Team play takes center stage this week on the PGA Tour at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with 4 duos shooting 11-under in the 1st round
Four teams carded 11-under-par 61s on Thursday to open the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana in suburban Avondale. Friday’s second round switches from alternate shot to best ball. The winners each receive $1,286,050 from the $8.9 million prize pool and earn 500 FedExCup points, but no Official World Golf Rankings points will be awarded this weekend. Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard were first in the clubhouse at 11-under, later joined by Ben Kohles and Patton Kizzire, Aaron Rai and David Lipsky, and Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. Defending champions Nick Hardy and Davis Riley stand five shots back after an opening-round 66.
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Three teams enter Friday one shot back of the quad-leaders. Davis Thompson and Andrew Novak shot 10-under-par 62 in the alternate-shot format, as did Thomas Detry and Robert MacIntyre and Cameron Champ and MJ Daffue. Thirteen pairs stand two shots back after opening-round scores of 63.
Hardy and Riley set a tournament record last year, finishing at 30-under-par 258 to beat Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor by two strokes. The event switched from individual stroke play to the current team format in 2017 and the 2018 tournament reversed the order of the best-ball/alternate-shot rotation before switching back in 2019.
The tournament itself dates to 1938 and 11 players share the record with two wins each, most recently Cameron Smith, who won both of his titles in the team format in 2017 and 2021.
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