Zurich Classic Odds, TV Schedule, Format, Tee Times: First Team Event in Nearly 40 Years
By Michael Shamburger
The Zurich Classic, held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, underwent a format change entering this season and will be the first PGA Tour team event in nearly 40 years.
Some big names have signed up to play in the tournament, including six top-10 players. The format, which you can find below, is going to make things a lot more interesting and should draw significant eyeballs this weekend. If the tournament is successful in proving that team events can work during the regular season of the PGA Tour and not just in the Ryder Cup and President’s Cup, it could open the door for more events in the future.
Format
The new team format will be 72-hole stroke play featuring foursomes during the first and third rounds and four-ball during the second and fourth rounds. The starting field will consist of 80 teams of which only the lowest 35 teams (and ties) will make the cut.
TV Schedule
Notable Tee Times
My Pick
I’ll roll with the Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson group this week. While Rose missed the cut at TPC Louisiana last year, he won in 2015 and finished T8, T15, and T10 in the years prior.