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The PGA Tour is heading down to the Massive Easy for its annual Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana, the proper authentic crew event on Tour. There will be 80 groups competing in match-play formats fancy finest ball and alternate shot.
A accepted event among the PGA Tour players, that is a first-rate opportunity to procure FedEx Cup capabilities while playing with a teammate.
It’s the proper event on the unheard of season agenda that’s no longer stroke play, which gives players and followers a refreshing trade.
Right here is the one-conclude shop for all things Zurich Classic.
Where: TPC Louisiana (Par-72 7,425 yards)
When: April 25-28
Purse: $8,900,000 / $1,286,050 every
FedEx Cup Components: 400 every
Defending Champion: Nick Hardy & Davis Riley
Davis Riley and Nick Hardy, the winners of the 2023 Zurich Classic.
Photo by Tracy Wilcox/PGA Tour by assignment of Getty Photos
Zurich Classic Layout
To occupy the field, every of the prime on hand players on the PGA Tour Priority Rankings who commit to the event will select out their accomplice. Whoever they select will have to hang PGA Tour role except chosen as a sponsor exemption, per the PGA Tour.
The event will make exercise of both Four-ball and Foursome formats. The duos will play Four-ball (higher ball) on Thursday and Saturday. Friday and Sunday will be alternate shot formats.
There will mild be a reduce after 36 holes.
Winners procure 400 FedEx Cup capabilities apiece and their two-yr Tour exemption. Alternatively, they invent no longer recieve Masters invitations or world rating capabilities.
Easy tricks on how to Gaze the Zurich Classic
Thursday, April 25: 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, April 26: 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, April 27: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
Sunday, April 28: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
Easy tricks on how to Meander the Zurich Classic
Peacock will simulcast Golf Channel’s publicizes during all four rounds. That you might stream protection on Peacock right here.
In addition, for the third and closing rounds on CBS, Paramount+ will simulcast these telecasts.
ESPN+ would possibly maybe also air PGA Tour Dwell’s main feed all four days of play.
Thursday, April 25:
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Friday, April 26:
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Saturday, April 27:
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Sunday, April 28:
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Zurich Classic Preview
This yr’s Zurich Classic has some impossible groups competing in the Massive Easy. From players who were right here for years to first-timers, this field must mild bring leisure.
Among the finest pairings to create their debut is Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy. The Irish duo will glimpse to residing off some havoc as they channel their internal Ryder Cup mentality.
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy on the 2023 Ryder Cup.
Photo By Brendan Moran/Getty Photos
The 2022 winners, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are reduction and tantalizing to design finish dwelling one other title after they came up short final yr with a T4 create. They are on the 2d the favorites to in finding this event.
Final yr’s champions, Davis Riley and Nick Hardy are reduction to defend their title.
Brothers fancy to play in this event. On the least three units of siblings are competing in Unusual Orleans.
Ragged U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick and his brother Alex are reduction to play in Unusual Orleans. As Plump Swing Season 2 showcased, this event modified into once big for the Fitzpatrick siblings final yr. They completed T19 after they shot a 2-over 74 on Sunday, which took the wind out of their sails. Would maybe moreover this be the yr for the English duo to attain together and in finding the title?
Brothers Parker and Pierceson Coody, two PGA Tour rookies, will play. Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard are in the field as successfully.
Diverse vital pairings include Matt Kuchar and Steve Stricker, Team Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald and one among his assistant captains, Francesco Molinari, Keith Mitchell and Joel Dahmen, the all-Canadian crew of Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith and Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris.
Nicolai Højgaard and Rasmus Højgaard on the 2024 Hero Dubai Wilderness Classic.
Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Photos
Zurich Classic Round 1 Tee Times (ET):
* – Denotes beginning on Tenth tee
/ – Denotes crew members
8:00 a.m. — Adam Lengthy/Vince Whaley, Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft
8:00 a.m.* — Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner, Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak
8:13 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Burgoon, Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon
8:13 a.m.* — Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox, C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu
8:26 a.m. — Carl Yuan/Zecheng Dou, Doug Ghim/Chan Kim
8:26 a.m.* — Taylor 1st viscount montgomery of alamein/Ben Griffin, Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre
8:39 a.m. — Chad Ramey/Martin Coach, Ryan Brehm/Impress Hubbard
8:39 a.m.* — Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele
8:52 a.m. — J.J Spaun/Hayden Buckley, Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith
8:52 a.m.* — Nick Hardy/Davis Riley, Brice Garnett/Sepp Straka
9:05 a.m. — Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman, Cameron Champ/MJ Daffue
9:05 a.m.* — Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown, Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy
9:18 a.m. — Luke Listing/Henrik Norlander, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
9:18 a.m.* — Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker, Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith
9:31 a.m. — Patton Kizzire/Ben Kohles, Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn
9:31 a.m.* — Daniel Berger/Victor Perez, Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith
9:44 a.m. — Brandon Wu/James Nicholas, Justin Suh/Rico Hoey
9:44 a.m.* — Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman, Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott
9:57 a.m. — Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman, Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale, Jr.
9:57 a.m.* — Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter
1:05 p.m. — Sangmoon Bae/S.H. Kim, Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid
1:05 p.m.* — Troy Merritt/Robert Streb, Roger Sloan/Josh Teater
1:18 p.m. — Scott Piercy/Harry Hall, Sam Ryder/Beau Hossler
1:18 p.m.* — Callum Tarren/David Skins, Aaron Rai/David Lipsky
1:31 p.m. — Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup, Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen
1:31 p.m.* — Austin Prepare dinner/Raul Pereda, Ted Potter, Jr./Alejandro Tosti
1:44 p.m. — Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama, Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry
1:44 p.m.* — Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald, Matt Wallace/Thorbjørn Olesen
1:57 p.m. — Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander, Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin
1:57 p.m.* — Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer, Eric Cole/Russ Cochran
2:10 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick, Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard
2:10 p.m.* — Peter Malnati/Russell Knox, Adequate.H. Lee/Michael Kim
2:23 p.m. — Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges, Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker
2:23 p.m.* — Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos, Ben Martin/Carson Younger
2:36 p.m. — Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird, Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor
2:36 p.m.* — Jonathan Byrd/Scott Gutschewski, Dylan Wu/Justin Lower
2:49 p.m. — Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo, Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg
2:49 p.m.* — Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr, Harry Higgs/Label Crowe
3:02 p.m. — Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody, Ben Silverman/Kevin Doughtery
3:02 p.m.* — Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick, Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney
Zurich Classic Round 2 Tee Times (ET):
* – Denotes beginning on Tenth tee
/ – Denotes crew members
9:20 a.m. — Troy Merritt/Robert Streb, Roger Sloan/Josh Teater
9:20 a.m.* — Sangmoon Bae/S.H. Kim, Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid
9:31 a.m. — Callum Tarren/David Skins, Aaron Rai/David Lipsky
9:31 a.m.* — Scott Piercy/Harry Hall, Sam Ryder/Beau Hossler
9:42 a.m. — Austin Prepare dinner/Raul Pereda, Ted Potter, Jr./Alejandro Tosti
9:42 a.m.* — Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup, Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen
9:fifty three a.m. — Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald, Matt Wallace/Thorbjørn Olesen
9:fifty three a.m.* — Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama, Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry
10:04 a.m. — Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer, Eric Cole/Russ Cochran
10:04 a.m.* — Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander, Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin
10:15 a.m. — Peter Malnati/Russell Knox, Adequate.H. Lee/Michael Kim
10:15 a.m.* — Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick, Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard
10:26 a.m. — Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos, Ben Martin/Carson Younger
10:26 a.m.* — Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges, Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker
10:37 a.m. — Jonathan Byrd/Scott Gutschewski, Dylan Wu/Justin Lower
10:37 a.m.* — Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird, Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor
10:forty eight a.m. — Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr, Harry Higgs/Label Crowe
10:forty eight a.m.* — Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo, Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg
10:59 a.m. — Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick, Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney
10:59 a.m.* — Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody, Ben Silverman/Kevin Doughtery
1:35 p.m. — Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner, Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak
1:35 p.m.* — Adam Lengthy/Vince Whaley, Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft
1:46 p.m. — Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox, C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu
1:46 p.m.* — Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Burgoon, Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon
1:57 p.m. — Taylor 1st viscount montgomery of alamein/Ben Griffin, Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre
1:57 p.m.* — Carl Yuan/Zecheng Dou, Doug Ghim/Chan Kim
2:08 p.m. — Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele
2:08 p.m.* — Chad Ramey/Martin Coach, Ryan Brehm/Impress Hubbard
2:19 p.m.— Nick Hardy/Davis Riley, Brice Garnett/Sepp Straka
2:19 p.m.* — J.J Spaun/Hayden Buckley, Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith
2:30 p.m. — Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown, Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy
2:30 p.m.* — Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman, Cameron Champ/MJ Daffue
2:41 p.m. — Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker, Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith
2:41 p.m.*— Luke Listing/Henrik Norlander, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
2:52 p.m. — Daniel Berger/Victor Perez, Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith
2:52 p.m.* — Patton Kizzire/Ben Kohles, Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn
3:03 p.m. — Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman, Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott
3:03 p.m.* — Brandon Wu/James Nicholas, Justin Suh/Rico Hoey
3:14 p.m. — Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter
3:14 p.m.* — Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman, Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale, Jr.
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