PGA Tour Brunch | Zurich Classic
Second Round Coverage of the 2025 Zurich Classic | NOLA
NEW ORLEANS - Isaiah Salinda/Kevin Velo (1st/-14) set the 18-hole Zurich Classic of New Orleans record in Four-ball with a 14-under (58). The previous best was (59), by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele/2022/R1 while Nicolai/Rasmus Højgaard/2025/R1) joined the 59ers on Thursday.
Salinda/Velo began their round by setting the tournament’s nine-hole scoring record with a 10-under (26) (previous: 28).
The two PGA TOUR rookies are making their Zurich Classic of New Orleans debut. Puerto Rico Open winner Karl Vilips, the only rookie winner so far this season, is one of five first-time winners this season with the most recent being Min Woo Lee/Texas Children’s Houston Open)
Salinda is making his 10th start of the season, with a third-place finish at the Mexico Open at Vidanta World his careerbest finish (20 starts); earned TOUR membership by finishing No. 18 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
Velo is making his 11th start of the season, with two made cuts and a season-best T40 at the Puerto Rico Open; enters week with three straight missed cuts; earned membership by finishing No. 15 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List
Danish identical twins Nicolai and Rasmus Holgaard were a shot back. Yannik and Jeremy Paul of Germany, the other identical twins in the field, shot 67.
The teams will play alternate shot today, better ball Saturday and alternate shot Sunday. Each player on the winning team will receive 400 FedExCup points, $1,329,400, a two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR (through 2027) and entry into the three remaining Signature Events.
Zurich Classic | Leaderboard After 18 Holes
1 Isaiah Salinda/Kevin Velo 58 (-14)
2 Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard 59 (-13)
T3 Cam Davis/Adam Svensson 61 (-11)
T3 Paul Peterson/Thomas Rosenmueller 61 (-11)
T3 Kris Ventura/Antoine Rozner 61 (-11)
T3 Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama 61 (-11)
Zurich Classic | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
ARCHITECT: Pete Dye
YARDS/PAR: 7,425 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $9,200,000/$1,329,400
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy
OVERVIEW: (link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winners: 400 to each player
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @Zurich_Classic.
NOLA: Remember, the local time in New Orleans is Central time, one hour behind Eastern Daylight time.
Friday, April 25, 2025 | All Times Eastern Daylight
8:45am to 6:00pm - PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ Streaming
12-Noon to 6:00pm - SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio
3:00pm to 6:00pm - Golf Channel and the NBC Sports app Streaming
How to Watch: Please visit: (Golf Week)
The Basics
How the Team Format Works (PGATourCom)
Zurich Classic Tee Times start today at 8:00am (ET) and go to 3:02pm (ET).
Weather: Friday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with temps 73-82 degrees. Winds 6-10 mph. A 6% chance of rain in the morning increasing to 15% chance by 11am (local). Humidity dropping from 95% early Am to 63% by Noon.
Zurich Classic Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 9:00AM (ET) on Saturday.
The Zurich Classic | Field, Updates and Tee Times
The Field: (link)
Updates:
Monday, April 21
Gary Woodland (WD); Lee Hodges (IN), with Jason Dufner
Wednesday, April 23
Billy Horschel (WD); Kevin Chappell (IN), with Tom Hoge
Tee Times: (link)
The Zurich Classic | What They’re Saying
Tour Rookies Atop Zurich Classic After 18 (ESPN)
Two-Time Winner Horschel WDs from Zurich (Golf Week)
Hogaard Twins Complement Each Other | Zurich Classic - (PGATourCom)
How to Watch Friday’s R-2 (Golf Week)
On This Day in Golf History
April 25, 1999 - Jesper Parnivik, the eccentric Swedish golfer know for wearing his baseball cap with the bill turned upwards, won his second of five PGA Tour events. Parnevik won the Greater Greensboro Open by shooting a final round (70), good enough to defeat runner-up Jim Furyk by two strokes. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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