PGA Tour Brunch | Zurich Classic Wrap-up
PGA Tour Brunch | Recap of the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin were grinding it through the final two holes of the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans and it seemed to everyone watching that the PGA Tour would be staging its third consecutive week of playoff golf.
Staring down a difficult 40-footer on the 17th, Griffin buried the putt and changed the outcome of the tournament with that clutch stroke.
At 28-under, Novak and Griffin finished one stroke ahead of Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard to win the Zurich Classic, the lone team-based tournament of the year. Since the team format was introduced in 2017, the Novak/Griffin pairing joined Cameron Smith (2017 with Jonas Blixt) and Nick Hardy/Davis Riley (2023) as players winning their first career PGA TOUR title at the event.
Novak and Griffin also became the fourth of eight winning teams who’ve held the 54-hole lead/co-lead and went on to victory.
Novak and Griffin each pocketed 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 | Final Leaderboard
1 Andrew Novak/Ben Griffin 62 66 61 71 260 (-28)
2 Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard 59 70 64 68 261 (-27)
3 Jake Knapp/Frankie Capan III 63 69 60 70 262 (-26)
Full Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)
PGA Tour Brunch | The Basics
Updates on the CJ Cup field:
Saturday, April 26
Michael Kim (WD); Dylan Wu (IN)
Sunday, April 27
Nick Dunlap (WD); Kevin Tway (IN)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 12 Noon (EDT) on Wednesday.
The Zurich Classic | What They’re Saying
Novak/Griffin Team-Up for Victory (PGATourCom)
McIlroy/Lowry Falter at the Zurich Classic (PGATourCom)
Zurich Classic Prize Money Breakdown (Golf Week)
Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
Winner’s Golf Bags (PGATourCom)
TGL Considers Expansion (ESPN)
LIV’s Niemann Earns U.S. Open slot (Golf Week)
On This Day in Golf History
April 28, 1974 - Johnny Miller continued a torrid stretch with his fifth tournament win of the year at the Tournament of Champions at LaCosta (Carlsbad, California). Miller was tied for the lead on the final hole with John Mahaffey and John Allin but Miller made a four-foot par putt after his competitors made bogey to win. Miller went on to win another three PGA Tour events that season of ‘74. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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