Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry will try to make historical past on the Zurich Traditional of New Orleans later this yr.
The pair will return to the occasion at TPC Louisiana from April 24 to 27.
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McIlroy gained the staff match on debut alongside Lowry in 2024 due to a ‘drunken lunch’ the pair had after Europe’s Ryder Cup triumph months earlier.
The world quantity three instructed Golf.com forward of final yr’s match: “I requested him [to play].
” it was really, we had this actually drunken lunch after the Ryder Cup final yr, and I stated after, ‘You wanna play the Zurich collectively?’ And we have been like, yeah, let’s do it.”
Nonetheless, no staff has gained back-to-back editions of the Zurich Traditional for the reason that present format was launched in 2017.
A subject of 80 two-man groups will participate within the occasion, which is scheduled for 2 weeks after the Masters.
The highest 33 after the opening two rounds of fourballs and foursomes will advance to the weekend.
One other set of fourballs and foursomes will then crown the winners.
McIlroy and Lowry triumphed over Chad Ramey and Martin Coach in a play-off 12 months in the past.
Match director Steve Worthy has welcomed their return, explaining: “Rory and Shane appeared to actually take pleasure in their expertise in New Orleans, and it confirmed of their play.
“Their historical past with staff golf could not have harm, and we’re excited to have them again in a Ryder Cup yr.”
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The occasion comes as a part of a blockbuster stretch of motion within the {golfing} calendar.
McIlory will bid to finish the profession Grand Slam at Augusta a fortnight beforehand because the yr’s first Main is held.
The RBC Heritage is then scheduled for the next week earlier than he groups up with Lowry in Louisiana.
Victory on the Masters could be McIlroy’s first Main win since 2014 and his fifth total.
The 35-year-old has already triumphed on the PGA Tour this yr after choosing up his twenty seventh title earlier this month.
McIlroy beat Lowry by two strokes on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am to scoop $3.6million (£2.85million) in prize cash.