Golf tournament held in New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Golf tournament
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Tournament information
Location
Avondale, Louisiana
Established
1938[1]
Course(s)
TPC Louisiana
Par
72
Length
7,425 yards (6,789 m)[2]
Organized by
Fore!Kids Foundation
Tour(s)
PGA Tour
Format
Team stroke play
Prize fund
US$8,900,000
Month played
April
Tournament record score
Aggregate
Individual: 262 Chip Beck (1988) Team: 258 Nick Hardy and Davis Riley (2023)
To par
Individual: −26 as above Team: −30 as above
Current champion
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy
Location map
TPC Louisiana
Location in the United States
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TPC Louisiana
Location in Louisiana
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The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a professional golf tournament in Louisiana on the PGA Tour, currently held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, a suburb southwest of New Orleans. Beginning 86 years ago in 1938 and held annually since 1958, it is commonly played in early to mid-spring. Zurich Insurance Group is the main sponsor, and it is organized by the Fore!Kids Foundation.[3]
First prize reached five figures in 1965,[4] six figures in 1988,[5] and passed the million-dollar mark in 2006.[6] The winning team in 2022 split over $2.39 million.
In 2017, the Zurich Classic became a team event, with eighty pairs. One member of each team is initially chosen via the Tour priority rankings, and his partner must either be a PGA Tour member or earn entry through a sponsor exemption. The stroke play format was alternate shot (foursome) in the first and third rounds and better ball (fourball) for the second and fourth rounds. The cut line is 33 teams, plus ties. The winners earn 400 FedEx Cup points and two-year exemptions, but will not receive Masters invitations and no world ranking points are awarded for the event.[7]
In 2018, the format switched to fourball for the first and third rounds and alternate shot for the second and fourth rounds.[8]
^Zurich Classic – Our history
^Cite error: The named reference zclcm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^About Fore!Kids Foundation
^"Old Man Mayer wins golf on 30-yard chip shot". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. May 17, 1965. p. 10.
^"Beck collects it all but Hogan record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 25, 1988. p. 2C.
^"Couch's 55-foot chip-in wins Zurich Classic". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. May 1, 2006. p. C5.
^Schupak, Adam (April 26, 2017). "Zurich Classic Turns to Team Play as a Jolt to PGA Tour Routine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^Everill, Ben (April 25, 2018). "Format change brings potential Sunday volatility at Zurich Classic". PGA Tour.
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Global Information
Shane Lowry and
Rory McIlroy
