2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: teams, round one format, tee times, groups

Eighty two-man teams will be taking part in the latest edition of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which kicks off with round one today, Thursday 25 April 2024.

Who’s playing in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans?

The field will be without world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who followed up his Masters win with victory at the RBC Heritage on Monday, but No. 2 Rory McIlroy will be involved. The Northern Irishman, who will be making his debut at the event, is paired with Shane Lowry.

Winners at TPC Louisiana in 2022, world No. 5 Xander Schauffle and No. 8 Patrick Cantlay return for another tilt at the title, as do defending champions Nick Hardy and Davis Riley, who became the first ever duo to reach the 30-under par mark 12 months ago.

Zurich Classic of New Orleans, round one format

Today’s first round will be played in a four-ball format: both players on each team play their own ball from tee to hole, and the team’s score for each hole is the lower score of the two players.

This will also be the format for the Zurich Classic’s third round, held on Saturday.

Zurich Classic of New Orleans: round one tee times

8am ET: Whaley/Long and Kraft/Tway

8am ET: Chappell/Dufner and Thompson/Novak

8:13am ET: Vegas/Burgoon and Stevens/Barjon

8:13am ET: Higgo/Fox and Yu/Pan

8:26am ET: Yuan/Dou and Ghim/Kim

8:26am ET: Montgomery/Griffin and Detry/MacIntyre

8:39am ET: Ramey/Trainer and Brehm/Hubbard

8:39am ET: Theegala/Zalatoris and Cantlay/Schauffele

8:52am ET: Spaun/Buckley and Moore/NeSmith

8:52am ET: Hardy/Riley and Garnett/Straka

9:05am ET: Echavarria/Greyserman and Champ/Daffue

9:05am ET: Kisner/Brown and Hoge/McNealy

9:18am ET: List/Norlander and Hoffman/Watney

9:18am ET: Kuchar/Stricker and Conners/Pendrith

9:31am ET: Kohles/ Kizzire and Blair/Fishburn

9:31am ET: Berger/Perez and Putnam/Highsmith

9:44am ET: Wu/Nicholas and Suh/Hoey

9:44am ET: Phillips/Bridgeman and Barnes/Endycott

9:57am ET: Meissner/Smotherman and Hale Jr./Haley II

9:57am ET: Stanger/Dumont de Chassart and Lawrence/Potgieter

1:05pm ET: Kim/Bae and Smalley/Schmid

1:05pm ET: Merritt/Streb and Sloan/Teater

1:18pm ET: Hall/Piercy and Hossler/Ryder

1:18pm ET: Tarren/Skinns and Rai/Lipsky

1:31pm ET: Eckroat/Gotterup and Mitchell/Dahmen

1:31pm ET: Pereda/Cook and Tosti/ Potter Jr.

1:44pm ET: Morikawa/Kitayama and McIlroy/Lowry

1:44pm ET: Molinari/Donald and Wallace/Olesen

1:57pm ET: Horschel/Alexander and Taylor/Hadwin

1:57pm ET: Johnson/Palmer and Cole/Cochran

2:10pm ET: Fitzpatrick/Fitzpatrick and Højgaard/Højgaard

2:10pm ET: Malnati/Knox and Lee/Kim

2:23pm ET: Woodland/Hodges and Reavie/Snedeker

2:23pm ET: Lashley/Campos and Young/Martin

2:36pm ET: Streelman/Laird and Taylor/O’Hair

2:36pm ET: Gutschewski/Byrd and Wu/Lower

2:49pm ET: Norrman/Campillo and Sigg/Hadley

2:49pm ET: Shelton/Furr and Crowe/Higgs

3:02pm ET: Coody/Coody and Silverman/Dougherty

3:02pm ET: Xiong/McCormick and Springer/Whitney

Zurich Classic of New Orleans 2024: how to watch

Viewers in the United States can watch the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which runs until Sunday 28 April, on the streaming service ESPN+.