The 2024 Zurich Classic will take place this weekend as the PGA Tour’s exciting team event returns to New Orleans.
This will be the seventh edition of the tournament which will see 160 golf stars compete in teams of two to compete for glory.
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Last year, Nick Hardy and Davis Riley came out on top after finishing 30 under par, fending off a challenge from Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor.
Rory McIlroy makes his first appearance at the event teaming up with Shane Lowry while former winners Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele have teamed up again.
Zurich Classic 2024: start date and time
This event runs from Thursday April 25 to Sunday April 28.
It will take place at TPC Louisiana in New Orleans.
The action kicks off at 1pm UK time on Thursday and Friday and 3pm on weekends.
Zurich Classic 2024: how to follow
talkSPORT 2 will provide live coverage of the event throughout the week.
And talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the latest news.
The action will also be shown live on Sky Sports Golf.
Zurich Classic 2024: Format
The Zurich Classic is a team stroke event and sees pairs compete over four rounds in two different formats.
The field will compete in the fourball rounds on the first and third days, then in the foursome events for the second and fourth rounds.
There will be a cut after the end of Friday’s second round and 33 teams, plus ties, will advance to the weekend.
This is traditionally a high-scoring affair given that each team effectively has two chances on the best two rounds of the ball.
Zurich Classic 2024: field and start times
Each of the top available players in the PGA Tour rankings is allowed to choose their partner after entering the tournament.
This partner must also have PGA Tour status, unless chosen as a tournament sponsor exemption.
The Zurich Classic is not a designated event, but it nevertheless attracts many stars.
80 teams are participating and the pairs and start times are now confirmed here.
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Last year’s winners, Hardy and Riley, are paired again alongside several impressive pairs in New Orleans.
McIlroy will play with Lowry while Matt Fitzpatrick will play with his brother Alex.
Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama team up and Cantlay partners again with Schauffele after completing T4 in 2023.
Other star names in attendance include Will Zalatoris, Sahith Theegala, Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark and Nicolai Hojgaard.
Scottie Scheffler, who won the Masters and the RBC Heritage in the past two weeks, is not teeing off while awaiting the birth of his first child.
And heading into the final day, McIlroy and Lowry are just two shots behind the leaders.
Zurich Classic 2024: what did we say?
McIlroy revealed that he and Lowry decided to play while having lunch together.
He told GOLF.com: “I asked him [to play].
“You know, actually, we had a really drunken lunch after the Ryder Cup last year, and I said afterwards, ‘Do you want to play Zurich together?’
“And we said, yeah, let’s do it.”
