Zurich Classic of New Orleans R1

Zurich Classic 2021 R1
April 22-25
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
$7,400,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura are tied for the lead alongside Brice Garnett and Scott Stallings after firing 10-under 62s in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Thursday.

Zurich Classic 2021 R1

The tournament format alternates between best-ball in the first and third rounds and alternate shots in the second and final rounds.

Hovland and Ventura fired nine birdies in their last twelve holes including a 36-foot putt from Ventura on the 15th and his final 19-foot putt on the 16th.

“Kris decided to heat up his putter. That really helped,” said Hovland. “But I felt like we really played solid golf all 18 holes.”

Zurich Classic 2021 R1

Garnett and Stallings made birdies on eight of their last eleven holes.

“We had a tale of two nines,” said Stallings. “It was nice we didn’t birdie the same hole ever, and that’s what you have to do. We did a great job of that today.”

Zurich Classic 2021 R1

Behind the lead pairings, seven teams shot 63s including former champions Billy Horschel and Sam Burns as well as Cameron Smith who fired six of his team’s seven birdies.

“I’ll probably buy dinner tonight after that exhibition he put on,” said Smith’s playing partner Marc Leishman. “He’s definitely owed that.”

Zurich Classic 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Hovland/Ventura	-10	62
T1	Garnett/Stallings *	-10	62
T3	Bradley/Steele *	-9	63
T3	Champ/Finau *	-9	63
T3	Horschel/Burns *	-9	63
T3	Hubbard/Cappelen *	-9	63
T3	Lee/Stanley	-9	63
T3	Leishman/Smith	-9	63
T3	Oosthuizen/Schwartzel	-9	63
T10	Clark/van Rooyen	-8	64
T10	Duncan/Schenk *	-8	64
T10	Hoffman/Watney	-8	64
T10	Schauffele/Cantlay *	-8	64
T10	Sloan/Baddeley *	-8	64
T10	Watson/Scheffler *	-8	64
T16	Frittelli/Streelman *	-7	65
T16	Jones/Spaun	-7	65
T16	Knox/Stuard *	-7	65
T16	Kokrak/Perez	-7	65
T16	Malnati/Baker	-7	65
T16	Piercy/Bhatia *	-7	65
T16	Rahm/Palmer	-7	65
T16	Stenson/Rose	-7	65
T16	Suh/Ghim *	-7	65
T16	Thompson/Gordon *	-7	65
T16	Tringale/Castro	-7	65
T16	Werenski/Uihlein *	-7	65
T16	Willett/Hatton *	-7	65
T29	Cook/Landry *	-6	66
T29	Homa/Gooch	-6	66
T29	Ledesma/Gómez *	-6	66
T29	McDowell/Wallace	-6	66
T29	Mitchell/Snedeker *	-6	66
T29	Oppenheim/Murray	-6	66
T29	Percy/Chalmers	-6	66
T29	Redman/Ryder *	-6	66
T29	Todd/Kirk	-6	66
Projected Cut: ( -6 )
T38	Gligic/Whaley *	-5	67
T38	Grace/Varner III *	-5	67
T38	Hadley/Martin	-5	67
T38	Hearn/Sucher *	-5	67
T38	Higgs/Gellerman	-5	67
T38	Hojgaard/Taylor *	-5	67
T38	Kim/Hagy *	-5	67
T38	Laird/Taylor	-5	67
T38	Lebioda/Burgoon	-5	67
T38	Noren/Norlander	-5	67
T38	Pieters/Lewis	-5	67
T38	Putnam/Harrington	-5	67
T38	Shelton/Hickok	-5	67
T51	Austin/Mediate	-4	68
T51	Campos/Anderson *	-4	68
T51	Dufner/Bozzelli *	-4	68
T51	Every/Beljan *	-4	68
T51	Holmes/Garrigus *	-4	68
T51	Im/An *	-4	68
T51	Kang/Choi	-4	68
T51	Nesmith/Seiffert	-4	68
T51	Straka/Teater	-4	68
T51	Vegas/Romero	-4	68
T51	Wilkinson/McNeill	-4	68
T62	Dahmen/Griffin *	-3	69
T62	Gibson/Taylor *	-3	69
T62	Hoge/Hossler *	-3	69
T62	Lee/Bae *	-3	69
T62	McNealy/Bramlett *	-3	69
T62	Merritt/Streb	-3	69
T62	Stadler/Wagner	-3	69
T62	Trainer/Hahn *	-3	69
T70	Kisner/Brown	-2	70
T70	Mahan/Haas	-2	70
T70	Morikawa/Wolff	-2	70
T70	Reavie/Glover	-2	70
T70	Trahan/Barnes *	-2	70
T70	Tway/Kraft *	-2	70
T70	van Pelt/List *	-2	70
T77	Aphibarnrat/Atwal *	-1	71
T77	Blaum/Byrd	-1	71
T77	Hoag/Roach	-1	71
T77	Pan/Zhang	-1	71
* Pairing started on the back nine