Like the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the annual trip to New Orleans is a great change of pace. The PGA Tour is headed to TPC Louisiana for the Zurich Classic, a team event where the format of play rotates between best ball and alternate shot.
Rounds 1 and 3: Best ball
Rounds 2 and 4: Alternate shot
The pair of Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman enter as the defending champions, while the betting favorites are Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa (+600).
Ryan Palmer has a new partner this time around after playing with Jon Rahm for the past few seasons (and Jordan Spieth before him). Palmer was able to grab World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. Must be nice.
Golf course
TPC Louisiana | Par 72 | 7,425 yards | Pete Dye design
Key statistics
Birdie percentage: Birdies are king this week. The pairs will need to make a lot of them to have a chance to win.
Data Golf Information
Course Fit (compares golf courses based on the degree to which different golfer attributes — such as driving distance — to predict who performs well at each course – DataGolf): 1. Caves Valley Golf Club, 2. Trinity Forest Golf Club, 3. Stadium Course at PGA West
Trending: 1. Scottie Scheffler (last three starts: T-55, 1, 1), 2. Shane Lowry (T-35, T-3, T-3), 3. Sepp Straka (T-35, T-30, T-3)
Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Cantlay/Schauffele (8.9 percent), 2. Hovland/Moriakawa (8.6 percent), 3. Palmer/Scheffler (5.4 percent)
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Betting odds
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
| Player | Odds |
| Morikawa/Hovland | (+600) |
| Cantlay/Schauffele | (+900) |
| Leishman/Smith | (+1000) |
| Palmer/Scheffler | (+1000) |
| Burns/Horschel | (+1200) |
| Fleetwood/Garcia | (+1500) |
| Gooch/Homa | (+2000) |
| Lowry/Poulter | (+2000) |
| Niemann/Pereira | (+2000) |
| Varner III/Watson | (+3000) |
