Zurich Classic of New Orleans 2024: Saturday tee times, round three format

There is a four-way tie for the lead ahead of the third round of the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry among the frontrunners going into the team-play tournament’s final two days.

Who leads the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after round two?

Lowry and McIlroy, who is the world No. 2, are at -13 after Friday’s second round at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana. They’re joined at the head of the pack by co-leaders Aaron Rai and David Lipsky, Davis Thompson and Andrew Novak, and Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard.

The pre-tournament favourites, world No. 5 Xander Schauffele and eighth-ranked Patrick Cantlay, are among a group of six pairings who are one back on -12. Defending champions Nick Hardy and Davis Riley are down in joint 32nd place, having just managed to make the -8 cut on Friday.

What is Saturday’s Zurich Classic format?

Today’s third round will revert to the four-ball format used on day one of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Under the four-ball system, both members of each team play their own ball from tee to pin, and the lower score of the two players is used as their total for each hole.

Zurich Classic of New Orleans 2024: round three tee times

8:14am ET: Hardy/Riley and Phillips/Bridgeman

8:27am ET: Norrman/Campillo and Kraft/Tway

8:40am ET: Lashley/Campos and Reavie/Snedeker

8:53am ET: Morikawa/Kitayama and Malnati/Knox

9:06am ET: Wu/Nicholas and Eckroat/Gotterup

9:19am ET: Ramey/Trainer and Garnett/Straka

9:32am ET: Sigg/Hadley and Higgo/Fox

9:45am ET: Ghim/Kim and Wallace/Olesen

10:05am ET: Yu/Pan and Stevens/Barjon

10:18am ET: Wu/Lower and Taylor/O’Hair

10:31am ET: Lee/Kim and Fitzpatrick/Fitzpatrick

10:44am ET: Blair/Fishburn and Meissner/Smotherman

10:57am ET: Hoffman/Watney and Kohles/Kizzire

11:10am ET: Detry/MacIntyre and Echavarria/Greyserman

11:23am ET: Hall/Piercy and Mitchell/Dahmen

11:43am ET: Conners/Pendrith and List/Norlander

11:56am ET: Taylor/Hadwin and Cantlay/Schauffele

12:09pm ET: Tarren/Skinns and Johnson/Palmer

12:22pm ET: Thompson/Novak and Brehm/Hubbard

12:35pm ET: Rai/Lipsky and McIlroy/Lowry

Zurich Classic of New Orleans: leaderboard

-13: Rai/Lipsky, McIlroy/Lowry, Thompson/Novak, Brehm/Hubbard

-12: Tarren/Skinns, Johnson/Palmer, Taylor/Hadwin, Cantlay/Schauffele, Conners/Pendrith, List/Norlander

-11: Hall/Piercy, Mitchell/Dahmen, Detry/MacIntyre, Echavarria/Greyserman, Hoffman/Watney, Kohles/Kizzire, Blair/Fishburn, Meissner/Smotherman

-10: Lee/Kim, Fitzpatrick/Fitzpatrick, Wu/Lower, Taylor/O’Hair, Yu/Pan, Stevens/Barjon, Ghim/Kim

- 9: Wallace/Olesen, Sigg/Hadley, Higgo/Fox, Ramey/Trainer, Garnett/Straka, Wu/Nicholas

-8: Eckroat/Gotterup, Morikawa/Kitayama, Malnati/Knox, Lashley/Campos, Reavie/Snedeker, Norrman/Campillo, Kraft/Tway, Hardy/Riley, Phillips/Bridgeman

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+.