Zurich Classic of New Orleans R2

Zurich Classic 2021 R2
April 22-25
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
$7,400,000
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Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura shot a 3-under 69 in alternate-shot play in windy conditions on Friday to retain a share of the lead at 13-under 131.

Zurich Classic 2021 R2

“Just having fun, and obviously we don’t get to do this very often,” said Ventura. “We’re playing some good golf, and the course we both like, so it’s just one of those things where we’re comfortable playing out here.”

The duo birdied five holes but shot an unfortunate double bogey at the 16th after Hovland’s approach from a bunker found the water.

“It was my fault,” said Ventura. “We tried to hit the fairway with an iron and I hit it in that bunker. I wasn’t the best teammate.”

Zurich Classic 2021 R2

Tony Finau and Cameron Champ shot a 68 to join them in the lead.

“We knew today with the wind and just the format in general it was going to be a grind, and that’s what we did, especially coming down the last nine holes,” said Finau. “We just kind of grinded it out.”

Zurich Classic 2021 R2

Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose made seven birdies and three bogeys for a 68 and are tied for third place alongside Bubba Watson and Scottie Scheffler at 11-under.

“A problem shared is a problem halved in this format for sure,” said Rose. “But Henrik was a rock today. I was kind of looking at it in terms of I don’t think he made one mistake that led to us dropping a shot really. It was pretty fun just to have someone that was so solid today. He pulled his weight.”

Zurich Classic 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
T1	Champ/Finau	-13	63	68	131
T1	Hovland/Ventura *	-13	62	69	131
T3	Stenson/Rose *	-11	65	68	133
T3	Watson/Scheffler	-11	64	69	133
T5	Oosthuizen/Schwartzel *	-10	63	71	134
T5	Werenski/Uihlein	-10	65	69	134
T7	Kokrak/Perez *	-9	65	70	135
T7	Leishman/Smith *	-9	63	72	135
T9	Bradley/Steele	-8	63	73	136
T9	Horschel/Burns	-8	63	73	136
T9	McDowell/Wallace *	-8	66	70	136
T9	Oppenheim/Murray *	-8	66	70	136
T9	Percy/Chalmers *	-8	66	70	136
T9	Rahm/Palmer *	-8	65	71	136
T9	Todd/Kirk *	-8	66	70	136
T16	Duncan/Schenk	-7	64	73	137
T16	Garnett/Stallings	-7	62	75	137
T16	Homa/Gooch *	-7	66	71	137
T16	Lee/Stanley *	-7	63	74	137
T16	Mitchell/Snedeker	-7	66	71	137
T16	Noren/Norlander *	-7	67	70	137
T16	Pieters/Lewis *	-7	67	70	137
T16	Redman/Ryder	-7	66	71	137
T24	Clark/van Rooyen *	-6	64	74	138
T24	Gligic/Whaley	-6	67	71	138
T24	Hearn/Sucher	-6	67	71	138
T24	Hoffman/Watney *	-6	64	74	138
T24	Kim/Hagy	-6	67	71	138
T24	Malnati/Baker *	-6	65	73	138
T24	Schauffele/Cantlay	-6	64	74	138
T24	Straka/Teater *	-6	68	70	138
T24	Suh/Ghim	-6	65	73	138
T24	Willett/Hatton	-6	65	73	138
CUT	Frittelli/Streelman	-5
CUT	Higgs/Gellerman	-5
CUT	Hojgaard/Taylor	-5
CUT	Hubbard/Cappelen	-5
CUT	Jones/Spaun	-5
CUT	Laird/Taylor	-5
CUT	McNealy/Bramlett	-5
CUT	Merritt/Streb	-5
CUT	Tringale/Castro	-5
CUT	Grace/Varner III	-4
CUT	Nesmith/Seiffert	-4
CUT	Piercy/Bhatia	-4
CUT	Reavie/Glover	-4
CUT	Sloan/Baddeley	-4
CUT	Tway/Kraft	-4
CUT	Im/An	-3
CUT	Kang/Choi	-3
CUT	Lebioda/Burgoon	-3
CUT	Shelton/Hickok	-3
CUT	Thompson/Gordon	-3
CUT	Campos/Anderson	-2
CUT	Cook/Landry	-2
CUT	Dufner/Bozzelli	-2
CUT	Knox/Stuard	-2
CUT	Ledesma/Gómez	-2
CUT	Pan/Zhang	-2
CUT	Vegas/Romero	-2
CUT	van Pelt/List	-2
CUT	Hoge/Hossler	-1
CUT	Kisner/Brown	-1
CUT	Wilkinson/McNeill	-1
CUT	Austin/Mediate	E
CUT	Blaum/Byrd	E
CUT	Dahmen/Griffin	E
CUT	Hadley/Martin	E
CUT	Holmes/Garrigus	E
CUT	Lee/Bae	E
CUT	Putnam/Harrington	E
CUT	Gibson/Taylor	1
CUT	Every/Beljan	2
CUT	Trahan/Barnes	2
CUT	Mahan/Haas	3
CUT	Morikawa/Wolff	3
CUT	Stadler/Wagner	4
CUT	Trainer/Hahn	5
CUT	Aphibarnrat/Atwal	6
CUT	Hoag/Roach	6
* Pairing started on the back nine