The lone team event on the PGA Tour, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, is back this week, which is nice because it’s been a while since anyone besides Scottie Scheffler got to win a tournament. And given that Scheffler is taking the week off ahead of the arrival of his first child, this week we’ll see two “new” pros emerging victorious.
Mind you, Davis Riley and Nick Hardy are trying to make sure the Zurich title remains in their possession after claiming it a year ago. But challenging the duo at TPC Louisiana will be five of the top 15 players in the world. Most notably, for the first time, Rory McIlroy will stop by the Big Easy to try to win this pairs tournament. He’ll be joined by renowned Irish golfer Shane Lowry, as the two made plans to team up after the Ryder Cup last fall. Other highly-ranked teams include Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele (winners in 2022), Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama, Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris and Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin.
Also competing this week are three sets of brothers, and two sets of twins, which has to be some sort of record: Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard, Parker and Pierceson Coody and (mere brothers) Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick are all looking to take home a good chunk of change.
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Riley and Hardy needed to birdie four of their final six holes a year ago to pull out the title over the red-hot duo of Hadwin and Taylor duo. The second-place Canadian squad shot an alternate-shot record 63 on Sunday, but it still wasn’t enough to best Riley and Hardy’s 72-hole record of 258. Don’t tell Riley and Hardy, but mo team has ever defended its championship at the Zurich Classic.
Each player on the winning team will receive 400 FedEx Cup points and a $1,286,050 share of the $8.9 million purse.
TV Schedule
Golf Channel will carry live coverage Thursday and Friday from 3:30-6:30 p.m. EDT. On Saturday and Sunday, Golf Channel will start the coverage from 12:45-2:45 p.m. with CBS taking over with afternoon coverage from 3-6 p.m.
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Streaming Schedule
PGA Tour Live streaming coverage takes place on ESPN+ from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday.
Public TPC Louisiana Avondale, LA 3.7 59 Panelists
Home of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans since 2007, this Pete Dye design exudes a flair of TPC Sawgrass with some more low-profile design features like hidden bunkers and green complexes that offer options on approach. Dye had help from fellow tour pros Steve Elkington and New Orleans native Kelly Gibson on this 7,400 yard par-72 layout. Consistently ranked in the top 10 of Golf Digest’s Best in State, TPC Lousiana offers a nice mix of challenging short and long holes. View Course Leaderboard
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Tee Times (all times EDT) THURSDAY/FIRST ROUND/FOUR-BALL
First tee
8 a.m.
Adam Long/Tom Whaley
Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft
8:13 a.m.
Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Bugoon
Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon
8:26 a.m.
Carl Yuan/Marty Dou
Doug Ghim/Chan Kim
8:39 a.m.
Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer
Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard
8:52 a.m.
J.J. Spaun/Hayden Buckley
Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith
9:05 a.m.
Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman
Cameron Champ/M.J. Daffue
9:18 a.m.
Luke List/Henrik Norlander
Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
9:31 a.m.
Patton Kizzire/Ben Kholes
Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn
9:44 a.m.
Brandon Wu/James Nicholas
Justin Suh/Rico Hoey
9:57 a.m.
Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman
Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale Jr.
1:05 p.m.
Sangmoo Bae/S.H. Kim
Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid
1:18 p.m.
Scott Piercy/Harry Hall
Beau Hossler/Sam Ryder
1:31 p.m.
Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup
Kevin Mitchell/Joel Dahman
1:44 p.m.
Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama
Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry
1:57 p.m.
Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander
Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin
2:10 p.m.
Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick
Nicolai Hojgaard/Rasmus Hojgaard
2:23 p.m.
Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges
Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker
2:36 p.m.
Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird
Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor
2:49 p.m.
Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo
Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg
3:02 p.m.
Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody
Ben Silverman/Kevin Dougherty
10th tee
8 a.m.
Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner
Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak
8:13 a.m.
Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox
C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu
8:26 a.m.
Taylor Montgomery/Ben Griffin
Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre
8:39 a.m.
Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris
Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele
8:52 a.m.
Nick Hardy/Davis Riley
Sepp Straka/Bryce Garnett
9:05 a.m.
Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown
Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy
9:18 a.m.
Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker
Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith
9:31 a.m.
Daniel Berger/Victor Perez
Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith
9:44 a.m.
Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman
Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott
9:57 a.m.
Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter
1:05 p.m.
Troy Merritt/Robert Streb
Roger Sloan/Josh Teater
1:18 p.m.
Callum Tarren/David Skinns
Aaron Rai/David Lipsky
1:31 p.m.
Austin Cook/Raul Pereda
Ted Potter Jr./Alejandro Tosti
1:44 p.m.
Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald
Matt Wallace/Thorbjorn Olesen
1:57 p.m.
Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer
Eric Cole/Russ Cochran
2:10 p.m.
Peter Malnati/Russell Knox
K.H. Lee/Michael Kim
2:23 p.m.
Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos
Ben Martin/Carson Young
2:36 p.m.
Jonathan Byrd/Scot tGutschewski
Dylan Wu/Justin Lower
2:49 p.m.
Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr
Harry Higgs/Trace Crowe
3:02 p.m.
Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick
Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney
FRIDAY/SECOND ROUND/FOURSOMES
First tee
9:25 a.m.
Troy Merritt/Robert Streb
Roger Sloan/Josh Teater
9:31 a.m.
Callum Tarren/David Skinns
Aaron Rai/David Lipsky
9:42 a.m.
Austin Cook/Raul Pereda
Ted Potter Jr./Alejandro Tosti
9:53 a.m.
Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald
Matt Wallace/Thorbjorn Olesen
10:04 a.m.
Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer
Eric Cole/Russ Cochran
10:15 a.m.
Peter Malnati/Russell Knox
K.H. Lee/Michael Kim
10:26 a.m.
Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos
Ben Martin/Carson Young
10:37 a.m.
Jonathan Byrd/Scot tGutschewski
Dylan Wu/Justin Lower
10:48 a.m.
Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr
Harry Higgs/Trace Crowe
10:59 a.m.
Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick
Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney
1:35 p.m.
Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner
Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak
1:46 p.m.
Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox
C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu
1:57 p.m.
Taylor Montgomery/Ben Griffin
Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre
2:08 p.m.
Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris
Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele
2:19 p.m.
Nick Hardy/Davis Riley
Sepp Straka/Bryce Garnett
2:30 p.m.
Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown
Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy
2:41 p.m.
Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker
Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith
2:52 p.m.
Daniel Berger/Victor Perez
Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith
3:03 p.m.
Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman
Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott
3:14 p.m.
Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter
10th tee
9:20 a.m.
Sangmoo Bae/S.H. Kim
Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid
9:31 a.m.
Scott Piercy/Harry Hall
Beau Hossler/Sam Ryder
9:42 a.m.
Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup
Kevin Mitchell/Joel Dahman
9:53 a.m.
Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama
Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry
10:04 a.m.
Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander
Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin
10:15 a.m.
Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick
Nicolai Hojgaard/Rasmus Hojgaard
10:26 a.m.
Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges
Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker
10:37 a.m.
Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird
Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor
10:48 a.m.
Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo
Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg
10:59 a.m.
Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody
Ben Silverman/Kevin Dougherty
1:35 p.m.
Adam Long/Tom Whaley
Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft
1:46 p.m.
Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Bugoon
Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon
1:57 p.m.
Carl Yuan/Marty Dou
Doug Ghim/Chan Kim
2:08 p.m.
Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer
Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard
2:19 p.m.
J.J. Spaun/Hayden Buckley
Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith
2:30 p.m.
Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman
Cameron Champ/M.J. Daffue
2:41 p.m.
Luke List/Henrik Norlander
Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
2:52 p.m.
Patton Kizzire/Ben Kholes
Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn
3:03 p.m.
Brandon Wu/James Nicholas
Justin Suh/Rico Hoey
3:14 p.m.
Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman
Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale Jr.
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