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2018 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

(The 26^th of 44 events in the US PGA TOUR Season)

Avondale, Louisiana                       April 26-29, 2018                                      FedExCup Points: 400 (each)

TPC Louisiana                      Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,425                     Purse: $7,200,000/$1,036,800

First-Round Notes 

With the team format beginning in 2017, a change was made at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans this year, with the two formats switching rotations. In 2018, rounds one and three in the two-player team event will feature the Four-ball (best ball) format, while the second and fourth rounds will use the Foursomes (alternate shot) format.

Weather: After 0.18 inches of rain early in the day, it was sunny with a high of 75. NW wind at 10-15 mph wind, gusting to 20 mph.

First-Round Leaderboard (Four-ball format)

Chez Reavie/Lucas Glover                   60 (-12)

Xinjun Zhang/Zecheng Dou                 60 (-12)

Tony Finau/Daniel Summerhays         62 (-10)

Chris Paisley/Tommy Fleetwood        62 (-10)

J.J. Henry/Tom Hoge                           62 (-10)

Michael Kim/Andrew Putnam            62 (-10)

Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown                   62 (-10)

Troy Merritt/Brendon de Jonge         62 (-10)

SELECTED SCORES
63 Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington (T9)
64 Russell Knox and Martin Laird (T11)
65 Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter (T21)
65 Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson (T21)

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Chez Reavie/Lucas Glover

Reavie and Glover teamed to fire a 12-under 60 to share the first-round lead. Despite a par-par finish on Nos. 8 and 9, the duo matched the tournament record 18-hole score. Since the change to the team format in 2017, the low round at the Zurich Classic is 12-under 60 (both Four-ball) by the South African team of Retief Goosen/Tyrone Van Aswegen (R2/2017) and Kevin Kisner/Scott Brown (R4/2017).

·       Reavie/Glover combined to birdie all par-5 and par-3 holes in the first round, except the par-3 ninth, their final hole of the day.

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Xinjun Zhang/Zecheng Dou

Zhang and Dou, the first two players from China to hold US PGA TOUR membership, birdied the final three holes while playing in the final group of the day, to shoot 12-under 60 and share the first-round lead. They are one of 13 teams at the Zurich Classic with both members from the same country.

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