This week, the PGA Tour is teeing it up at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Rather than a stroke-play event, this week, the tournament will use an alternating-round Four-ball and Foursomes format. The first and third rounds will be Four-ball, and the second and final rounds will be Foursomes.
For Foursomes play, players will rotate tee shots. One player will hit the tee shots on all the odd-numbered holes, and the other will hit the tee shot on even-numbered holes. The total strokes taken will result in the team’s score for that hole. For Four-Ball play, the players on each team will each play his own ball throughout the entirety of the round, with the best score on each hole recorded.
The starting field will consist of 80 teams (160 players). Each of the top available players from the PGA TOUR Priority Rankings who commits to the tournament will choose his partner, who in turn must have PGA TOUR status unless he is chosen as a tournament sponsor exemption. As reported by Sports Betting Dime, the two teams who opened with the best odds to win the Zurich Class are Jon Rahm/Ryan Palmer and Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay team. Odds for both teams are listed at +700. There are some other powerhouse pairs this week including “Team Send It” which is made up of long bombers Cameron Champ and Tony Finau and a more balanced team with strengths across the board in Collin Morikawa and Matthew Wolff. Both of these teams have odds at +1400 for the week.
Source: Zurich Golf Classic
