Masters champion Scottie Scheffler returns to action this week for the PGA Tour’s only full-field team event, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He’ll partner with Ryan Palmer, a winner in 2019, and they’ll be one of the 80 duos looking to defeat the defending champs, Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman.
Smith and Leishman will be in a featured group on the coverage with Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa.
With four-ball (best ball) on Thursday and Saturday and foursomes (alternate shot) on Friday and Sunday, the Zurich Classic’s fifth year as a team tournament will feature captivating star pairings and even one father-son squad.
Jay and Bill Haas will tee off this week, the former playing at age 68. So will Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, and Shane Lowry and Ian Poulter. Not only are the pairings fun, but last year’s event went to extra holes as the Australian team Leishman and Smith outlasted South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.
The winning team will receive 400 FedEx Cup points per player and a $2,398,700 million share of the $8.3 million purse.
Here are the tee times for the Aussies (in bold) in AEST for the first round:
Cam Smith/Marc Leishman: Thursday, 10.39pm /4.08am
Cam Percy/Brandon Hagy: 10.31pm
Brett Drewitt/Dawie van der Walt: 10.57pm
Jason Day/Jason Scrivener: 2.18am Friday AEST
Lucas Herbert/Arjun Atwal: 2.44am Friday
