2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Full Field: The PGA Tour's Two-Man Team Game
Much of the country is finally into the golf season, and for many players that means weekend pairs games. Pick a partner and take on another two-player team, either in a better-ball format or (if you want to see how much you really like your partner) alternate shot.
This week, the PGA Tour does the same thing.
The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a refreshing change from weekly Tour individual stroke play, with 80 teams of two playing the above two formats at TPC Louisiana. The first and third rounds are better ball and the second and fourth are alternate shot, with a cut after 36 holes.
The format always makes for interesting teams, from longtime friends to countrymen to completely random pairings.
Rory McIlroy is making his first appearance at TPC Louisiana, teaming up with fellow Irishman and Ryder Cup teammate Shane Lowry. They’ll see some familiar faces including their Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald, playing with his European assistant captain Francesco Molinari, as well as English brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick.
Brothers and Tour rookies Parker and Pierceson Coody are a team, while at the other end of the age spectrum are Matt Kuchar and PGA Tour Champions regular Steve Stricker. Billy Horschel, who has won the Zurich when it was an individual event as well as a team event, has a new partner in Tyson Alexander, a fellow University of Florida alum.
Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, close friends and frequent partners on U.S. Cup teams, won the Zurich in 2022 and return. Defending champions Nick Hardy and Davis Riley are also back.
Winners earn FedEx Cup points and two-year Tour exemptions, but do not receive Masters invitations or world ranking points.
2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Full Field
Fitzpatrick, Matt/Fitzpatrick, Alex *
Morikawa, Collin/Kitayama, Kurt
Woodland, Gary/Hodges, Lee
McIlroy, Rory/Lowry, Shane
Molinari, Francesco/Donald, Luke
Horschel, Billy/Alexander, Tyson
Cantlay, Patrick/Schauffele, Xander
Berger, Daniel/Perez, Victor
Brehm, Ryan/Hubbard, Mark
Champ, Cameron/Daffue, MJ
Conners, Corey/Pendrith, Taylor
Echavarria, Nico/Greyserman, Max
Eckroat, Austin/Gotterup, Chris
Garnett, Brice/Straka, Sepp
Hardy, Nick/Riley, Davis
Hoge, Tom/McNealy, Maverick
Kisner, Kevin/Brown, Scott
Lee, K.H./Kim, Michael
List, Luke/Norlander, Henrik
Malnati, Peter/Knox, Russell
Moore, Taylor/NeSmith, Matt
Norrman, Vincent/Campillo, Jorge
Ramey, Chad/Trainer, Martin
Reavie, Chez/Snedeker, Brandt
Spaun, J.J./Buckley, Hayden
Taylor, Nick/Hadwin, Adam
Theegala, Sahith/Zalatoris, Will
Wallace, Matt/Olesen, Thorbjørn
Hoffman, Charley/Watney, Nick
Johnson, Zach/Palmer, Ryan
Kraft, Kelly */Tway, Kevin *
Chappell, Kevin */Dufner, Jason *
Højgaard, Nicolai */Højgaard, Rasmus
Wu, Brandon */Nicholas, James
Lawrence, Thriston */Potgieter, Aldrich *
Putnam, Andrew/Highsmith, Joe
Cole, Eric/Cochran, Russ
Montgomery, Taylor/Griffin, Ben
Smalley, Alex/Schmid, Matti
Detry, Thomas/MacIntyre, Robert
Hossler, Beau/Ryder, Sam
Mitchell, Keith/Dahmen, Joel
Stevens, Sam/Barjon, Paul
Kuchar, Matt/Stricker, Steve
Rai, Aaron/Lipsky, David
Kim, S.H./Bae, Sangmoon
Suh, Justin/Hoey, Rico
Thompson, Davis/Novak, Andrew
Taylor, Ben/O'Hair, Sean
Higgo, Garrick/Fox, Ryan
Shelton, Robby/Furr, Wilson
Tarren, Callum/Skinns, David
Wu, Dylan/Lower, Just/n
Hall, Harry/Piercy, Scott
Lashley, Nate/Campos, Rafael
Sigg, Greyson/Hadley, Chesson
Young, Carson/Martin, Ben
Streelman, Kevin/Laird, Martin
Blair, Zac/Fishburn, Patrick
Yu, Kevin/Pan, C.T.
Ghim, Doug/Kim, Chan
Merritt, Troy/Streb, Robert
Yuan, Carl/Dou, Zecheng
Vegas, Jhonattan/Burgoon, Bronson
Whaley, Vince/Long, Adam
Kohles, Ben/Kizzire, Patton
Phillips, Chandler/Bridgeman, Jacob
Barnes, Erik/Endycott, Harrison
Stanger, Jimmy/Dumont de Chassart, Adrien
Tosti, Alejandro/Potter,Jr., Ted
Silverman, Ben/Dougherty, Kevin
Springer, Hayden/Whitney, Tom
Meissner, Mac/Smotherman, Austin
Coody, Parker/Coody, Pierceson
Xiong, Norman/McCormick, Ryan
Crowe, Trace/Higgs, Harry
Sloan, Roger/Teater, Josh
Pereda, Raul/Cook, Austin
Gutschewski, Scott/Byrd, Jonathan
Hale, Jr., Blaine/Haley II, Paul
*Sponsor Exemptions