the following week.
"They took some time off [after] a long season and we weren't ready as a team when we went down there in '98," Woods said.
"But we were ready in 2011 and the guys responded and played well, so hopefully that'll be the case [next year]."
Tiger Woods will lead the American team.
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Woods says the biggest obstacle to playing the Australian Open is his foundation's Hero World Challenge event, which is typically held around the same time and attracts the big guns.
"We're still trying to figure out the dates of the Hero," Woods said.
"Once it's finalised, I can start making plans for which way we are going to go [with the Australian Open] or if I'll encourage guys to go.
"But it's a long way away."
Helping the Golf Australia tournament's push to lure the stars is an earlier end to the 2019 US golf season.
The US PGA Championship will be brought forward from August to May, while the Players Championship will return to its March date.
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