Zurich Classic 2026 LIVE: Tee times, teams, leaderboard, prize money and format for unique event

The ever-popular team event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans will continue a stretch of exciting golf action this week.

Following on from Rory McIlroy’s thrilling Masters win in the first major of the year, Matt Fitzpatrick then overcame Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage last weekend.

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Now, the PGA Tour makes the trip to Louisiana as 74 teams face off.

The event sees the pairings play in foursomes and fourballs formats over four days to decide a winner.

The American duo of Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak beat the Hojgaard twins by one stroke last year, while Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy claimed a memorable victory in 2024.

Zurich Classic 2026: Date and how to follow

This PGA Tour event is taking place from Thursday, April 23, to Sunday, April 26.

It is being held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, New Orleans – the course is a par 72 and will measure a maximum of 7,425 yards.

Play is due to start at 12:30pm UK time each day.

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Zurich Classic 2026: Field and tee times

As mentioned, the Zurich Classic is the only team event on the PGA Tour schedule.

It includes a field made up of 148 players, split into pairings.

The Fitzpatrick brothers, who have won three times between them this season around the world, make up the top-ranked duo.

Griffin and Novak return as defending champions, while Lowry will combine with Brooks Koepka in an eye-catching pair.

The full field, tee times and pairings can be found here, with the latest leaderboard from Avondale here once play is underway.

The prize pot for this event is set at $9.5million, with the winning duo taking home $1.4m each.

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Zurich Classic 2026: The format

There are four rounds of play throughout the week, just like a traditional golf tournament, but at the Zurich Classic, things chop and change and are more akin to a Ryder Cup-style event.

In the opening round, pairs play in a fourball format, which is where each player plays their own ball, and the best score out of the pair goes towards their team’s score.

That then switches in the second round to a foursome format. 

Foursomes see each pair use one ball between them, with players hitting alternate shots while one tees off on odd-numbered holes and the other on even. 

The total strokes taken by the pair on a hole result in their score.

The top 30 teams plus ties from the field progress through to the weekend’s action and the final two rounds of play.

For the third round, the format returns to fourball before changing again for the fourth and final round, going back to foursomes. 

Should the tournament end in a play-off, the formats will switch between fourball and foursome for each hole played in the sudden-death finish.