Zurich Classic: Preview, betting tips, how to watch

It’s a week with a difference on the PGA Tour. Here’s our Zurich Classic preview.  

Unlike most week’s on the PGA Tour, this is a team event, where players pair up with one another. Thursday and Saturday are rounds of fourball betterball, while Friday and Sunday are alternate shot. Expect to see some pretty low scoring in round one and three, but not so much on the second and final day. 

Last year, it was the pairing of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay who came out on top, and they’re teaming up again to defend their title. Both players have been on form lately and look like a formidable team. 

The event has a habit of producing top-class winners, with Cam Smith and Jon Rahm amongst recent names on the trophy. Also in the field this year, there’s an all-Fitzpatrick pairing in the form of Matthew and Alex.  

All in all, there’s 80 teams with two players each.

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The event is played over a Pete Dye design, TPC Louisianna, which opened in 2004. The signature hole comes at the 18th, where there’s water all the way down the right hand side of this par-5. 

The Zurich Classic has been a team event since 2017, and has been sponsored by Zurich since 2005.  

Here’s the full Zurich Classic preview. 

Zurich Classic details 

Course: TPC Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana 

Course stats: 7,425 yards, par 72 

Defending champions: Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay 

Purse: $8,600,000 

Winner’s share: $1,242,700 per team member 

Zurich Classic betting tips 

Here’s who the bookies expect to be near the top of the leaderboard this week… 

Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele 7/2 

Collin Morikawa/Max Homa 8/1

Sungjae Im/ Keith Mitchell 12/1

Si Woo Kim/Tom Kim 14/1

Billy Horschel/Sam Burns 18/1

Sahith Theegala/Justin Suh 22/1

Kurt Kitayama/Taylor Montgomery 25/1

JJ Spaun/Hayden Buckley 30/1

Tom Hoge/Harrish English 33/1 

Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin 33/1 

The bunkered Bet 

Sahith Theegala/Justin Suh 

Theegala finished ninth at the Masters and tore through the field on Sunday at the RBC Heritage, and his partner is no slouch either. Both players are in good form and make for a handy bet at this price.

The announcements keep on coming! Today @SRTheegala announced that he will partnering with @Just_Suh for the 2023 #ZurichClassic !!! #teamgolf pic.twitter.com/TEaTlkc4Cw

— Zurich Classic (@Zurich_Classic) March 31, 2023

Zurich Classic how to watch 

Here’s how you can tune into the PGA Tour this week  

Thursday: Sky Sports Golf 8pm 

Friday: Sky Sports Golf 

Saturday: Sky Sports Golf 

Sunday: Sky Sports Golf 

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