Schauffele & Cantlay shoot up leaderboard with new record while Clark & Hossler take lead

Zurich Classic R2

Wyndham Clark and Beau Hossler shared the overnight lead at 11-under and closed with a bogey-free 67 in Foursomes play on Friday to take a one-stroke lead at 16-under at the midway point at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

“Really solid tee to green, to be honest,” said Hossler. “It was fairly stress-free round. I think the only hole we had remotely any stress was probably 17, which I think every group on the course probably is going to have stress on that hole. With that said, I think we both performed really well. I would say it was a pretty equal effort, to be honest, and with the exception of the long putt on 4, I think we didn’t do anything crazy, but we also didn’t really make any mistakes. It was a really clean round.”

“It’s nice, he kind of hits a natural draw, I hit a natural fade. We both putt well and we chip well,” said Clark.

“As far as tee shots to green go, I’ll hit it pretty far off the tee and then he’ll have a wedge and he’s been stacking it. It’s made it pretty easy.

“Then as far as separate from the golf, we have a lot of fun together, and our caddie relationships are really good. We’re just having fun, and wherever the chips lay at the end of the week, we’re going to accept it and have fun, so we’re enjoying it.”

Sam Ryder and Doc Redman shot 66 to move into a tie for second place alongside Keith Mitchell and South Korea’s Sungjae Im (67).

Defending champions Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele started the day T54 at 5-under and set the tournament 18-hole Foursome scoring record with a second round 9-under 63 to move into a share of fourth place at 14-under with four other teams.

“Neither of us played well yesterday,” said Cantlay. “We both struggled. Three bogeys in best ball is not ideal.

“Today Xander putted great and hit a lot of really nice wedge shots and pitches. Left me three feet and in a couple times and made a bunch of mid-range 15-, 20-footers, which is exactly what you need to do to shoot 9-under par.”

The Fitzpatrick brothers closed with a 71 and currently lie in T20 at 11-under.

Pos.TeamTo ParR1R2Total
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T2Ryder/Redman-156366129
T2Im/Mitchell-156267129
T4Schauffele/Cantlay-146763130
T4Ramey/Trainer-146367130
T4O'Hair/Matthews-146169130
T4Moore/Nesmith-146466130
T4Riley/Hardy-146466130
T9List/Norlander-136269131
T9Schwab/Norrman-136467131
T9Lipsky/Rai-136269131
T12Kitayama/Montgomery-126567132
T12Dahmen/Mccarthy-126567132
T12Hojgaard/Olesen-126567132
T12Theegala/Suh-126369132
T12English/Hoge-126468132
T12Spaun/Buckley-126666132
T12Streb/Merritt-126369132
T12Wu/Bramlett-126369132
T20Watney/Hoffman-116469133
T20Donald/Molinari-116469133
T20Kim/Kim-116667133
T20Kim/Noh-116271133
T20Detry/Perez-116766133
T20Burns/Horschel-116469133
T20Taylor/Hadwin-116667133
T20Fitzpatrick/Fitzpatrick-116271133
T28Duncan/Lebioda-106470134
T28van Rooyen/Daffue-106470134
T28An/Kim-106767134
T28Bryan/Murray-106668134
T28Todd/Kizzire-106470134
T28Pendrith/Gligic-106470134
T28Frittelli/Schmid-106668134
T28Gómez/Núñez-106767134
CUTCole/Saunders-96570135
CUTGarnett/Sigg-96768135
CUTThompson/Gordon-96372135
CUTHall/Bhatia-96768135
CUTDufner/Chappell-96570135
CUTHodges/Shelton-96768135
CUTGoya/Werbylo-96570135
CUTStanley/Barnes-86769136
CUTHadley/Martin-86571136
CUTSmotherman/Higgs-86670136
CUTLower/Wu-86472136
CUTGriffin/Gerard-86472136
CUTHoma/Morikawa-86670136
CUTBlair/Dou-86967136
CUTTway/Kraft-76770137
CUTJohnson/Stricker-76671137
CUTPercy/Chalmers-76869137
CUTLamely/hubbard-76473137
CUTKang/Bae-76572137
CUTGribble/Haley II-76572137
CUTNovak/Cone-76572137
CUTEckroat/Harrington-76572137
CUTMullinax/Stallings-66672138
CUTStroud/Mcgirt-66870138
CUTGrant/Roy-66573138
CUTWallace/Shinkwin-56970139
CUTGhim/Hickok-56673139
CUTHaas/Byrd-57069139
CUTTrahan/Collins-56673139
CUTHerman/Armour-56475139
CUTWalker/Points-56475139
CUTErnst/Garrigus-46575140
CUTBlixt/Lingmerth-46674140
CUTKnox/Stuard-46773140
CUTYoung/Westmoreland-46773140
CUTOgilvy/Stadler-46872140
CUTLandry/Cook-46674140
CUTMcGreevy/Stevens-26775142
CUTBaddeley/Endycott-27072142
CUTAlexander/Yuan-26874142
CUTPalmer/Piercy-26973142
CUTTarren/Taylor-17172143
CUTWerenski/Brown-16875143
CUTThompson/Amin+27175146
CUTDaly/Duval+147583158
Updated: November 29, 2023
Zurich Classic of New Orleans 2023
Date: 20th April - 23rd April, 2023
Location: TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
Purse: $8,600,000. Format: Four-ball (best ball) in first and third rounds, Foursomes (alternate shot) in second and fourth rounds