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The ever-popular team event that is the Zurich Classic of New Orleans will continue a stretch of exciting golf action this week.
Following on from Rory McIlroy’s thrilling Masters win in the first major of the year, Matt Fitzpatrick then overcame Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage last weekend.
Now, the PGA Tour makes the trip to Louisiana as 74 teams face off.
The event sees the pairings play in foursomes and fourballs formats over four days to decide a winner.
The American duo of Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak beat the Hojgaard twins by one stroke last year, while Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy claimed a memorable victory in 2024.
Zurich Classic 2026: Date and how to follow
This PGA Tour event is taking place from Thursday, April 23, to Sunday, April 26.
It is being held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, New Orleans – the course is a par 72 and will measure a maximum of 7,425 yards.
Play is due to start at 1pm UK time each day and there will be a two-tee start over the opening two days.
talkSPORT will have live coverage from Louisiana throughout the week.
Tune in to talkSPORT through the website via the live stream or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app.
Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event.
Subscribe to our talkSPORT YouTube channel for news, views and analysis, plus our regular goals show, and for more, follow us on talkSPORT Facebook and talkSPORT X.
Sky Sports Golf will also have coverage of the event from 1pm each day.
Zurich Classic 2026: Field and tee times
As mentioned, the Zurich Classic is the only team event on the PGA Tour schedule.
It includes a field made up of 148 players, split into pairings.
The Fitzpatrick brothers, who have won three times between them this season around the world, make up the top-ranked duo.
Griffin and Novak return as defending champions, while Lowry will combine with Brooks Koepka in an eye-catching pair.
The Fitzpatrick brothers will play alongside Lowry and Koepka for the opening two days and will tee off at 6:29pm UK time on Thursday.
The full field, tee times and pairings can be found here, with the latest leaderboard from Avondale here once play is underway.
The prize pot for this event is set at $9.5million, with the winning duo taking home $1.4m each.
Notable teams at 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick
Brooks Koepka and Shane Lowry
Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak
Tony Finau and Max Greyserman
Aaron Rai and Sahith Theegala
Marco Penge and Matt Wallace
Billy Horschel and Tom Hoge
Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore
Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes
Keith Mitchell and Brandt Snedeker
Zurich Classic 2026: The format
There are four rounds of play throughout the week, just like a traditional golf tournament, but at the Zurich Classic, things chop and change and are more akin to a Ryder Cup-style event.
In the opening round, pairs play in a fourball format, which is where each player plays their own ball, and the best score out of the pair goes towards their team’s score.
That then switches in the second round to a foursome format.
Foursomes see each pair use one ball between them, with players hitting alternate shots while one tees off on odd-numbered holes and the other on even.
The total strokes taken by the pair on a hole result in their score.
The top 30 teams plus ties from the field progress through to the weekend’s action and the final two rounds of play.
For the third round, the format returns to fourball before changing again for the fourth and final round, going back to foursomes.
Should the tournament end in a play-off, the formats will switch between fourball and foursome for each hole played in the sudden-death finish.
The ever-popular team event that is the Zurich Classic of New Orleans will continue a stretch of exciting golf action this week.
Following on from Rory McIlroy’s thrilling Masters win in the first major of the year, Matt Fitzpatrick then overcame Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage last weekend.
Now, the PGA Tour makes the trip to Louisiana as 74 teams face off.
The event sees the pairings play in foursomes and fourballs formats over four days to decide a winner.
The American duo of Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak beat the Hojgaard twins by one stroke last year, while Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy claimed a memorable victory in 2024.
Zurich Classic 2026: Date and how to follow
This PGA Tour event is taking place from Thursday, April 23, to Sunday, April 26.
It is being held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, New Orleans – the course is a par 72 and will measure a maximum of 7,425 yards.
Play is due to start at 1pm UK time each day and there will be a two-tee start over the opening two days.
talkSPORT will have live coverage from Louisiana throughout the week.
Tune in to talkSPORT through the website via the live stream or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app.
Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event.
Subscribe to our talkSPORT YouTube channel for news, views and analysis, plus our regular goals show, and for more, follow us on talkSPORT Facebook and talkSPORT X.
Sky Sports Golf will also have coverage of the event from 1pm each day.
Zurich Classic 2026: Field and tee times
As mentioned, the Zurich Classic is the only team event on the PGA Tour schedule.
It includes a field made up of 148 players, split into pairings.
The Fitzpatrick brothers, who have won three times between them this season around the world, make up the top-ranked duo.
Griffin and Novak return as defending champions, while Lowry will combine with Brooks Koepka in an eye-catching pair.
The Fitzpatrick brothers will play alongside Lowry and Koepka for the opening two days and will tee off at 6:29pm UK time on Thursday.
The full field, tee times and pairings can be found here, with the latest leaderboard from Avondale here once play is underway.
The prize pot for this event is set at $9.5million, with the winning duo taking home $1.4m each.
Notable teams at 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick
Brooks Koepka and Shane Lowry
Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak
Tony Finau and Max Greyserman
Aaron Rai and Sahith Theegala
Marco Penge and Matt Wallace
Billy Horschel and Tom Hoge
Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore
Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes
Keith Mitchell and Brandt Snedeker
Zurich Classic 2026: The format
There are four rounds of play throughout the week, just like a traditional golf tournament, but at the Zurich Classic, things chop and change and are more akin to a Ryder Cup-style event.
In the opening round, pairs play in a fourball format, which is where each player plays their own ball, and the best score out of the pair goes towards their team’s score.
That then switches in the second round to a foursome format.
Foursomes see each pair use one ball between them, with players hitting alternate shots while one tees off on odd-numbered holes and the other on even.
The total strokes taken by the pair on a hole result in their score.
The top 30 teams plus ties from the field progress through to the weekend’s action and the final two rounds of play.
For the third round, the format returns to fourball before changing again for the fourth and final round, going back to foursomes.
Should the tournament end in a play-off, the formats will switch between fourball and foursome for each hole played in the sudden-death finish.
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| ✍️ Autor: | Marc Williams |
| 📅 Fecha Original: | 2026-04-22 09:39:00 |
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