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Apr 24, 2022; Avondale, Louisiana, USA; Xander Schauffele (left) and Patrick Cantlay (right) hold up the Zurich Classic trophy and belts after winning the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports
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Apr 24, 2022; Avondale, Louisiana, USA; Xander Schauffele (left) and Patrick Cantlay (right) hold up the Zurich Classic trophy and belts after winning the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports
Five of the top 15 players from the OWGR table will head to New Orleans from South Carolina. The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is the Tour’s only team event. The 80-man field includes three of the world’s top ten, including World No. 2. Despite changing its look and form, the Zurich Classic will have a cut—the top 33 teams and ties will advance to the final two rounds.
Aside from the $8.9 million purse, of which each member of the winning team will get $1,286,050, top-ten and ties will earn an exemption into next week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson. The Tour released the tee times and teams earlier today.
Tee times and pairings for the Zurich Classic
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Adam Long / Vince Whaley, Kevin Tway / Kelly Kraft will kickstart the first round at 8 AM ET. Each team will tee off with a 13-minute difference between them. Here is the full list of tee times and parings for the Zurich Classic.
| Tee time | Teams |
| 8 a.m. | Adam Long / Vince Whaley and Kevin Tway / Kelly Kraft |
| 8:13 a.m. | Jhonattan Vegas / Bronson Burgoon and Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon |
| 8:26 a.m. | Carl Yuan / Zecheng Dou and Doug Ghim / Chan Kim |
| 8:39 a.m. | Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer and Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard |
| 8:52 a.m. | J.J Spaun / Hayden Buckley and Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith |
| 9:05 a.m. | Nico Echavarria / Max Greyserman and Cameron Champ / MJ Daffue |
| 9:18 a.m. | Luke List / Henrik Norlander and Charley Hoffman / Nick Watney |
| 9:31 a.m. | Patton Kizzire / Ben Kohles and Zac Blair / Patrick Fishburn |
| 9:44 a.m. | Brandon Wu / James Nicholas and Justin Suh / Rico Hoey |
| 9:57 a.m. | Mac Meissner / Austin Smotherman and Paul Haley II / Blaine Hale Jr. |
| 1:05 p.m. | Sangmoon Bae / S.H. Kim and Alex Smalley / Matti Schmid |
| 1:18 p.m. | Scott Piercy / Harry Hall and Sam Ryder / Beau Hossler |
| 1:31 p.m. | Austin Eckroat / Chris Gotterup and Keith Mitchell / Joel Dahmen |
| 1:44 p.m. | Collin Morikawa / Kurt Kitayama and Rory McIlroy / Shane Lowry |
| 1:57 p.m. | Billy Horschel / Tyson Alexander and Nick Taylor / Adam Hadwin |
| 2:10 p.m. | Matt Fitzpatrick / Alex Fitzpatrick and Nicolai Hojgaard / Rasmus Hojgaard |
| 2:23 p.m. | Gary Woodland / Lee Hodges and Chez Reavie / Brandt Snedeker |
| 2:36 p.m. | Kevin Streelman / Martin Laird and Sean O’Hair / Ben Taylor |
| 2:49 p.m. | Vincent Norrman / Jorge Campillo and Chesson Hadley / Grayson Sigg |
| 3:02 p.m. | Parker Coody / Pierceson Coody and Ben Silverman / Kevin Dougherty |
10th tee
| Tee time | Teams |
| 8 a.m. | Kevin Chappell / Jason Dufner and Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak |
| 8:13 a.m. | Garrick Higgo / Ryan Fox and C.T. Pan / Kevin Yu |
| 8:26 a.m. | Taylor Montgomery / Ben Griffin and Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre |
| 8:39 a.m. | Sahith Theegala / Will Zalatoris and Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele |
| 8:52 a.m. | Nick Hardy / Davis Riley and Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka |
| 9:05 a.m. | Kevin Kisner / Scott Brown and Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy |
| 9:18 a.m. | Matt Kuchar / Steve Stricker and Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith |
| 9:31 a.m. | Daniel Berger / Victor Perez and Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith |
| 9:44 a.m. | Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman and Erik Barnes / Harrison Endycott |
| 9:57 a.m. | Jimmy Stanger / Adrien Dumont de Chassart and Thriston Lawerence / Aldrich Potgieter |
| 1:05 p.m. | Troy Merritt / Robert Streb and Roger Sloan / Josh Teater |
| 1:18 p.m. | Callum Tarren / David Skinns and Aaron Rai / David Lipsky |
| 1:31 p.m. | Austin Cook / Raul Pereda and Ted Potter Jr. / Alejandro Tosti |
| 1:44 p.m. | Francesco Molinari / Luke Donald and Matt Wallace / Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 1:57 p.m. | Zach Johnson / Ryan Palmer and Eric Cole / Russ Cochran |
| 2:10 p.m. | Peter Malnati / Russell Knox and K.H. Lee / Michael Kim |
| 2:23 p.m. | Nate Lashley / Rafael Campos and Ben Martin / Carson Young |
| 2:36 p.m. | Jonathan Byrd / Scott Gutschewski and Dylan Wu / Justin Lower |
| 2:49 p.m. | Robby Shelton / Wilson Furr and Harry Higgs / Trace Crowe |
| 3:02 p.m. | Norman Xiong / Ryan McCormick and Hayden Springer / Tom Whitney |
Teeing off at 8.39 AM ET, Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris vs. Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele, are the first marquee group on Thursday. Schauffele and Cantlay, the 2022 champions, also have the Foursome and Fourballs scoring records. Here are the top players you should watch out for at the Zurich Classic.
Which teams to look out for over the weekend
Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris might emerge as the dark horse. They don’t have the Ryder Cup experience, like their first round opponents. But Theegala already has five top-10s from 11 appearances, including a solo second at the RBC Heritage. Zalatoris knocked off another top-10 finish at this year’s Masters.
Teams and starting times for the first two rounds of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans pic.twitter.com/Qnau49tN1x
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) April 23, 2024
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Rory McIlroy will make his tournament debut, as his plan for playing more before the Masters stretches beyond the season’s first major. Shane Lowry had earlier paired up with Padraig Harrington after the Zurich Classic moved to its new format in 2017.
Interestingly, three groups of siblings will tee up at TPC Lousiana. Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick will play at 2.10 PM ET against twins, Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard. Then there is the Coody twins, who recently made history by being grouped together in the opening round of Texas Children’s Houston Open.
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Veteran, Steve Stricker will tee off in his second PGA Tour event after THE PLAYERS. Stricker wanted Tiger Woods in his team. But that didn’t happen, and he will join forces with Matt Kuchar instead.
Zurich Classic will tee off on April 25. The New Orleans event since transforming into the Tour’s only team outing, has followed Ryder Cup-like Fourball and Foursome formats. The first and third rounds will be played in Fourball, and the second and fourth rounds will be played in Foursome.
