They played collegiately at University of Georgia and TCU, finalists in national football championship this year.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 11, 2023)—Tom Hoge, who played collegiately at TCU, will team with Harris English, who played for University of Georgia, in the 2023 Zurich Classic, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“We welcome Tom and Harris back to our tournament this year as a new partnership” said Worthy. “Both have won titles on the PGA Tour, and both have had team success, so they should be a formidable pairing,” Worthy added.

Hoge, ranked 27^th in the world, is enjoying an outstanding season. He has posted seven top 25 finishes in 15 events. His best finishes this year have been a tie for third at both The Players Championship and Sentry Tournament of Champions. He has also posted two other top-10 finishes this season.

At The Players Championship, he carded a third-round 62, the lowest single round score in tournament history.

He won last year’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his first victory on the PGA Tour on his way to his most successful season in his career capped with a 10^th in the Tour Championship. He has a team win in the unofficial QBE Shootout playing with Sahith Theegala.

He won the Par-3 contest at the Masters this year, traditionally dooming his chances of winning the main event.

He tied for tenth in the 2018 Zurich Classic, teamed with J.J. Henry.

Harris English has won four times in his career on the PGA Tour. His best year was 2020-21 when he took two titles, at the Travelers Championship and the Sentry Tournament of Champions, both in playoffs. That season he posted 12 top-25 finishes in 26 events to go with his two victories.

His best finish this year was a tie for second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which was his fourth career runner-up.

In his career, he posted a fourth and a third at the U.S. Open in consecutive years 2020-2021. His top finish at the Zurich Classic was sixth in 2013.

His team success includes three wins in the unofficial QBE Shootout, playing with Matt Kuchar.

English was a captain’s pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 2021 that won the biennial event 19-9, the largest margin of victory since 1967. He also played on the 2011 Walker Cup team that represented the U.S. in the amateur team competition against Great Britain and Ireland.

The 2023 Zurich Classic field includes four of the top 10 players in the world to lead another strong field:

• Defending champions Patrick Cantlay, ranked fourth in the world, and Xander Schauffele, ranked sixth have entered.
• They join last year’s runner-up team of Billy Horschel, ranked 26th with Sam Burns, who vaulted to 10^th in the world after winning the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
• Collin Morikawa, ranked 11^th in the world has entered to play with Max Homa, ranked seventh.
• 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, ranked 16^th in the world, will team with his brother Alex.

Sahith Theegala and Justin Suh played on the victorious 2018 Palmer Cup team  that included Collin Morikawa and Davis Riley

 NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 11, 2023)—Sahith Theegala and Justin Suh, two California collegiate stars new to the PGA Tour, are teaming up for the 2023 Zurich Classic, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“Sahith and Justin are two of the most promising young players on the Tour,” said Worthy. “Sahith is in the top 30 in the world rankings, had a top 10 finish in his first Masters, and has already won an unofficial team tournament. Justin contended with a top ten in The Players Championship last month and was Korn Ferry Player of the Year in 2022 ,” Worthy added.

Theegala was a three-time All-American at Pepperdine University. His collegiate career was cut short by the 2020 Covid-19 suspension of competition, when his team was ranked first in the U.S. In 2020 he was awarded the Haksins Award, the Ben Hogan Award and the Jack Nicklaus Award, only the fifth college player to win all three in the same year.

In his first PGA Tour tournament in June 2020, he took 14^th in the Safeway Open and secured his card for the 2021-2022 season by finishing sixth in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.

In only 15 events so far this season, he has finished in the top 25 eight times and in the top 10 six times. His best place this season was a tie for second in the RSM Classic. He finished a solo ninth in this year’s Masters.

Partnered with Tom Hoge, he won the unofficial QBE Shootout in December, 2022. He has already risen to 28^th in the world rankings.

Justin Suh has recorded two top 10 finishes this season,  a tie for fifth at the Honda Classic and a tie for sixth at The Players Championship.

He hit number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2018-19, playing for University of Southern California. While at Southern Cal, he represented the U.S. in the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy together with Cole Hammer and Collin Morikawa, winning the silver medal.

Both Suh and Theegala played on the U.S. 2018 Arnold Palmer team that prevailed over the International team. The Arnold Palmer Cup is competed with teams comprised of both women and men players.

Suh won the Korn Ferry Tour Championship last year to earn his PGA Tour card after posting eight top-10 finishes in 22 starts on that tour. He was voted Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.

He finished 11^th in the 2021 Zurich Classic, teamed with Doug Ghim, who played for the University of Texas before turning pro.

The 2023 Zurich Classic field includes four of the top 10 players in the world to lead another strong field:

• Defending champions Patrick Cantlay, ranked fourth in the world, and Xander Schauffele, ranked sixth have entered.
• They join last year’s runner-up team of Billy Horschel, ranked 26th with Sam Burns, who vaulted to 10^th in the world after winning the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
• Collin Morikawa, ranked 11^th in the world has entered to play with Max Homa, ranked seventh.
• 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, ranked 16^th in the world, will team with his brother Alex.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 4, 2023)—Both current American and European Ryder Cup captains will play in the Zurich Classic this year, each paired with one of their vice-captains, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

American captain Zach Johnson will team with vice-captain Steve Stricker, and European captain Luke Donald will pair with Edoardo Molinari.

“This is a first for us, to have both Ryder Cup captains and their respective vice-captains in our field this year, said Worthy. “We are excited to connect the opportunity of our team format with the two captains as they prepare for the Ryder Cup in Rome later this year ,” Worthy added.

Johnson has won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including two majors–the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship. He is 12^th all-time on the PGA Tour career money list.

He has played on no fewer than nine American teams, representing the U.S. on five Ryder Cup teams (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016) and on four Presidents Cup teams (2007, 2009, 2013, and 2015).

He played college golf at Drake University. In 2016, he funded the Zach Johnson Golf Room, featuring state-of-the-art technology for the university men’s and women’s golf teams.

He received the 2020 Payne Stewart Award in honor of his character, sportsmanship and charitable giving.

Johnson partnered with Jonathan Byrd to finish T-15 in the 2018 Zurich Classic. His last win on the PGA Tour was his second major, The Open Championship in 2015.

Stricker has also won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including the World Match Play Championship, Memorial Tournament and Tournament of Champions. He appeared on five Presidents Cup teams (1996, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013) and played on the 2008, 2010 and 2012 Ryder Cup teams.

He has captained both American teams that won the Presidents Cup in 2017 and the Ryder Cup in his home state of Wisconsin in 2020.

His most successful season on the PGA Tour came in 2009, with three victories and a runner-up finish on the money list. He spent more than 250 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking, reaching a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in September 2009 at age 42.

He is 15^th on the PGA Tour career money list and, like his captain this year, won the Payne Stewart Award in 2012.

This will be his first start on the PGA Tour since 2021. He moved to the Champions Tour in 2017 and quickly hit gold. He has won 12 Champions events in 52 starts. In addition, he has finished in the top 10 an unprecedented 44 times. In his first season on the Champions Tour, he posted one second and three thirds in six starts.

So far this season on the Champions Tour, his worst finish in five tournaments has been a tie for eighth to go with a win, two ties for second and a tie for fifth. He currently ranks second in Schwab Cup points.

Stricker partnered with Jerry Kelly in 2017 and 2018 with a best finish of a tie for 14^th, and he tied for fourth as an individual in New Orleans in 2000.

Luke Donald, captain of the European team, spent 56 weeks ranked number one in the world, seventh all-time.

He was born in England and came to the U.S. to play collegiately for Northwestern University in Chicago, where he earned his degree in art theory and practice. He won the 1999 NCAA Division I Championship and made two GB&I Walker Cup teams in 1998 and 1999.

He earned his Tour card in 2002 and went on to  win five times on the PGA Tour to go with eight victories on the European Tour. He won the European Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship in 2011 and 2012. He also won the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in consecutive years, 2012-13.

He played for the European Ryder Cup team in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2012. His combined record is 10-4-1 in Ryder Cup matches., going undefeated in 2006. He also played on the World Cup team in 2004, 2005 and 2006, winning the 2004 event paired with fellow Englishman Paul Casey.

His best finishes at the Zurich Classic were a third in 2012 and a tie for eighth in 2011. He is one of only two players ranked number one in the world never to have won a major, but he came close on a number of occasions. In 2011, he tied for fourth in the Masters and tied for eighth in the PGA Championship. That was a banner year in his career, as he also won the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play, tied for second in the WGC St. Jude Invitational and tied for eighth in the WGC Workday Championship.

Donald’s vice-captain, Edoardo Molinari, will make his Zurich Classic debut this year.

He has won three times on the European Tour and was the 2005 U.S. Amateur champion at historic Merion Golf Club, the first Italian and first Continental European to win.  He won the U.S. Amateur with a 25-foot birdie putt on the 33^rd hole to claim a 4 and 3 win over American Dillon Dougherty.

He was a captain’s pick for the European Ryder Cup team in 2010, when he played with his brother Francesco, the first brothers to play on the European team since 1963. The Molinari brothers also teamed to win the Italian Amateur Foursomes in 2001 and the World Cup in 2009.

Still active on the DP World (European) Tour, his best finish this season has been a tie for 17^th at the Thailand Classic.  His best on the PGA Tour was a tied for second in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2010.

The 2023 Zurich Classic field includes three of the top 10 players in the world to lead another strong field:

• Defending champions Patrick Cantlay, ranked fourth in the world, and Xander Schauffele, ranked seventh have entered.
• They join last year’s runner-up team of Billy Horschel, ranked 24^th with Sam Burns, who vaulted to 10^th in the world after winning the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship and is now ranked 11^th.
• Collin Morikawa, ranked 12^th in the world has entered to play with Max Homa, ranked fourth.
• 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, ranked 15^th in the world, will team with his brother Alex.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (March 30, 2023)—Collin Morikawa, winner of two major titles and the DP World TourChampionship before he turned 25, will team with Max Homa, who has won twice this season and is ranked sixth in the world, to play the 2023 Zurich Classic, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“Collin and Max both played here the last couple of years with different partners,” said Worthy. “They were teammates on last year’s Presidents Cup squad, and both have solid team experience, so we would expect big things from them,” Worthy added.

“Max is the fourth player ranked in the top ten in the world to commit to play the Zurich Classic this year, and we already have two more in the top 15,” said Worthy. “We look forward to continuing to announce commitments as they roll in,” Worthy added.

Both Morikawa and Homa played collegiately at University of California-Berkeley, which was one reason they chose to pair together at the Zurich Classic.

Morikawa burst on the PGA Tour by earning his temporary card in only his fourth start as a professional in 2019 when he tied for second at the 3M Open after leading at 54 holes. He went on to finish tied for fourth in his next tournament and won the Barracuda Championship two weeks later in his eighth career and sixth professional start at age 22 years, 5 months, 22 days.

He became only the second player to win a major and a WGC title before the age of 25. The other player to accomplish that feat was Tiger Woods.

He won the 2020 PGA Championship in August at Harding Park after the PGA Tour resumed play that year with a memorable eagle on the 16th hole in the final round. He then went on to win the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship in February 2021.

Later that season, he won The Open Championship at Royal St. George’s for his second major title in two years. In the 2020-21 season he posted two wins, a second, fourth in the U.S. Open, three ties for seventh, eighth in the PGA Championship and took fourth in the Olympics. He also won the DP World (European) Tour Championship that year.

Last season, he posted eight top 10 finishes with two seconds in 19 events. In a five-tournament stretch from October, 2021 to February, 2022, he had two seconds, two fifths and one seventh, then took fifth in the Masters. He also placed fifth in the U.S. Open and tied for fifth in the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

So far this season, he has posted a second in the Sentry Tournament of Champions to start the new year and a third in the Farmers Insurance Championship.

In 84 career PGA Tour starts, he has posted 29 top-ten finishes with five PGA Tour wins and six seconds.

In his first Ryder Cup competition in 2021, he went undefeated, with three wins in team play and a half in singles. He and Patrick Cantlay posted the second highest score totals for the American team at 3.5 points each.

In the 2022 Presidents Cup, as a captain’s pick, he posted a record of 2-1, winning his singles match and splitting his two team matches.

Morikawa was a three-time first team All-American at University of California where he was named 2018 Golfweek Men’s National Player of the Year and earned Pac-12 Player of the Year honors in 2019. He also reached the number one position in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

He was named to the 2017 Walker Cup team, the 2017 and 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup squads and won the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy.

Homa is enjoying a very successful season with two wins and eight top 10 finishes in only 12 events played this year.

He has won five titles in the last three seasons: two this year, two last season and one in 2020-21. He has won the Fortinet Championship in both this season and last.

He has a particular affinity for the Genesis Invitational in his home state of California, as he posted a second this year to go with a win in 2021, plus a fifth and a 10^th in that tournament.

He was undefeated in the Presidents Cup last year, going 4-0, second only to Justin Thomas who won all five of his matches.

He and Thomas were teammates on the victorious 2013 Walker Cup team that also included 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick on the British-Irish team. Homa posted a 2-1 record in that event, just three months after he won the 2013 NCAA Division I individual championship.

Recently, Homa and Morikawa have been honored with two endowments by Cal Golf. The men’s team announced a Max and Lacey Homa and a Collin Morikawa Endowed Scholarship at the Golden Bear’s annual Cal Golf tournament.

The 2023 Zurich Classic field includes defending champions Patrick Cantlay, ranked fourth in the world, and Xander Schauffele, ranked seventh. They join last year’s runner-up team of Billy Horschel, ranked 24^th and Sam Burns, who vaulted to 10^th in the world after winning the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship Sunday. In addition, 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, ranked 15^th in the world, will team with his brother Alex in the event.

Matt won the 2022 U.S. Open and the 2013 U.S. Amateur on the same course

 NEW ORLEANS, LA (March 27, 2023)—Matt Fitzpatrick, the reigning U.S. Open champion, will team with his brother Alex, who plays on the DP World Tour, in this year’s Zurich Classic, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“We are excited to have Matt and Alex joining us in New Orleans for the first time,” said Worthy. “We’ve been fortunate to have some great partnership stories in team play, and this adds to that legacy. Matt is a major champion, and his brother is a rising star, so we expect their familiarity will make them a very competitive team,” Worthy added.

Matt Fitzpatrick, currently ranked 15^th in the world, earned his first win on the PGA Tour last year, and it was a big one—the U.S. Open.  His victory came at The Country Club, where he also won the 2013 U.S. Amateur. He became only the second player to win both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur on the same course. The other was Jack Nicklaus.

His victory at the U.S. Open capped the most successful season in his short PGA Tour career. He posted 10 top-10 finishes in 20 events played, including a tie for second at the Wells Fargo Championship; a tie for fifth at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, his first career top-five in a FedExCup Playoffs event; and a tie for fifth in the PGA Championship.

Matt had been steadily finding more success on the PGA Tour as he played more events. In the 2020-21 season, he posted five top 10 and nine top 25 finishes in only 20 events. His best finish that season was a tie for fourth in the RBC Heritage.

So far this season, his best tournament was a tie for seventh at the Sentry Tournament of Champions that kicked off the new year.

A native of Sheffield, England, he turned professional in 2014 after a short stay playing collegiately for Northwestern University. While he was still in college, he became the first amateur since Bobby Jones in 1930 to hold low amateur titles at The Open Championship and U.S. Open at the same time.

He qualified for the European Tour in late 2014 and in June, 2015, finished third in the Lyoness (Austrian)  Open, took second in the Omega European Masters and earned his first victory at the British Masters in October that year.

He went on the win another six European Tour titles, including the DP World Championship in 2016 and 2020. Last season he took second in the Italian Open and tied for fifth in the DP World Championship.

He made the European Ryder Cup team in 2016 and 2020 and  played on the Walker Cup team in 2013 when he posted a 3-1 record for the losing GB&I team.

Matt’s teammate, younger brother Alex, plays on the DP World Tour. He turned pro just last year. His best finishes were a 13^th at the Cazoo Open de France and a 15^th at the Portugal Masters.

He has played in only one other PGA Tour event, last year’s Valspar Championship that was won by Sam Burns, who will be playing in the Zurich Classic with Billy Horschel.

He played four years for Wake Forest and played in the Walker Cup for the Great Britain-Ireland team in 2019 and 2021. He was also selected for the Arnold Palmer Cup international team in 2020 and 2021 He was the fourth-ranked amateur in the world before he turned pro.

The 2023 Zurich Classic field includes defending champions Patrick Cantlay, ranked fourth in the world, and Xander Schauffele, ranked seventh. They join last year’s runner-up team of Horschel, ranked 24^th and Burns, who vaulted to 10^th after winning the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship Sunday.

About Fore!Kids Foundation:

Since 1958, the Fore!Kids Foundation has raised money to fund children’s service organizations through golf events like the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, The Holiday Auction Fore!Kids and several charitable golf tournaments.

In 2022, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated an all-time record $2.7 million in charitable giving for children’s charities in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas. Charitable contributions have been rising in recent years:

• Over $2.7 Million to charities in 2022
• Over $10 Million to charities in last five years
• Over $45 Million to charities since inception

More information at http://www.forekidsfoundation.com.

About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:

The Zurich Classic is the only team tournament on the PGA TOUR season. Since launching the team format in 2017, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has drawn some of the highest-ranking fields for any regular-season tournament on the PGA TOUR.

The Best of the Zurich Classic pass will return in 2023, along with the excitement of close-up action at the Stadium Club by Walk-On’s overlooking the 17^th hole.

Televised in more than 224 countries and territories, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans generates a significant economic impact on the city of New Orleans and the entire state of Louisiana. Independent research has shown that the tournament generates spending of more than $40 million within the local economy and garners $33 million in positive national and international media exposure for both the city and state throughout the year beyond the four days of competition.

The tournament will be played April 17-23, 2023, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2023 totals a record $8.6 million, with each member of the winning team earning   $1,242,700.

All tickets to the 2023 Zurich Classic will be mobile entry only. Day-specific grounds tickets are only $40.  In addition, the Best of the Zurich Class Pass offers a variety of dishes from some of New Orleans most famous restaurants at three locations across the TPC course starting at $175 per day, and the Stadium Club by Walk-On’s will offer close-up viewing at the 17^th hole. Additional ticket options are available by calling the Tournament Office at 504-342-3000 or online at www.zurichgolfclassic.com.

Cantlay is ranked 4^th in the world; Schauffele is 7th

 NEW ORLEANS, LA (March 20, 2023)—Patrick Cantlay, the 2021 FedExCup winner currently ranked fourth in the world, will pair with 2020 Olympic gold medal winner Xander Schauffele, ranked seventh, to defend their 2022 Zurich Classic title, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“Patrick and Xander are two of the best players in the world and both are playing at the top of their games right now,” said Worthy. “They’ve partnered successfully at both the 2019 and the 2022 Presidents Cups and the 2021 Ryder Cup, so we expect them to be a formidable team here again in 2023,” Worthy added.

In the 2022 President Cup competition, both Cantlay and Schauffele posted 3-1 records  for the winning American team. In the 2021 Ryder Cup, they won both matches when they were teamed together. Cantlay went undefeated in team play that year, halved his singles match and tied Colllin Morikawa for second most points scored by an American player. Schauffele was 3-1 himself, losing only his singles match on Sunday.

The pair won last year’s Zurich Classic by two strokes over the team of Billy Horschel and LSU’s Sam Burns. Cantlay and Schauffele led after all four rounds of last year’s tournament. They posted a tournament record first-round score of 59 in four-ball (alternate shot) to set the pace and went into the last day of play five strokes ahead of the field.

Cantlay won the FedExCup in 2021 and earned the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA TOUR Player of the Year on the strength of taking four titles in 2020-21: the ZOZO Championship, the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship.

He was the only player on the PGA Tour to win more than twice that season and recorded seven total top-10s, making the cut in 19 of 24 starts. He won the BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship back-to-back in the FedExCup Playoffs to take the 2021 crown.

Last season, he successfully defended the BMW Championship in the FedExCup Playoffs. In addition to his two wins in 2022, he also posted three seconds, a third and a total of 12 top 10 finishes, winning a career-best $9,369,605 for the season. Two of his second-place finishes were playoffs.

In January, Cantlay was named one of five Player Directors on the prestigious Player Advisory Council that advises and consults with the PGA Tour policy board and commissioner Jay Monahan on issues affecting the Tour.

So far this season, his best finishes have been a tie for second at the Shriners Children’s Open and a third in the Genesis Invitational.

Cantlay started on the Tour full time in 2017 after missing all of 2016 and nearly all of 2015 with lingering back issues. He earned his Tour card in 2017 when he made the cut in all 13 starts to fulfill his Major Medical Extension. Since going full time on the Tour, he was won eight titles in only six full seasons.

As an amateur, he posted a second-round 60 to take the lead in the Travelers Championship. His 60 was the first score that low by an amateur in PGA Tour history.

His storied amateur career was highlighted by being named winner of the Fred Haskins Award in 2011 as the nation’s top collegiate player as well as the Jack Nicklaus Award as the Division I Player of the Year. He also won the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2011 as the top-ranked amateur in the world.

He earned a spot on the U.S. Walker Cup team in 2011 and went 2-1-1 in his four matches. He played  collegiately for UCLA, where he earned All-American honors as a freshman and was named PAC-10 Golfer of the Year. Prior to college, he won the 2010 California High School State Championship. Cantlay was the number one amateur in the world before turning pro, holding the top spot for a record 55 weeks.

Schauffele has won seven times since joining the PGA Tour full time in 2017. He won the TOUR Championship his rookie year in 2017 and has since finished no worse than a tie for seventh in the season-ending tournament. He was the first rookie in the FedExCup era to win the TOUR Championship.

He was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2017 and has made the Tour Championship every year since then.

In addition to his victory at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last season, he also won the Travelers Championship and the Genesis Scottish Open.

In last year’s FedExCup Playoffs, he tied for third in the BMW Championship and placed fourth in the Tour Championship.

He tied for second in the 2019 Masters, and until last year he never finished worse than tied for seventh in the six U.S. Open tournaments he played. He also tied for second in the 2018 Open Championship.

So far this season, he has posted a tie for third in The American Express, a fourth in the Hero World Challenge and a tie for ninth in the ZOZO Championship.

At the 2020 Olympics played in 2021 in Tokyo, Schauffele held the outright lead after the second and third rounds before making a par at the 72nd hole to secure a one-stroke victory and the gold medal.

He earned All-American honors playing for San Diego State University in 2014-15 and was 2014 California State Amateur champion.

About Fore!Kids Foundation:

 Since 1958, the Fore!Kids Foundation has raised money to fund children’s service organizations through golf events like the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, The Holiday Auction Fore!Kids and several charitable golf tournaments.

In 2022, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated an all-time record $2.7 million in charitable giving for children’s charities in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas. Charitable contributions have been rising in recent years:

• Over $2.7 Million to charities in 2022
• Over $10 Million to charities in last five years
• Over $45 Million to charities since inception

More information at http://www.forekidsfoundation.com.

About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:

The Zurich Classic is the only team tournament on the PGA TOUR season. Since launching the team format in 2017, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has drawn some of the highest-ranking fields for any regular-season tournament on the PGA TOUR.

The Best of the Zurich Classic pass will return in 2023, along with the excitement of close-up action at the Stadium Club by Walk-On’s overlooking the 17^th hole.

Televised in more than 224 countries and territories, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans generates a significant economic impact on the city of New Orleans and the entire state of Louisiana. Independent research has shown that the tournament generates spending of more than $40 million within the local economy and garners $33 million in positive national and international media exposure for both the city and state throughout the year beyond the four days of competition.

The tournament will be played April 17-23, 2023, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2023 totals a record $8.6 million, with each member of the winning team earning   $1,242,700.

All tickets to the 2023 Zurich Classic will be mobile entry only. Day-specific grounds tickets are only $40.  In addition, the Best of the Zurich Class Pass offers a variety of dishes from some of New Orleans most famous restaurants at three locations across the TPC course starting at $175 per day, and the Stadium Club by Walk-On’s will offer close-up viewing at the 17^th hole. Additional ticket options are available by calling the Tournament Office at 504-342-3000 or online at www.zurichgolfclassic.com.

Jason Day, who spent 51 weeks at the top of the world golf rankings, will team with another Jason from Australia, Jason Scrivener, in the 2022 Zurich Classic, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jason Day back to the Zurich Classic this year,” said Worthy. “He has been a very popular player in New Orleans and has had strong finishes here in the past.  He’s bringing a fellow Australian who plays on the DP World Tour to partner with him,” added Worthy.

Day has won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including a record-setting victory at the PGA Championship in 2015 with a score of 20-under. He has enjoyed a series of success in major tournaments with four top-10 finishes in the Masters, five top-10s in the U.S. Open and six top-10s in the PGA.

In addition, he won The Players Championship in 2016 and won the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play twice.

Beset by a balky back the last few years, he is still a force on the course, as evidenced by a tie for third in the Farmers Insurance Open this year.

His best finishes at the Zurich Classic were a fourth in 2015 and a fifth in 2016, the year before the tournament adopted the current team format. He last played the Zurich Classic in 2019 paired with fellow Australian Adam Scott.

In 2015-16, Day spent a total of 51 weeks ranked as the number one player in the world. When he played the Zurich Classic in 2016, he became the first world’s top-ranked player top compete in the tournament since David Duval in 1999.

In 300 career starts on the PGA Tour, he has finished in the top 25 a total of 151 times.

He played on the International Presidents Cup team four times and represented Australia to win the World Cup in 2013. He qualified for the Presidents Cup team in 2019 but was forced to withdraw because of a back injury.

The other Australian Jason, Scrivener, will celebrate his 33^rd birthday Monday at the Zurich Classic. He rarely plays in the U.S. but tied for 23^rd in last year’s PGA Championship.  Born in South Africa, he moved to Perth, Australia when he was ten years old.

He enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the Australian Junior Championship in 2007, which Day also won as an amateur. Scrivener turned professional in 2010 and played on the Australian Tour at the beginning of his career. He moved to the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) full time in 2015.

He enjoyed his most successful season as a professional last year, finishing 21^st on the DP World Tour on the strength of a second place in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

The 2022 Zurich Classic field is shaping up to be one of the strongest ever. The field now includes 10 of the top 15 players in the world.

• Master champion and number-one ranked Scottie Scheffler will pair with fellow Texan and former Zurich Classic champion Ryan Palmer.
• Collin Morikawa, now ranked second in the world, will team with Viktor Hovland, ranked fourth, to form the highest ranked pair in the history of the team format at the Zurich Classic.
• Cameron Smith, who won The Players Championship and is now 5^th in the world, will team again with fellow Australian Marc Leishman to defend the title they won last year at the Zurich Classic. Smith is the only two-time team winner of the Zurich Classic.
• Patrick Cantlay, the 2021 FedExCup winner ranked sixth in the world, will pair with 2020 Olympic gold medal winner Xander Schauffele, ranked 11^th.
• Sam Burns, whose repeat victory in the Valspar Classic moved him up to 10^th in the world rankings, will play again in the Zurich Classic with Billy Horschel, who is vying to become the first three-time winner in the tournament’s history and himself is ranked 13^th in the world.
• Louis Ooisthuizen, ranked 14^th, will team with Charl Schwartzl. They lost last year’s Zurich Classic in a playoff.
• Chilean Joachin Niemann, ranked 15^th, will pair with countryman and fellow Olympian Mito Pereira.

In 2021, after cancellation of the 2020 tournament, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated an all-time record $2.3 million in charitable giving for children’s charities in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas.

Because of its popularity, the Best of the Zurich Classic pass will return in 2022, along with expanded suite options at the 17^th and 18^th holes.  A new Walk-On’s Stadium Club venue will also be introduced.

About Fore!Kids Foundation:

 Since 1958, the Fore!Kids Foundation has raised money to fund children’s service organizations through golf events like the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, The Holiday Auction Fore!Kids and several charitable golf tournaments. As a 501(c)(3) corporation, Fore!Kids has distributed more than $42 million since inception, providing healthcare, education and hope for over 200,000 children each year. More information at http://www.forekidsfoundation.com.