Brooks Koepka And Shane Lowry Headline Zurich Classic Of New Orleans As Full Teams Confirmed

There’s a break from the norm on the PGA Tour following the RBC Heritage, with the unique team event, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, coming from TPC Louisiana.

The tournament features 80 teams of two competing in an alternating four-ball and foursomes format.

Some of the world’s biggest names regularly play at the event, and the 2026 edition is no exception.

Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak won the title a year ago, beating Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard by one, a performance that gave both players their maiden PGA Tour titles.

They are teaming up again this year, although the Hojgaard brothers are not in the field this time around.

One all-sibling partnership sees the highest-ranked player in the field, Matt Fitzpatrick playing alongside his brother, Alex.

Both players have titles this season, with Matt having won the Valspar Championship and Alex claiming his maiden DP World Tour win a week later at the Hero Indian Open. Can their combined talents lead to another victory in Louisiana?

Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick — Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick are on of the teams

For the last two years, Shane Lowry has formed a team with Rory McIlroy, and the pair found success in 2023, too, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer in a playoff.

McIlroy has opted against playing this year, but Lowry is in the field, with the Irishman forming a team with Brooks Koepka this time.

Koepka had been hoping to play in the RBC Heritage, with the five-time Major winner first alternate for the Harbour Town event. Ultimately, he missed out on his maiden Signature Event, meaning it will be his first start since his T12 at The Masters.

Another former winning team in the field is the one made up of Davis Riley and Nick Hardy, who took the title in 2023.

Davis Riley and Nick Hardy with the Zurich Classic of New Orleans trophy — Davis Riley and Nick Hardy won the title in 2023

Among other notable teams in the field is the all-English pairing of Marco Penge and Matt Wallace, while Ryan Gerard, who is 32nd in the world, plays alongside David Ford.

Elsewhere, Aaron Rai teams up with Sahith Theegala, Major winner Wyndham Clark links up with Taylor Moore, while Kristoffer Reitan plays with Kris Ventura in an all-Norwegian line-up.

Zurich Classic Of New Orleans Teams

Wyndham Clark, Taylor Moore
Matt Fitzpatrick, Alex Fitzpatrick
Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry
Michael Brennan, Johnny Keefer
Rafael Campos, Alejandro Tosti
Cam Davis, Geoff Ogilvy
Nick Dunlap, Gordon Sargent
Austin Eckroat, Davis Thompson
Tony Finau, Max Greyserman
Brice Garnett, Lee Hodges
Ryan Gerard, David Ford
Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak
Garrick Higgo, Matt Kuchar
Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge
Stephan Jaeger, Jackson Suber
Tom Kim, Kevin Yu
Chris Kirk, Patton Kizzire
Peter Malnati, Russell Knox
Matt McCarty, Mac Meissner
William Mouw, Takumi Kanaya
Matthieu Pavon, Martin Couvra
Taylor Pendrith, Mackenzie Hughes
Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala
Davis Riley, Nick Hardy
Adam Schenk, Tyler Duncan
Karl Vilips, Michael Thorbjornsen
Sam Stevens, Zach Bauchou
Matti Schmid, Seamus Power
Erik van Rooyen, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Rico Hoey, David Lipsky
Max McGreevy, Kevin Roy
Alex Smalley, Hayden Springer
Vince Whaley, Greyson Sigg
Eric Cole, Hank Lebioda
Keith Mitchell, Brandt Snedeker
Mark Hubbard, Ryan Brehm
Chad Ramey, Justin Lower
Chandler Phillips, Carson Young
Danny Walker, Jimmy Stanger
Blades Brown, Luke Clanton
Jacob Skov Olesen, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Casey Jarvis, A.J. Ewart
Marco Penge, Matt Wallace
Kristoffer Reitan, Kris Ventura
John Parry, Dan Brown
Haotong Li, Jordan Smith
Keita Nakajima, Kensei Hirata
Chandler Blanchet, John VanDerLaan
Austin Smotherman, Andrew Putnam
Neal Shipley, Christo Lamprecht
Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Davis Chatfield
Jeffrey Kang, Doug Ghim
Trace Crowe, Ben Marti
Zecheng Dou, Dylan Wu
Pontus Nyholm, Jesper Svensson
Adam Svensson, Adam Hadwin
Marcelo Rozo, Camilo Villegas
Beau Hossler, Sam Ryder
Patrick Fishburn, Zac Blair
Charley Hoffman, Nick Watney
Kevin Streelman, Joel Dahmen
Lanto Griffin, Ben Kohles
Frankie Capan III, Noah Goodwin
Chan Kim, Ryan Palmer
Harry Higgs, Jeremy Paul
Henrik Norlander, Luke List
Taylor Montgomery, Scott Piercy
Ben Silverman, Cameron Champ
Paul Peterson, Will Gordon
David Skinns, Trey Mullinax
Jonathan Byrd, Chez Reavie
Austin Cook, Jason Dufner
James Hahn, Kyle Stanley
Troy Merritt, Robert Streb

Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories.

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Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course.

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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