Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen will go in search of team glory when the second edition of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans starts on Thursday.
The Presidents Cup duo will combine for the first time after Branden Grace, awaiting the birth of his first child, did duty with Oosthuizen last year. That combination finished in the bunch tied for 24th place, 12 shots behind Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith, who needed four playoff holes to see off Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown for the title.
The format will see better-ball on Thursday and Saturday with foursomes on Friday and Sunday.
Retief Goosen and Tyrone van Aswegen, who tied the better-ball record with Kisner and Brown with a second round 60, will rekindle their partnership, with Rory Sabbatini joining controversial American John Daly as the last South African in the field.
The TPC Louisiana, a Pete Dye-designed course which measures 7,425 yards, will host a number of high-profile teams including Jordan Spieth and Ryan Palmer, Justin Thomas and Bud Cauley, Spanish duo Sergio Garcia and Rafael Cabrera Bello, Jon Rahm and Wesley Bryan, Olympic gold and silver medalists Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, Ryder Cup regulars Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar and reigning Masters champion Patrick Reed who has Shriners Hospitals for Children Open winners Patrick Cantlay.
#TBT Looking forward to playing with this guy next week! pic.twitter.com/Wmc5aveytV
— Louis Oosthuizen (@Louis57TM) April 19, 2018
Confirmed lineups:
Jordan Spieth – Ryan Palmer
Justin Thomas – Bud Cauley
Sergio Garcia – Rafael Cabrera Bello
Jon Rahm – Wesley Bryan
Justin Rose – Henrik Stenson
Jason Day – Ryan Ruffels
Bubba Watson – Matt Kuchar
Patrick Reed – Patrick Cantlay
Brooks Koepka – Marc Turnesa
Tommy Fleetwood – Chris Paisley
Jonas Blixt – Cameron Smith
Jimmy Walker – Sean O’Hair
Jim Furyk – David Duval
Steve Stricker – Jerry Kelly
Charley Hoffman – Nick Watney
Ian Poulter – Graeme McDowell
Kevin Kisner – Scott Brown
Louis Oosthuizen – Charl Schwartzel
Zach Johnson – Jonathan Byrd
Billy Horschel – Scott Piercy
Keegan Bradley – Jon Curran
Jason Dufner – Pat Perez
Daniel Berger – Gary Woodland
K.J. Choi – Charlie Wi
Russell Knox – Martin Laird
Shane Lowry – Padraig Harrington
Tony Finau – Daniel Summerhays
Sam Burns – William McGirt
John Peterson – Cody Gribble
Matt Every – Sam Saunders
David Lingmerth – Danny Lee
Brice Garnett – Chesson Hadley
Emiliano Grillo – Peter Uihlein
Brant Snedeker – J.B. Holmes
Rory Sabbatini – John Daly
Retief Goosen – Tyrone Van Aswegen
Ryan Armour – Johnson Wagner
Greg Chalmers – Cameron Percy
Fabian Gomez – Andres Romero
D.A. Points – Kyle Thompson
Mackenzie Hughes – Corey Conners
Billy Hurley III – Peter Malnati
Chris Kirk – J.T. Poston
Brendan Steele – Jamie Lovemark
Chris Stroud – Brian Stuard
Hudson Swafford – Harris English
Jamie Donaldson – Ross Fisher
Chez Reavie – Lucas Glover
Kevin Na – Byeong Hun An
Kevin Tway – Kelly Kraft
Chad Campbell – Matt Jones
C.T. Pan – Zac Blair
Harold Varner III – Robert Garrigus
Michael Kim – Andrew Putnam
Richy Werenski – Nicholas Lindheim
Brian Gay – Aaron Wise
J.J. Henry – Tom Hoge
Andrew Landry – Talor Gooch
Martin Piller – Joel Dahmen
Keith Mitchell – Stephen Jaeger
Abraham Ancer – Roberto Diaz
J.J. Spaun – Sam Ryder
Scott Stallings – Aaron Baddeley
Smylie Kaufman – Tom Lovelady
Ryan Blaum – Blayne Barber
Colt Knost – Ricky Barnes
Brandon Harkins – Lanto Griffin
Brett Stegmaier – Cameron Tringale
Sung Kang – John Huh
Whee Kim – Andrew Yun
Alex Cejka – Ben Crane
Tyler Duncan – Adam Schenk
Xinjun Zhang – Zecheng Dou
Ben Silverman – Matt Atkins
Seamus Power – David Hearn
Shawn Stefani – John Rollins
Jonathan Randolph – Trey Mullinax
Troy Merritt – Brendon de Jonge
Nate Lashley – Rob Oppenheim
Denny McCarthy – Hunter Mahan
Alternate: Bronson Burgoon – Conrad Shindler
Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images
