PGA Tour Brunch: 1st Look at Zurich
@PGATourBrunch Provides First Look at Foursomes at Zurich Classic
Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch Coverage of the Zurich Classic
The 2020 Zurich Classic of New Orleans was one of 11 events canceled in the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19. The Zurich Classic (which was first played in 1938), has utilized the two-man team format since 2017. It remains the only official FedExCup team event on the PGA TOUR schedule.
Two-player team event, with each team comprised of two professionals, featuring Four-ball (best ball) during the first and third rounds and Foursomes (alternate shot) during the second and fourth rounds.
The starting field will consist of 80 teams (160 players) with the 36-hole cut to the low 33 teams and ties at the 33rd position.
The field consists of 12 past Zurich Classic of New Orleans winners: K.J. Choi (2002), Nick Watney (2007), Andres Romero (2008), Bubba Watson (2011), Jason Dufner (2012), Billy Horschel (2013, 2018), Justin Rose (2015), Brian Stuard (2016), Cameron Smith (2017), Scott Piercy (2018), Jon Rahm (2019), Ryan Palmer (2019)
Zurich Ambassadors: Justin Rose, Billy Horschel, and Collin Morikawa.
The Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 7:00am (EDT) through 2:10pm (EDT).
Weather: Thursday’s Forecast calls mild, sunny skies and a temperature of 64-degrees with 49% humidity and 13 mph winds. Zero chance of rain. Friday (70% chance of rain) could bring PM showers and thunderstorms which will hold over until Saturday (90% chance of rain). Sunday will be mostly sunny and 71-degrees.
PGATourBrunch will be posting before 7am (EDT) early tee times Thursday and Friday.
Next Week: Valspar Championship (Palm Harbor, FLA)
Field Updates:
Tyler McCumber (out)/Charlie Beljan (in), with Matt Every
Seamus Power (out)/Zack Sucher (in, with David Hearn)
The Field (team player noted in (parenthesis) (link)
THIS WEEK on the PGA TOUR: RBC Heritage
COURSE: TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
ARCHITECT: Pete Dye
YARDS/PAR: 7,425 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $7,400,000/$1,069,300 (for each winning player)
DEFENDING Champion (April 2019) - Jon Rahm/Ryan Palmer - (Leaderboard link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points Winner Share: 800 per team/400 per player
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @Zurich_Classic
OFFICIAL SITE: (Zurich Classic of New Orleans)
TV COVERAGE: Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23: 3:30pm to 6:30pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25 - Golf Channel’s TV coverage goes from 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT), then CBS takes over coverage from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
STREAMING: PGA Tour Live will offer streaming coverage of Featured Groups on Thursday from 8:00am to 6:30pm (EDT) and Friday from 9:15am to 6:30pm (EDT) and Friday from 9:15am to 6:30pm (EDT). On Saturday PGA Live Featured Groups runs from 9:00am to 3:00pm (EDT) with Featured Holes going from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, PGA Tour Live offers Featured Groups streaming from 10:30am to 3:00pm (EDT) and Featured Holes from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Streaming Radio coverage on Thursday and Friday from 1:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT); then Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.
How to Watch: (PGATourCom)
2021 Zurich Classic Odds & Predictions:
A L👀K at the O👀S and A PREDICTION OR TWO:
(Odds via William Hill)
J Rahm/R Palmer 15-2
X Schauffele/P Cantlay 8-1
C Smith/M Leishman 12-1
C Morikawa/M Wolff 14-1
B Watson/S Scheffler 14-1
T Finau/C Champ 16-1
C Kirk/B Todd 20-1
B Horschel/S Burns 25-1
D Willett/T Hatton 25-1
J Rose/H Stenson 30-1
M Homa/T Gooch 30-1
B Grace/H Varner 30-1
D Frittelli/K Streelman 33-1
K Bradley/B Steele 33-1
L Oosthuizen/C Schwartzel 33-1
V Hovland/K Ventura 35-1
S Im/B An 40-1
J Dahmen/L Griffin 45-1
L Glover/C Reavie 45-1
D Ghim/J Suh 50-1
S Brown/K Kisner 50-1
R Castro/C Tringale 50-1
T Pieters/T Lewis 50-1
C Hoffman/N Watney 50-1
W Clark/E Van Rooyen 55-1
G McDowell/M Wallace 55-1
A Noren/H Norlander 60-1
R Knox/B Stuard 66-1
M Thompson/W Gordon 66-1
J Kokrak/P Perez 66-1
J.J. Spaun/M Jones 70-1
M Laird/N Taylor 70-1
M McNealy/J Bramlett 80-1
R Werenski/P Uihlein 80-1
B Snedeker/K Mitchell 80-1
T Hoge/B Hossler 100-1
M NeSmith/C Seiffert 100-1
K-H Lee/K Stanley 100-1
D Hearn/S Power 100-1
D Redman/S Ryder 100-1
R Hojgaard/V Taylor 125-1
S Piercy/A Bhatia 125-1
T Duncan/A Schenk 125-1
C Hadley/B Martin 125-1
S Straka/J Teater 125-1
A Landry/A Cook 125-1
B Garnett/S Stallings 125-1
J.B. Holmes/R Garrigus 125-1
J Dufner/D Bozzelli 150-1
X Zhang/C.T. Pan 150-1
T Merritt/R Streb 150-1
R Sloan/A Baddeley 150-1
A Putnam/S Harrington 150-1
K Kraft/K Tway 150-1
J Vegas/A Romero 150-1
G Chalmers/C Percy 175-1
B Hagy/M Kim 175-1
C Beljan/M Every 175-1
R Blaum/J Byrd 200-1
B Hoag/W Roach 200-1
M Hubbard/S Cappelen 200-1
H Higgs/M Gellerman 200-1
P Malnati/C Baker 200-1
R Shelton/K Hickok 200-1
M Trainer/J Hahn 200-1
H Lebioda/B Burgoon 225-1
D Lee/S Bae 250-1
R Campos/M Anderson 250-1
K Stadler/J Wagner 250-1
R Oppenheim/G Murray 250-1
R Gibson/B Taylor 250-1
B Van Pelt/L List 250-1
M Gligic/V Whaley 250-1
K.J. Choi/S Kang 300-1
B Haas/H Mahan 300-1
K Aphibarnrat/A Atwal 300-1
N Ledesma/F Gomez 300-1
T Wilkinson/G McNeill 300-1
D.J. Trahan/R Barnes 300-1
W Austin/R Mediate 1000-1
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: No PGA Tour Fantasy game this week, but I’ll post four two-man teams to highly consider this week: 1). Gotta like Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman. 2). With Harold Varner III play last week, a pick to consider is Varner III and Brandon Grace. 3). Good old Bubba Watson and phenom Scottie Scheffler could make some music in New Orleans. 4). Billy Horschel and Sam Burns are more of a dark horse prediction for foursomes.
For PGA Tour One and Done? I’ll be going with Cameron Smith (which also adds his partner Marc Leishman.
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What They’re Saying:
Power Rankings for Zurich (PGATourCom)
Smith and Leishman Have Point to Prove (PGATourCom)
Stewart Cink’s Resurgence Good for Golf (CBS Sports HQ)
How It Works at Zurich Classic (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Course at Zurich Classic New Orleans (PGATourCom)
#SportsBiz, Sporting Gambling and Golf Industry News
U.S. Open to Allow Limited Fans (CBS Sports HQ)
PGA Encouraging Vaccination (ESPN)
PGA Tour to Have non-Vaccinated Players Pay for Testing (Yahoo Sports)
Zurich Classic Contenders (Golf Week/USA Today)
Expert Picks (CBS Sports HQ)
Expert Picks (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History:
April 21, 1974 - Lee Elder won his first PGA Tour title at the Monsanto Classic in Pensacola, Florida. With Elder’s tournament victory, came the first invitation for a black player to play at The Masters. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
