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2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: teams, round two format, Friday tee times, groups
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, former Ryder Cup teammates are tied for the lead after one round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in Avondale.
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are tied for first after one round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Thursday in Avondale.
The pair shot an 11-under 61 in Thursday’s four-ball (best ball) action, racking up 11 birdies without a bogey. It was a stellar showing from the Ulsterman and Irishman, who have five major titles between them, in their Zurich debuts.
McIlroy and Lowry ripped off four straight birdies en route to a 6-under 30 on the front nine, then came home in 5-under 31. They’re tied with the teams of Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard, Ben Kohles and Patton Kizzire, and David Lipsky and Englishman Aaron Rai.
One stroke behind that quartet of teams are Davis Thompson and Andrew Novak, Cameron Champ and South Africa’s MJ Daffue, and Belgian Thomas Detry and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre.
The teams will play foursomes (alternate shot) -- considered the more difficult of the two formats -- on Friday before the 36-hole cut. The field will proceed to play four-balls on Saturday and foursomes on Sunday.
2024 Zurich Classic tee times for Friday: Round 2 (ET)
Format: Foursomes
Tee No. 1
9:20 a.m. – Troy Merritt/Robert Streb; Roger Sloan/Josh Teater
9:31 a.m. – Callum Tarren/David Skinns; Aaron Rai/David Lipsky
9:42 a.m. – Austin Cook/Raul Pereda; Ted Potter Jr./Alejandro Tosti
9:53 a.m. – Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald; Matt Wallace/Thorbjørn Olesen
9:04 a.m. – Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer; Eric Cole/Russ Cochran
9:15 a.m. – Peter Malnati/Russell Knox; K.H. Lee/Michael Kim
9:26 a.m. – Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos; Ben Martin/Carson Young
9:37 a.m. – Jonathan Byrd/Scott Gutschewski; Dylan Wu/Justin Lower
9:48 a.m. – Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr; Harry Higgs/Trace Crowe
9:59 a.m. – Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick; Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney
1:35 p.m. – Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner; Davis Thompson/Andrew Novakç
1:46 p.m. – Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox; C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu1
:57 p.m. – Taylor Montgomery/Ben Griffin; Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre
2:08 p.m. – Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris; Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele
2:19 p.m. – Nick Hardy/Davis Riley; Brice Garnett/Sepp Straka
2:30 p.m. – Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown; Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy
2:41 p.m. – Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker; Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith
2:52 p.m. – Daniel Berger Victor Perez; Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith
3:03 p.m. – Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman; Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott
3:14 p.m. – Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart; Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter
Tee No. 10
9:20 a.m. – Sangmoon Bae/S.H. Kim; Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid
9:31 a.m. – Scott Piercy/Harry Hall; Sam Ryder/Beau Hossler
9:42 a.m. – Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup; Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen
9:53 a.m. – Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama; Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry
9:04 a.m. – Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander; Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin
9:15 a.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick; Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard
9:26 a.m. – Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges; Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker
9:37 a.m. – Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird; Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor
9:48 a.m. – Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo; Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg
9:59 a.m. – Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody; Ben Silverman/Kevin Dougherty
1:35 p.m. – Adam Long/Vince Whaley; Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft
1:46 p.m. – Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Burgoon; Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon
1:57 p.m. – Carl Yuan/Zecheng Dou; Doug Ghim/Chan Kim
2:08 p.m. – Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer; Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard
ç2:19 p.m. – J.J. Spaun/Hayden Buckley; Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith
2:30 p.m. – Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman; Cameron Champ/MJ Daffue
2:41 p.m. – Luke List/Henrik Norlander; Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
2:52 p.m. – Patton Kizzire/Ben Kohles; Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn
3:03 p.m. – Brandon Wu/James Nicholas; Justin Suh/Rico Hoey
3:14 p.m. – Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman; Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale Jr.