Exclusively on PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+: Four-Stream Coverage of Unique Team Competition at Zurich Classic of New Orleans

- TOUR players competing with partners in four-ball and foursome formats
- Marquee and Featured groups include defending champions McIlroy, Lowry
- Also Morikawa, Clark, Horschel, Bhatia, Theegala; Brother pairs: Fitzpatrick, Højgaard
- Coverage begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. ET, continues through Final Round on Sunday, April 27
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PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will present exclusive, four-stream coverage of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., a unique team event with TOUR players competing with a partner in two alternating scoring formats. Coverage begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. ET, and continues through Sunday, April 27.
- On Thursday and Saturday, partners play four-ball, with each golfer playing his own ball and recording the lower score for each hole.
- The format switches to foursomes on Friday and Sunday, with each pair alternating shots using a single ball on every hole.
Marquee and Featured Groups include 2025 Masters champion and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy playing with fellow Zurich Classic defending champion and world No. 13 Shane Lowry; world No. 4 Collin Morikawa partnered with Kurt Kitayama; two-time Zurich Classic winner and world No. 24 Billy Horschel alongside Tom Hoge; and two sets of brothers: 2022 U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick paired with younger brother Alex, and twins Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard.
- Also fan favorites including world No. 17 Wyndham Clark partnered with Taylor Moore; world No. 26 Akshay Bhatia paired with Carson Young; world No. 28 Sahith Theegala with world No. 27 Aaron Rai; last week’s Corales Puntacana Championship winner Garrick Higgo playing with Ryan Fox; and more.
- The Featured Holes feed will capture four par-3 holes at TPC Louisiana: Nos. 3, 9, 14, and 17.
- ESPN+ Bonus Coverage of other top groups in progress will begin when the initial Marquee Group and Featured Groups complete their rounds.
Day | Start Time (ET) | Coverage | |
Thursday,
April 24
FOUR-BALL |
8 a.m. | Main Feed | Best action across the tournament field |
8:30 a.m. | Featured Groups |
McIlroy & Lowry | Horschel & Hoge
ESPN+ Bonus Coverage: Clark & Moore | Morikawa & Kitayama
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Featured Holes | Nos. 3, 9, 14, 17 | Par 3 | ||
8:45 a.m. | Marquee Groups |
Vilips & Thorbjornsen | Højgaard & Højgaard Rai & Theegala | Bhatia & Young
ESPN+ Bonus Coverage: Detry & MacIntyre | Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick Higgo & Fox | Taylor & Hadwin
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3:30 p.m. | Featured Groups | Detry & MacIntyre | Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick | |
Clark & Moore | Morikawa & Kitayama | |||
Featured Holes | No. 9 | Par 3 | ||
No. 17 | Par 3 | |||
Friday,
April 25
FOURSOMES |
8:45 a.m. | Main Feed | Best action across the tournament field |
9:15 a.m. | Marquee Groups |
Clark & Moore | Morikawa & Kitayama
ESPN+ Bonus Coverage: McIlroy & Lowry | Horschel & Hoge
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Featured Holes | Nos. 3, 9, 14, 17 | Par 3 | ||
9:30 a.m. | Featured Groups |
Detry & MacIntyre | Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick Higgo & Fox | Taylor & Hadwin
ESPN+ Bonus Coverage: Vilips & Thorbjornsen | Højgaard & Højgaard Rai & Theegala | Bhatia & Young
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3:30 p.m. | Featured Groups | McIlroy & Lowry | Horschel & Hoge | |
Rai & Theegala | Bhatia & Young | |||
Featured Holes | No. 9 | Par 3 | ||
No. 17 | Par 3 |
First Round Main Feed coverage will also be available to stream on ESPN on Disney+.
PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ will follow a similar schedule Saturday and Sunday when pairings are announced.
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