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Who’s next? The up-and-comers you need to know in 2023

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Ten players age 23 and under to keep an eye on in 2023 … and beyond

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No one was talking about Tom Kim a year ago. 

Not just because he was ranked outside the top 100 in the world. He was traveling the world and plying his trade under a different moniker, as well.

He was Joohyung Kim back then. Now, he’s Tom. 

Six letters that had quite an impact on golf in 2022. The nickname dates back to his childhood love of “Thomas the Tank Engine.” Going forward it will identify one of the top prospects in the game.

Kim is still six months from turning 21. He’s already won twice on the PGA TOUR – picking up his two trophies in a matter of four starts, no less – and was the star of the Presidents Cup’s International Team. He’s the first player since Tiger Woods to win twice before turning 21. 

Young players like Kim capture our imagination because they ostensibly have another three decades to craft an historic resume. The possibilities are seemingly endless. Golf is an unpredictable game but at least it offers the potential of a decades-long career, a duration that’s the envy of athletes in other sports. 

A legendary player will compete against multiple generations, and each successive superstar also spawns a search for the one who will usurp him. The ‘next’ version of today’s star engenders almost as much attention as the current one. Comparison may be the thief of joy but it also is a source of context, helping us better understand what we’re seeing when a kid steps out of the classroom and onto the leaderboard. 

That seems to happen on an annual basis these days, so to prepare you for the New Year we have compiled 10 players aged 23 or under who are worth your attention in 2023. As much as golf adores its history, it also has one permanently affixed on the future. Here are some names that could play a big part in it. 

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Age as of Jan. 1: 20 years old South Korea

Tom Kim can’t be fazed. He’s proved that again and again over the past few months.

Not after making a quadruple bogey on the opening hole of the Wyndham Championship, which he still won by five. And not during a showdown at the Shriners Children’s Open with a former FedExCup champion.

And, perhaps most shockingly, not after splitting his pants before his first taste of international team competition.

That’s right. Even Kim’s pants couldn’t withstand the pressure of the Presidents Cup. But he could. How he handled the potential embarrassment offers a window into what makes him successful.

“As always, because he’s such a fantastic guy and personality, he took everything in stride and he was making a joke of it and having fun with everybody in the locker room about it,” recalled International Team Captain Trevor Immelman.

In other words, Kim handles pressure with aplomb. It’s how the 20-year-old became the youngest player to win twice on the PGA TOUR in nearly a century. He’s also the first player since Tiger Woods to win twice on TOUR before turning 21.

Kim began the year ranked 131st in the world but will enter 2023 firmly in the top 20. His rapid rise began at the Genesis Scottish Open in July, which he qualified for based on his play on the Korean Tour. He finished third there before a seventh-place finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic three weeks later. His Wyndham win came the following week, earning him a PGA TOUR card and all but guaranteeing his spot on the Presidents Cup team. Kim shot 61 in the Wyndham’s final round to win by five, including an incredible 27 on the front nine.

Even though his International side didn’t win, a star was born at Quail Hollow. Kim’s electric celebrations were some of the highlights of the week. He won again two weeks later at the Shriners Children’s Open, beating Patrick Cantlay by three after the pair began the final round tied for the lead.

“I’m having fun playing on the PGA TOUR,” Kim said. “It’s awesome.”

2. PIERCESON COODY

Age as of Jan. 1: 22 years old Plano, Texas

Coody turned pro in 2022 as the top player in PGA TOUR University presented by Velocity Global. He quickly confirmed that he was deserving of that status.

It took Coody just three starts to win on the Korn Ferry Tour, and the victory came a week after he finished fourth. He nearly earned his PGA TOUR card in just eight starts, finishing 32nd on the Korn Ferry Tour’s Regular Season Points List. Coody will be back on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2023 after failing to obtain his TOUR card in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals and injuring himself in the season finale.

He’s a former No. 1 amateur in the world and past winner of the prestigious Western Amateur. He closed his collegiate career by leading the University of Texas to its fourth NCAA title and first since a Jordan Spieth-led squad. 

Coody also comes from a strong golfing family. His grandfather, Charles, won the 1971 Masters and Pierceson’s father (and Charles’ son) Kyle played at the University of Texas and on the Korn Ferry Tour. Pierceson’s twin brother, Parker, also will have Korn Ferry Tour status in 2023 after winning on PGA TOUR Canada in 2022. He was teammates with Pierceson on this year’s Texas team, as well.

“They seem to kind of feed off each other and each other’s success,” said their college coach, John Fields.

And they have a plethora of knowledge to lean on as they navigate professional golf. What advice does a major winner pass on to the aspiring pro in his lineage? “All you’ve got to do is believe in yourself,” Charles recalls telling a young Pierceson. Charles’ grandsons caddied for him in the Par-3 Contest in his final Masters appearance in 2006. 

And they continue to follow in their grandfather’s footsteps today.

3. CHRIS GOTTERUP

Age as of Jan. 1: 23 years old Little Silver, New Jersey

A fifth year of college definitely prepared Chris Gotterup to enter the working world.

Gotterup had a strong career at Rutgers in his native state of New Jersey – he was the Big Ten Player of the Year and an All-American in 2020 – but used an additional year of eligibility to become a star in Oklahoma.

In his lone season as a Sooner, Gotterup won the Haskins and Nicklaus awards as the top player in college golf. He also finished in the top 10 of a PGA TOUR event, the Puerto Rico Open, while still a student in Norman. He finished the season ranked seventh in PGA TOUR University presented by Velocity Global, which takes into account a player’s results over the past two years, and quickly proved he was prepared to play the PGA TOUR.

He collected another top-10 on TOUR shortly after turning pro, finishing T4 in the John Deere Classic. He has made the cut in 10 of 12 TOUR starts, including those two top-10s. He will begin this Korn Ferry Tour season with 12 guaranteed starts after finishing T3 in the recent Q-School.

Oklahoma head coach Ryan Hybl said Gotterup’s driving “can be unbeatable.” He averaged 326.5 yards off the tee on TOUR last season, gaining more than a half-stroke per round with both his driving and approach play.

“More importantly, he is gritty and he believes he is supposed to be there,” Hybl added.

4. MICHAEL THORBJORNSEN 

Age as of Jan. 1: 21 years old Wellesley, Mass./Stanford junior

He won a national championship at Baltusrol and made a cut at Pebble Beach before contending at a PGA TOUR event.

Michael Thorbjornsen has compiled quite a resume, one that includes impressive performances on notable courses and in big events.

He won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol, a course that’s hosted multiple U.S. Opens and PGA Championships. He beat Akshay Bhatia, who also appears on this list, in the final match. Bhatia was the top-ranked high-schooler in the nation at the time.

Thorbjornsen then made the cut in the following year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. He won the Western Amateur, the second-biggest amateur event in the country, in 2021, as well, and recently was victorious in one of the top collegiate events on the calendar at Olympia Fields, a former U.S. Open venue.

Then he finished T4 at the Travelers Championship, located about 90 minutes from his hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts. All of these accomplishments have earned him 12 points toward PGA TOUR University Accelerated, the most in the program; players who earn 20 points by the end of their third year of eligibility earn immediate TOUR status.

He began the final round of the Travelers in seventh place, six shots off the lead, before shooting 66 on Sunday. 

He began the final round with five consecutive pars before playing the next six holes in 6 under, including an eagle on the par-5 sixth. That run got him within one shot of leader Xander Schauffele. Thorbjornsen bogeyed the next two holes, however, and finished four back of Schauffele. 

“I felt pretty comfortable out there,” said Thorbjornsen, the fourth-ranked amateur in the world. “Maybe a little too comfortable.”

That’s not a common reaction from an amateur competing on TOUR, let alone contending. Thorbjornsen’s finish was the best on TOUR by an amateur in six years.

“Tough or stressful situations don’t seem to affect him as much as other players,” said Stanford men’s golf coach Conrad Ray, who was a collegiate teammate of Tiger Woods. “As he continues to experience new levels of competitive golf, he has continued to excel.”

5. LUDVIG ABERG

Age as of Jan. 1: 23 years old Eslov, Sweden/Texas Tech senior

Aberg is in position to reap the rewards of a revolutionary change in the pathway to the PGA TOUR.

He currently holds the No. 1 position in PGA TOUR University presented by Velocity Global. Should he maintain that position after the NCAA Championship in May, he will earn an immediate promotion from amateur golf to the PGA TOUR.

The Swede, a senior at Texas Tech, also is No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He fits the mold of the modern player, standing more than 6 feet tall with a strong physique. The driver is his strongest club and he isn’t afraid to hit it, even when fairways narrow. His win in the 2021 Jones Cup Invitational is a testament to his ball-striking. That tournament is played on an extremely penal Ocean Forest Golf Club in cold, winter conditions on Georgia’s Atlantic coast. The list of champions includes multiple major winners. Aberg also won the 2022 Big 12 Championship. 

He has impressed with both his physical skills and his poise. In a society seeking immediate gratification, Aberg is without a Twitter account and rarely posts on Instagram. Greg Sands, the head coach at Texas Tech, says it occasionally takes Aberg hours to reply to a text message. He’s not being inconsiderate. He just doesn’t let his phone distract him.

“His ball-striking is as good as his mental game, and those are top level,” Sands said. The one time Aberg checks his phone often is during the final holes of a tournament, especially when he and his teammates are in contention. While some try to avert their eyes from the leaderboard, Aberg is checking live scoring on the Internet to see where he stands. Sands likes to tell the story from the final hole of a college event, where Aberg faced a 25-footer to keep the team’s chances of victory alive.

“You could see that focus kind of hone in,” Sands said. After making it, Aberg turned to his coach and said, “Man, I love this game.” 

“He wants the putt,” Sands said. “He wants the big shot.”

6. RASMUS HOJGAARD

Age as of Jan. 1: 21 years old Denmark

Hojgaard already is a three-time winner on the DP World Tour, putting his career on a historic pace. If he can continue, he could be joining the PGA TOUR soon.

Hojgaard finished 16th in the DP World Tour Rankings in 2022 after closing the year with nine consecutive top-30 finishes, including four top-10s in his final six starts. A similar finish in 2023 could earn him one of the 10 PGA TOUR cards available to the top finishers on the DP World Tour’s season-long points standing (among those not already exempt on the PGA TOUR). 

Hojgaard won all three of his DP World Tour titles before turning 21. He won for the first time in just his fifth DP World Tour start. He was 18, making him the third-youngest winner in DP World Tour history. When he won the 2020 UK Championship, he was the second-youngest player to win two DP World Tour titles. 

His identical twin brother, Nicolai, won the week after Rasmus earned his third DP World Tour title at the European Masters. The Hojgaards were teammates at the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup and helped Denmark win the 2018 World Amateur Team Championship.

Rasmus also had two top-10s on the PGA TOUR in 2022, finishing sixth at the Corales Puntacana Championship and T10 at the Genesis Scottish Open.

7. AKSHAY BHATIA

Age as of Jan. 1: 20 years old Wake Forest, North Carolina

Bhatia was 12 days shy of his 20th birthday when he won the Korn Ferry Tour’s season opener in 2022. Only Jason Day and Sungjae Im won at an earlier age. 

That historic start was the highlight of a campaign that undoubtedly became frustrating. From standing atop the Korn Ferry Tour’s Regular Season Points list, he fell to 30th by the time the 25 TOUR cards were handed out in Omaha. After his win, he missed half of his remaining cuts in the regular season and didn’t finish in the top 10 again. He also missed all three cuts in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

Bhatia may not be 21 yet, but he’s already accustomed to the highs and lows of professional golf. He turned pro at 17, shortly after he became the youngest player to ever represent the United States in the Walker Cup. He was the AJGA Player of the Year, the No. 1 junior in the world and reached No. 4 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the 2019 Jones Cup and is the first player to win back-to-back Junior PGAs.

He didn’t make his first PGA TOUR cut until nearly a year after his pro debut. That was a T9 at the 2020 Fortinet Championship. He was still 18, making him the youngest player to finish in the top 10 of a stroke-play event on TOUR since Justin Rose finished fourth at the 1998 Open Championship.

“The first year I turned pro is one of the worst years I’ve had playing golf,” Bhatia said. “I struggled mentally. I missed every cut. I had a lot of people expecting me to play well and it didn’t happen. But with COVID hitting, obviously it was hard for everyone, but it was a blessing for me, because I got to sit back, talk to my coach, realize where I’m at in my life.”

At the close of 2022, Bhatia did put together two solid weeks on the PGA TOUR that should help him regain confidence for his return to the Korn Ferry Tour. He finished T17 at the PGA TOUR’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship before shooting 62 to Monday qualify for The RSM Classic. He made the cut after a second-round 63 and finished T45.

“I’ve just climbed the mountain slowly and slowly,” he said.

8. GORDON SARGENT

Age as of Jan. 1: 19 years old Birmingham, Ala./Vanderbilt sophomore

Last May, Sargent became the ninth freshman to win the NCAA individual title. That feat is impressive enough, but his performance in the four-man playoff also turned heads.

Sargent birdied the first extra hole after hitting a drive that carried some 330 yards over a bunker and landed in a 30-yard-wide fairway that was guarded by a lake. He then knocked a wedge to 8 feet to clinch the trophy.

“It sent a message to everybody on that tee box that ‘I’m about to go take this thing,’” Vanderbilt men’s golf coach Scott Limbaugh told the school’s website. “The second he hit that drive, I had about 25 text messages from former players, just saying ‘OMG’ or going crazy about the ball speed. That swing, and then the courage he showed with the wedge to that pin—if you’re not there, you can’t understand what a big boy golf shot that was from a freshman.”

The 19-year-old is currently No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and finished the fall college season atop Golfstat’s collegiate rankings. He was the NCAA’s freshman of the year in 2022 after being named USA Today’s top male high-school golfer a year earlier.  

Limbaugh said Sargent averages between 185-187 mph in ball speed, which would rank him among the top 10 players on TOUR. But being “crazy long,” in Limbaugh’s words, can lead people to overlook other parts of his game, including a strong short game that complements his distance.

“I think what separates him physically is his ability to get the ball in the hole,” said Vanderbilt’s assistant coach, Gator Todd, who also called Sargent “one of the most organized 19-year-olds I’ve ever been around on and off the course.”

“He always has a plan when he’s practicing,” Todd added. “There always is a purpose.”

Sargent currently has 10 points toward PGA TOUR U Accelerated presented by Velocity Global. Players who earn 20 points before their senior year earn PGA TOUR membership. Sargent’s 10 points are the second-most in the program.

9. COLE HAMMER

Age as of Jan. 1: 23 years old Houston

Cole Hammer will begin 2023 on the PGA TOUR. Where he goes from there remains to be seen. 

Hammer ended his first year as a pro on a high note, finishing T5 at The RSM Classic. That finish gets him into the PGA TOUR's first full-field event of 2023, the Sony Open in Hawaii. It was his second consecutive top-30 finish on TOUR, coming a week after he finished T27 in his hometown Cadence Bank Houston Open.

“It's big for … me moving forward in terms of confidence,” Hammer said.  “It had taken a while to get there, to get comfortable enough to be able to trust myself on the biggest stage, but I think I do now. Actually, I know I do because I proved it to myself today under a lot of pressure.”

Hammer first made headlines at 15 when he qualified for the U.S. Open. He developed into the top-ranked amateur in the world, winning the Western Amateur and Big 12 Championship. He was teammates with the Coody twins on Texas’ 2022 NCAA title team, as well.

Hammer, who finished fifth in this year’s class of PGA TOUR University presented by Velocity Global graduates, also has conditional Korn Ferry Tour status for 2023 after finishing T59 at Final Stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School last month. It was his position in the top five of the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking that earned Hammer his spot at Final Stage of Q-School.

Hammer is uncertain how many starts he’ll get on the Korn Ferry Tour next year, but his amateur success could make him a popular candidate for sponsor exemptions. As should his recent success. Hammer made three of four cuts on the Korn Ferry Tour last year, including one top-10.

The transition to pro golf is often a tough one, though, even for the best amateurs. Hammer saw that firsthand, missing the cut in his first six PGA TOUR starts as a pro. He was a combined 29 over par in those 12 rounds.

“This summer was tough on the PGA TOUR,” Hammer said. “I just had about zero patience. As soon as I made a bogey, I felt like the world was ending.”

He’ll begin 2023 with the confidence that comes from contending on the PGA TOUR, however.

10. CALEB SURRATT 

Age as of Jan. 1: 18 years old Indian Trail, N.C./Tennessee freshman

Caleb Surratt went low to win his collegiate debut. Then he did the same to author an unprecedented stretch on the PGA TOUR.

Surratt was a highly-touted recruit before arriving at Tennessee, and he showed why after shooting 64-63-65 to win his first collegiate event by three shots. He headed to the PGA TOUR’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship a few weeks later and shot a second-round 64 to make the cut. He struggled to an 85 in the third round, including a 12 on one hole, but rebounded with a Sunday 65.

He is one of just five players in the last 40 seasons to have a round-to-round stroke differential of 20 or more strokes, and the only player to do it twice in the same event. His 20-stroke improvement tied the largest single-round improvement on TOUR in the last 40 seasons, as well. 

That is fun trivia, but don’t let it overshadow an impressive resume. Surratt picked off several of the top events in junior golf, including the 2021 Junior PGA Championship and 2021 Western Junior. He also was runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur. He earned his spot in the Butterfield by winning the Elite Amateur Cup, which is awarded to the player who earns the most points in seven of the most prestigious amateur events in the United States. His finishes included a runner-up at the Pacific Coast Amateur and third-place finish at the Northeast Amateur. He is already 13th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Sean Martin manages PGATOUR.COM’s staff of writers as the Lead, Editorial. He covered all levels of competitive golf at Golfweek Magazine for seven years, including tournaments on four continents, before coming to the PGA TOUR in 2013. Follow Sean Martin on Twitter .

Sean Martin interview: PGA Tour journalist talks about his love of golf and more

Golf is a noisy place, especially within the media. Perhaps it's the rhythm of the sport; the regular pauses, the days-long questions answered only in the final hours, the numbers and the time which almost make the phrase 'deep-dive' acceptable. Maybe it's because it is a game for the egomaniac; maybe that's exacerbated by there being a million ways to achieve the same goal.

Whatever the case, it seems to me - guilty on all charges, by the way - that there are more voices, growing louder, than in certain other sports. And many of them want hearing. If you've time to get through a dozen podcasts each week, read the latest Ask Alan , and glance over both sides of the wall which divides the nostalgists and the progressives, you'll be better off for having done so. Most of the time, at least.

Still, there is an alternative, and that's to abide by an old adage of journalism which says that if everyone is looking one way, you should start by looking the other. In this particular clubhouse, where the erudite Brandel Chamblee is offering a vocal deconstruction of the day just gone and the data analysts purr over another job well done, there's a man at the bar, alone with his iPad, looking at some numbers.

"I love telling people something that they don’t know, rather than being the 100th person to pontificate on a subject," explains Sean Martin, senior editor at PGATOUR.com. "Some people pontificate quite well, but that’s just not my strength."

I don't ask him what his strength is because, aside from seeming downright rude, I suspect he's the type of man to insist that's for others to decide. And because I think he said it without saying it: Martin appears to recognise that his is to dig, more so than to dive - and he just loves digging.

"I am a huge golf nerd," he admits. "It started in high school, when I worked at Westlake. We got Golfweek in the pro shop and I would pore through the scoreboard section because I wanted to play college golf, so I wanted to see what other people were shooting. My first job at Golfweek was compiling the scores for that scoreboard section. You learn to scour the internet for tournament results. I learned how to navigate the online golf universe."

Whenever golf restarts, half of a ⁦ @PGATOUR ⁩ season is in the books. Who are the biggest improvers? Who has lost the most? Which players should be using the break to practice what? ⁦ @PGATOURSMartin ⁩ (Center Cut Pod) joins to talk it all! https://t.co/c4HEhdxl6o — Will Haskett (@willhaskett) April 15, 2020

That skill, that rigour, has seen Martin follow a path parallel to some of the superstars he once strode alongside while hardly anybody else was watching - Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, and the dozens more who never quite made it. It makes me wonder whether, in his heart, he's so much a purist that the smooth and the polish of the PGA Tour isn't always able to scratch the itch.

"I do miss the amateur game, especially the NCAA Championship and US Amateur. The US Amateur visits some classic courses, and you can walk down the middle of the fairways with the players. It’s nice to see historic courses played by elite players from that vantage point. But most of all I miss the relationships. It’s so much easier to develop relationships with your subjects on that smaller stage."

That there is a problem, and it's one he's not alone in trying to solve: how do you add layers of context and understanding to go with the PGA Tour's treasure trove of data? How do you get to the person, rather than the player, in an era some consider to be more conveyor-belt than characterful?

Martin, who puts Spieth high on the list of those he finds most interesting, has his own ways of solving the problem.

"There are still plenty of smart and articulate players, but I do think they’re very cautious because of social media and soundbite media environment. Players are afraid of a longer quote being condensed to one quip and taken out of context , and then being pilloried for it.

"That’s a big reason why I’ve started learning more about Excel and how to sort through the massive data that the TOUR has to try and find interesting statistics. And why I’ve been spending more time learning as much as possible about the history of the game. I think both of those things help put the game and its current players and results in context, and it makes stories more interesting without needing to lean on a witty quip."

He's also embracing the various ways in which golf journalism has evolved, which inevitably means picking up a microphone for a podcast and, in this particular case, appearing on PGA TOUR LIVE.

"I enjoy the television work mostly because I enjoy expanding my skills. I love writing but, most of all, I love telling stories. And there are plenty of ways to do that, whether through written stories, video, podcasts, and so on.

"Doing PGA TOUR LIVE has been eye-opening. You’re trying to talk intelligently while a producer is giving direction in your ear and you’re trying to look in the proper camera.

"It’s been difficult learning to talk while staring at a large screen displaying a close-up of my face. Right now, I’ve just been doing two-minute hits on PGATOUR LIVE, though. As I tell people, if I can’t talk intelligently about golf for two minutes we have bigger problems here."

For now, like the rest of us, Martin can do little but sit and wait - though I suspect he's wasting little of this time. Still, it must have been frustrating to sign off not only as he was getting going, but as his weakness - Hideki Matsuyama - appeared ready to reemerge from a lengthy hibernation.

I can't resist asking Martin to ponder what might have been - not just at the PLAYERS, where Matsuyama opened with a round of 63, but over the three years which have passed since he looked set to follow a Firestone romp with a major, before a difficult back-nine in the PGA Championship put paid to that.

"I think it’s a combination of things. The putter definitely doesn’t help. I think the 2017 PGA was a tough one to get over. And then I think as the drought lengthens, it gets easier to lose confidence or start pressing. I’m sure he’s under a lot of pressure to win again."

That's about as close as he comes to pontificating. In Martin's world, nothing is certain except that which is certain. Best not to dwell too much on the ifs and buts. "The 63 was nice to see. It was the fifth first-round 63 in THE PLAYERS history," he says, although there's more: "Three of the previous four were shot by the eventual champion."

Not even the PGA Tour's preeminent facts man can resist speculating a little from time to time.

More from Sean Martin...

Favourite tournament covered on-site…

2008 US Open

Favourite tournament watched as a fan...

1998 US Senior Open, the first professional event I watched.

Favourite PGA Tour golf course…

TPC Sawgrass. We can play it in the summer and it’s interesting to watch a professional event on a course you know so intimately.

Favourite player…

Rory McIlroy

Favourite interviewee…

Favourite commentator or pundit…

Arron Oberholser

Best recent innovation in golf…

Affordable launch monitors. You’re starting to see launch monitors drop down to the $500 price point. Kids are going to grow up and have their wedges dialled in.

When did you fall in love with golf…

Definitely at Westlake. It was a great course because kids could walk it easily and reach the holes in regulation. The range was lit so we could hit balls at night, as well. I remember going to a local bookstore to read David Leadbetter instruction books with Chris Como.

One thing you most miss about it and/or the tournament you’re most looking forward to…

The prospect of a fall Masters is very intriguing.

One change you’d make to the sport…

I think, recreationally, I’d like to see more short courses. I returned to Westlake earlier this year, and it was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Some would scoff at a 5,000-yard course, but now that I have two boys and don’t play much, it’s nice to make birdie on a hole of any length. It also would be the perfect course to take my son. He’s three years old and obsessed with the game. He’s a big McIlroy fan.

Which player(s) are you most looking forward to covering in the coming years and why?

I’m very excited about the triumvirate of Hovland, Morikawa and Wolff.

Can you give us a name to follow who isn’t yet on the PGA Tour, but from whom you’re hopeful of big things?

I’ll give two. The first is Takumi Kanaya. He attends the same university that Hideki attended (Tohoku Fukushi). They both won the Asia Pacific Amateur (Hideki won it twice, Takumi won it once and lost in a play-off). They both shot a third-round 68 in their Masters debut. They both won on the Japan Tour as amateurs.

The other is Ricky Castillo. He just finished his freshman year at Florida and is the No. 2-ranked player in both college and amateur golf. He won his last two tournaments before the season was ended by the pandemic.

You’re big on numbers – is there a specific statistic or number right now, or historically, which really blows your mind?

This is always my go-to: Tiger Woods was the reigning US Amateur champion when he won the Masters by 12 strokes.

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The PGA Tour competes in its lone, official team event at this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Here’s how the tournament at TPC Louisiana works and who is competing.

Field size?

The are 160 players comprising 80 two-man teams.

How are the teams determined?

The Tour goes down its priority rankings. Players who commit to the tournament get to choose their partner as long as they have some kind of PGA Tour status or receive a sponsor exemption.

What is the format?

The teams will compete in fourballs (best ball) in Rounds 1 and 3, and in foursomes (alternate shot) in Rounds 2 and 4.

Is there a cut?

Yes. The top 33 teams and ties after 36 holes will qualify for the final two rounds.

What happens if there is a playoff after 72 holes?

The teams will compete in sudden-death, alternating formats (foursomes on the first extra hole; fourballs on the second extra hole; so forth).

What do the winners receive?

Both men will get a two-year exemption on Tour and spots in the PGA Championship and signature events, as well as next year’s Sentry and Players Championship. It counts as an official Tour win for both players, though, no Official World Golf Ranking points are given.

Players will be paid out in an every-two-spots manner. So the winning team will evenly split first- and second-place earnings ($1,286,050 for each player) and first- and second-place FedExCup points (400 for each winner).

How do you watch?

Thursday/Friday

• 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET, Golf Channel/Peacock

Saturday/Sunday

• 12:45-2:45 p.m. ET, Golf Channel/Peacock
• 3-6 p.m. ET, CBS

Who is competing?

Here’s the list of teams:

• Fitzpatrick, Matt/Fitzpatrick, Alex
• Morikawa, Collin/Kitayama, Kurt
• Woodland, Gary/Hodges, Lee
• McIlroy, Rory/Lowry, Shane
• Molinari, Francesco/Donald, Luke
• Horschel, Billy/Alexander, Tyson
• Cantlay, Patrick/Schauffele, Xander
• Berger, Daniel/Perez, Victor
• Brehm, Ryan/Hubbard, Mark
• Champ, Cameron/Daffue, MJ
• Conners, Corey/Pendrith, Taylor
• Echavarria, Nico/Greyserman, Max
• Eckroat, Austin/Gotterup, Chris
• Garnett, Brice/Straka, Sepp
• Hardy, Nick/Riley, Davis
• Hoge, Tom/McNealy, Maverick
• Kisner, Kevin/Brown, Scott
• Lee, K.H./Kim, Michael
• List, Luke/Norlander, Henrik
• Malnati, Peter/Knox, Russell
• Moore, Taylor/NeSmith, Matt
• Norrman, Vincent/Campillo, Jorge
• Ramey, Chad/Trainer, Martin
• Reavie, Chez/Snedeker, Brandt
• Spaun, J.J./Buckley, Hayden
• Taylor, Nick/Hadwin, Adam
• Theegala, Sahith/Zalatoris, Will
• Wallace, Matt/Olesen, Thorbjorn
• Hoffman, Charley/Watney, Nick
• Johnson, Zach/Palmer, Ryan
• Kraft, Kelly /Tway, Kevin
• Chappell, Kevin /Dufner, Jason
• Højgaard, Nicolai /Hojgaard, Rasmus
• Wu, Brandon /Nicholas, James
• Lawrence, Thriston /Potgieter, Aldrich
• Putnam, Andrew/Highsmith, Joe
• Cole, Eric/Cochran, Russ
• Montgomery, Taylor/Griffin, Ben
• Smalley, Alex/Schmid, Matti
• Detry, Thomas/MacIntyre, Robert
• Hossler, Beau/Ryder, Sam
• Mitchell, Keith/Dahmen, Joel
• Stevens, Sam/Barjon, Paul
• Kuchar, Matt/Stricker, Steve
• Rai, Aaron/Lipsky, David
• Kim, S.H./Bae, Sangmoon
• Suh, Justin/Hoey, Rico
• Thompson, Davis/Novak, Andrew
• Taylor, Ben/O’Hair, Sean
• Higgo, Garrick/Fox, Ryan
• Shelton, Robby/Furr, Wilson
• Tarren, Callum/Skinns, David
• Wu, Dylan/Lower, Justin
• Hall, Harry/Piercy, Scott
• Lashley, Nate/Campos, Rafael
• Sigg, Greyson/Hadley, Chesson
• Young, Carson/Martin, Ben
• Streelman, Kevin/Laird, Martin
• Blair, Zac/Fishburn, Patrick
• Yu, Kevin/Pan, C.T.
• Ghim, Doug/Kim, Chan
• Merritt, Troy/Streb, Robert
• Yuan, Carl/Dou, Zecheng
• Vegas, Jhonattan/Burgoon, Bronson
• Whaley, Vince/Long, Adam
• Kohles, Ben/Kizzire, Patton
• Phillips, Chandler/Bridgeman, Jacob
• Barnes, Erik/Endycott, Harrison
• Stanger, Jimmy/Dumont de Chassart, Adrien
• Tosti, Alejandro/Potter,Jr., Ted
• Silverman, Ben/Dougherty, Kevin
• Springer, Hayden/Whitney, Tom
• Meissner, Mac/Smotherman, Austin
• Coody, Parker/Coody, Pierceson
• Xiong, Norman/McCormick, Ryan
• Crowe, Trace/Higgs, Harry
• Sloan, Roger/Teater, Josh
• Pereda, Raul/Cook, Austin
• Gutschewski, Scott/Byrd, Jonathan
• Hale, Jr., Blaine/Haley II, Paul

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The PGA Tour is heading down to the Big Easy for its annual Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana, the only official team event on Tour. There will be 80 teams competing in match-play formats like best ball and alternate shot.

A favorite event among the PGA Tour players, this is a prime opportunity to earn FedEx Cup points while playing with a teammate.

It is the only event on the regular season schedule that is not stroke play, which gives players and fans a refreshing change.

Here is the one-stop shop for all things Zurich Classic.

Zurich Classic:

Where: TPC Louisiana (Par-72 7,425 yards)

When: April 25-28

Purse: $8,900,000 / $1,286,050 each

FedEx Cup Points: 400 each

Defending Champion: Nick Hardy & Davis Riley

Zurich Classic Format

To build the field, each of the top available players on the PGA Tour Priority Rankings who commit to the event will select their partner. Whoever they pick must have PGA Tour status unless chosen as a sponsor exemption, per the PGA Tour.

The tournament will employ both Four-ball and Foursome formats. The duos will play Four-ball (better ball) on Thursday and Saturday. Friday and Sunday will be alternate shot formats.

There will still be a cut after 36 holes.

Winners earn 400 FedEx Cup points apiece and their two-year Tour exemption. However, they do not recieve Masters invitations or world ranking points.

How to Watch the Zurich Classic

Thursday, April 25: 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Friday, April 26: 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Saturday, April 27: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, April 28: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)

How to Stream the Zurich Classic

Peacock will simulcast Golf Channel’s broadcasts during all four rounds. You can stream coverage on Peacock here .

In addition, for the third and final rounds on CBS, Paramount+ will simulcast those telecasts.

ESPN+ will also air PGA Tour Live’s main feed all four days of play.

Thursday, April 25:

Friday, April 26:

Saturday, April 27:

Sunday, April 28:

Zurich Classic Preview

This year’s Zurich Classic has some incredible teams competing in the Big Easy. From players who have been here for years to first-timers, this field should bring entertainment.

One of the biggest pairings to make their debut is Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy . The Irish duo will look to cause some havoc as they channel their inner Ryder Cup mentality.

The 2022 winners, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are back and ready to take home another title after they came up short last year with a T4 finish. They are currently the favorites to win this event.

Last year’s champions, Davis Riley and Nick Hardy are back to defend their title.

Brothers love to play in this event. At least three sets of siblings are competing in New Orleans.

Former U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick and his brother Alex are back to play in New Orleans. As Full Swing Season 2 showcased, this event was massive for the Fitzpatrick siblings last year. They finished T19 when they shot a 2-over 74 on Sunday, which took the wind out of their sails. Could this be the year for the English duo to come together and win the title?

Brothers Parker and Pierceson Coody, two PGA Tour rookies, will play. Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard are in the field as well.

Other notable pairings include Matt Kuchar and Steve Stricker, Team Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald and one of his assistant captains, Francesco Molinari, Keith Mitchell and Joel Dahmen, the all-Canadian team of Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith and Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris.

Zurich Classic Round 1 Tee Times (ET):

* - Denotes starting on 10th tee

/ - Denotes team members

8:00 a.m. — Adam Long/Vince Whaley, Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft

8:00 a.m.* — Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner, Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak

8:13 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Burgoon, Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon

8:13 a.m.* — Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox, C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu

8:26 a.m. — Carl Yuan/Zecheng Dou, Doug Ghim/Chan Kim

8:26 a.m.* — Taylor Montgomery/Ben Griffin, Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre

8:39 a.m. — Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer, Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard

8:39 a.m.* — Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele

8:52 a.m. — J.J Spaun/Hayden Buckley, Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith

8:52 a.m.* — Nick Hardy/Davis Riley, Brice Garnett/Sepp Straka

9:05 a.m. — Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman, Cameron Champ/MJ Daffue

9:05 a.m.* — Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown, Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy

9:18 a.m. — Luke List/Henrik Norlander, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney

9:18 a.m.* — Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker, Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith

9:31 a.m. — Patton Kizzire/Ben Kohles, Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn

9:31 a.m.* — Daniel Berger/Victor Perez, Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith

9:44 a.m. — Brandon Wu/James Nicholas, Justin Suh/Rico Hoey

9:44 a.m.* — Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman, Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott

9:57 a.m. — Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman, Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale, Jr.

9:57 a.m.* — Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter

1:05 p.m. — Sangmoon Bae/S.H. Kim, Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid

1:05 p.m.* — Troy Merritt/Robert Streb, Roger Sloan/Josh Teater

1:18 p.m. — Scott Piercy/Harry Hall, Sam Ryder/Beau Hossler

1:18 p.m.* — Callum Tarren/David Skins, Aaron Rai/David Lipsky

1:31 p.m. — Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup, Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen

1:31 p.m.* — Austin Cook/Raul Pereda, Ted Potter, Jr./Alejandro Tosti

1:44 p.m. — Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama, Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry

1:44 p.m.* — Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald, Matt Wallace/Thorbjørn Olesen

1:57 p.m. — Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander, Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin

1:57 p.m.* — Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer, Eric Cole/Russ Cochran

2:10 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick, Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard

2:10 p.m.* — Peter Malnati/Russell Knox, K.H. Lee/Michael Kim

2:23 p.m. — Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges, Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker

2:23 p.m.* — Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos, Ben Martin/Carson Young

2:36 p.m. — Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird, Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor

2:36 p.m.* — Jonathan Byrd/Scott Gutschewski, Dylan Wu/Justin Lower

2:49 p.m. — Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo, Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg

2:49 p.m.* — Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr, Harry Higgs/Trace Crowe

3:02 p.m. — Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody, Ben Silverman/Kevin Doughtery

3:02 p.m.* — Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick, Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney

Zurich Classic Round 2 Tee Times (ET):

9:20 a.m. — Troy Merritt/Robert Streb, Roger Sloan/Josh Teater

9:20 a.m.* — Sangmoon Bae/S.H. Kim, Alex Smalley/Matti Schmid

9:31 a.m. — Callum Tarren/David Skins, Aaron Rai/David Lipsky

9:31 a.m.* — Scott Piercy/Harry Hall, Sam Ryder/Beau Hossler

9:42 a.m. — Austin Cook/Raul Pereda, Ted Potter, Jr./Alejandro Tosti

9:42 a.m.* — Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup, Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen

9:53 a.m. — Francesco Molinari/Luke Donald, Matt Wallace/Thorbjørn Olesen

9:53 a.m.* — Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama, Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry

10:04 a.m. — Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer, Eric Cole/Russ Cochran

10:04 a.m.* — Billy Horschel/Tyson Alexander, Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin

10:15 a.m. — Peter Malnati/Russell Knox, K.H. Lee/Michael Kim

10:15 a.m.* — Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick, Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard

10:26 a.m. — Nate Lashley/Rafael Campos, Ben Martin/Carson Young

10:26 a.m.* — Gary Woodland/Lee Hodges, Chez Reavie/Brandt Snedeker

10:37 a.m. — Jonathan Byrd/Scott Gutschewski, Dylan Wu/Justin Lower

10:37 a.m.* — Kevin Streelman/Martin Laird, Sean O’Hair/Ben Taylor

10:48 a.m. — Robby Shelton/Wilson Furr, Harry Higgs/Trace Crowe

10:48 a.m.* — Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo, Chesson Hadley/Greyson Sigg

10:59 a.m. — Norman Xiong/Ryan McCormick, Hayden Springer/Tom Whitney

10:59 a.m.* — Parker Coody/Pierceson Coody, Ben Silverman/Kevin Doughtery

1:35 p.m. — Kevin Chappell/Jason Dufner, Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak

1:35 p.m.* — Adam Long/Vince Whaley, Kevin Tway/Kelly Kraft

1:46 p.m. — Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox, C.T. Pan/Kevin Yu

1:46 p.m.* — Jhonattan Vegas/Bronson Burgoon, Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon

1:57 p.m. — Taylor Montgomery/Ben Griffin, Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre

1:57 p.m.* — Carl Yuan/Zecheng Dou, Doug Ghim/Chan Kim

2:08 p.m. — Sahith Theegala/Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele

2:08 p.m.* — Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer, Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard

2:19 p.m.— Nick Hardy/Davis Riley, Brice Garnett/Sepp Straka

2:19 p.m.* — J.J Spaun/Hayden Buckley, Taylor Moore/Matt NeSmith

2:30 p.m. — Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown, Tom Hoge/Maverick McNealy

2:30 p.m.* — Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman, Cameron Champ/MJ Daffue

2:41 p.m. — Matt Kuchar/Steve Stricker, Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith

2:41 p.m.*— Luke List/Henrik Norlander, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney

2:52 p.m. — Daniel Berger/Victor Perez, Andrew Putnam/Joe Highsmith

2:52 p.m.* — Patton Kizzire/Ben Kohles, Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn

3:03 p.m. — Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman, Erik Barnes/Harrison Endycott

3:03 p.m.* — Brandon Wu/James Nicholas, Justin Suh/Rico Hoey

3:14 p.m. — Jimmy Stanger/Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Thriston Lawrence/Aldrich Potgieter

3:14 p.m.* — Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman, Paul Haley II/Blaine Hale, Jr.

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2024 Zurich Classic Saturday tee times: Round 3 groupings

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry share the lead the the 2024 Zurich Classic halfway point.

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The third round of the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans begins Saturday, April 27, at TPC Louisiana. You can find full Zurich Classic tee times for the third round at the bottom of this post.

Featured tee time for Round 3

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are teaming up at the Zurich Classic for the first time this week, and the powerhouse duo is making a big splash in their debut.

The Irishmen are tied for the lead at the tournament halfway point with three other teams at 13 under par. It’s a tightly-packed leaderboard, with six teams just one shot behind the leaders.

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“Shane has got a wonderful short game, and it gives me confidence going for those greens whether it be the par-4s or the par-5s that if I get it anywhere up there around the green, I’m going to have a very good look for birdie after he hits his,” McIlroy said Friday.

For Saturday’s third round, McIlroy and Lowry will play in the final grouping alongside Aaron Rai and David Lipsky at 12:35 p.m. ET. The field will play a four-ball format.

You can watch the third round of the 2024 Zurich Classic on ESPN+ with exclusive early action starting at 9 a.m. ET and featured group coverage all day, and on Golf Channel starting at 12:45 p.m. ET, followed by CBS at 3 p.m. ET. Peacock will offer a simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage.

You can check out the complete Round 3 tee times for the 2024 Zurich Classic below.

2024 Zurich Classic tee times for Saturday: Round 3 (ET)

Format: Four-ball

8:14 a.m. – Nick Hardy-Davis Riley, Chandler Phillips-Jacob Bridgeman 8:27 a.m. – Vincent Norrman-Jorge Campillo, Kelly Kraft-Kevin Tway 8:40 a.m. – Nate Lashley-Rafael Campos, Chez Reavie-Brandt Snedeker 8:53 a.m. – Collin Morikawa-Kurt Kitayama, Peter Malnati-Russell Knox 9:06 a.m. – Brandon Wu-James Nicholas, Austin Eckroat-Chris Gotterup 9:19 a.m. – Chad Ramey-Martin Trainer, Brice Garnett-Sepp Straka 9:32 a.m. – Greyson Sigg-Chesson Hadley, Garrick Higgo-Ryan Fox 9:45 a.m. – Doug Ghim-Chan Kim, Matt Wallace-Thorbjorn Oleson 10:05 a.m. – Kevin Yu-C.T. Pan, Sam Stevens-Paul Barjon 10:18 a.m. – Dylan Wu-Justin Lower, Ben Taylor-Sean O’Hair 10:31 a.m. – K.H. Lee-Michael Kim, Matt Fitzpatrick-Alex Fitzpatrick 10:44 a.m. – Zac Blair-Marty Fishburn, Mac Meissner-Austin Smotherman 10:57 a.m. – Charley Hoffman-Nick Watney, Ben Kohles-Patton Kizzire 11:10 a.m. – Thomas Detry-Robert MacIntyre, Nico Echavarria-Max Greyserman 11:23 a.m. – Harry Hall-Scott Piercy, Keith Mitchell-Joel Dahmen 11:43 a.m. – Corey Conners-Taylor Pendrith, Luke List-Henrik Norlander 11:56 a.m. – Nick Taylor-Adam Hadwin, Patrick Cantlay-Xander Schauffele 12:09 p.m. – Callum Tarren-David Skinns, Zach Johnson-Ryan Palmer 12:22 p.m. – Davis Thompson-Andrew Novak, Ryan Brehm-Mark Hubbard 12:35 p.m. – Aaron Rai-David Lipsky, Rory McIlroy-Shane Lowry

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After a quartet of 61s on Thursday , the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans moves on to Friday’s second round at TPC Louisiana.

The golf course, located in Avondale, is a par-72 track measuring 7,425 yards designed by Pete Dye.

The purse at the Zurich Classic is $8.9 million with $1,286,050 million going to each member of the winning team. The winners will also receive 400 FedEx Cup points each.

Davis Riley and Nick Hardy are the defending champions.

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From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2024 Zurich Classic. All times listed are ET.

Friday PGA Tour tee times

How to watch, listen.

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live . You can also watch the RBC Heritage on Golf Channel free on Fubo . All times ET.

Friday, April 26

Golf Channel/ Peacock : 2-6 p.m

Sirius XM: 12-6 p.m

ESPN+ : 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m

Saturday, April 27

Golf Channel/ Peacock : 1-3 p.m

CBS: 3-6 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+ : 7:15 a.m.-6 p.m

Sunday, April 28

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