Zalatoris returns from major back surgery while Theegala holds top five spot in FedExCup standings

NEW ORLEANS, LA (March 19, 2024)—Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris, two of the ascending young stars on the PGA Tour, have teamed to play the 2024 Zurich Classic, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“Will has bounced back extremely well after missing nearly a full season from major back surgery,” said Worthy. “Meanwhile, Sahith is building off his first Tour victory last year with three top-10 finishes this season already, ” Worthy added.

Theegala broke through with his first title at the 2023 Fortinet Championship, then followed up  with a second at The Sentry in Hawaii to start the 2024 season. He took fifth in the WM Phoenix Open and tied for sixth in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. This week he tied for ninth in The Players Championship.

He is currently ranked 14^th in the world and fifth in FedExCup standings.

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. Last year, he teamed with Justin Suh to tie for 23^rd in the Zurich Classic.

In the 2021-22 season, his first fulltime on the Tour, he finished 28^th in the Tour Championship after five top-10s and 11 top-25s  during the year.

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 Haskins Award, the Ben Hogan Award and the Jack Nicklaus Award, only the fifth college player to win all three in the same year.

Zalatoris burst on the PGA Tour to earn full-time membership for the 2020-21 season on the strength of three top 10 finishes in the majors–a second in his debut at the Masters, a tie for sixth in the U.S. Open and a tie for eighth in the PGA Championship. In 2022, he did even better in the majors with a tie for sixth in the Masters, a tie for second in the U.S. Open and a second in the PGA Championship when he lost a three-hole playoff.

He scored a total of eight top-10s and 14 top-25 finishes in only 25 events in his first season on Tour and ran away with the Arnold Palmer Award for Rookie of the Year honors before he even earned his full-time card.

He followed that brilliant rookie season up with his first victory in 2022 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but then was forced to withdraw from the following week’s BMW Championship when his back problem first appeared. Before that happened, however, he had posted three runner-up finishes and nine top-10s, including a tie for fourth in the 2022 Zurich Classic, when he teamed with Davis Riley.

He was forced to withdraw before the first round of  the 2023 Masters when he suffered a herniated disc in his back. He was ranked eighth in the world at the time. He lost the rest of the entire 2023 season and started this year ranked 43^rd.

Now back and healthy on Tour, he tied for second in The Genesis Invitational and tied for fourth in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He has now climbed to 30^th in the world ranking and 13^th in  FedExCup points. He ranked as high as eighth in the world when he was forced to miss most of 2023 and fell to 54^th by the time he returned.

As an amateur, he won the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. In college, he played for Wake Forest on the Arnold Palmer scholarship and was named first-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year in 2017. He made the Walker Cup team that year and contributed to a 19-7 U.S. win over the Europeans by going 3-1 in his matches. That American team included Collin Morikawa, Cameron Champ, Doug Ghim and Maverick McNealy, all of whom compete on the PGA Tour today.

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 and several charitable golf tournaments.

In 2023, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated a record $2.843 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 $2.843 Million to charities in 2023
• Over $20 Million to charities in last 10 years
• Over $48 Million to charities since inception

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

About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:

Zurich Insurance has sponsored the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for 20 years, one of the longest title sponsor relationships on the PGA Tour. 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 Zurich Classic has over a $40 million economic impact to the regional economy. With 42 hours of total television coverage on Golf Channel and CBS, a total of 13 million viewers tuned in to watch the tournament.

Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans is available across 148 countries and territories via local broadcast partners, and garners $33 million in positive national and international media exposure for both the city and state throughout the year beyond the days of professional competition.

The tournament will be played April 24-28, 2024, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2024 totals a record $8.9 million, with each member of the winning team earning $1,286,050 and 400 FedExCup points.

All tickets to the 2024 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 Walk-On’s Stadium Club will offer close-up viewing at the 17^th hole in the only two-story, air-conditioned tent on the course. Additional ticket options are available by calling the Tournament Office at 504-342-3000 or online at www.zurichgolfclassic.com

The pair became the first team to finish with a score of 30-under-par  since the tournament started team play in 2017

NEW ORLEANS, LA (March 19, 2024)—Davis Riley and Nick Hardy, who stormed back from three shots behind on Sunday to win the 2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, will return to defend their title this year, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“Nick and Davis showed remarkable consistency all four days of the tournament through both best ball and alternate shot, so we expect that experience to serve them well this year,” said Worthy. “They navigated through a crowded leaderboard on Sunday to claim the title with an outstanding 31 in alternate shot on their final nine holes,” Worthy added.

Hardy and Riley won by two strokes in the PGA Tour’s only team tournament last year, becoming the first duo to shoot 30-under-par since the team format was launched in 2017. Their score broke the 29-under-par record set the year before by 2022 champions Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.

Hardy and Riley stayed within three strokes of the lead the first three days before posting a 65 in Sunday’s alternate shot format, the second best score of the day.

Last year’s  Zurich Classic was the first PGA Tour title for both players.

Riley, a native of Hattiesburg, MS who still lives there, joined the PGA Tour in 2021. He qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in his rookie season and was one of eight rookies to advance to the BMW Championship, finishing 36th in the final FedExCup standings. He recorded six top-10s his first full season on Tour. He lost a playoff for the Valspar Championship to Sam Burns, the former LSU All-American.

That season he tied for fourth at the 2022 Zurich Classic, paired with Will Zalatoris. He also posted a tie for fourth in the Charles Schwab Challenge and held a share of the first round lead at the Memorial Tournament.

He had a storied amateur career as a youth. He won the Mississippi state championship four consecutive years and was named All-USA Boys Golf Player by USA Today. He made the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur two years in a row, joining Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth as the only players to achieve that distinction. He lost the Junior Amateur championship final to Scottie Schleffler in 2013 when he called a penalty on himself on the last  hole. He went on the make the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup team that defeated the European team 16-8 in Scotland.

In college, Riley played for the University of Alabama, where he made the 2018 Palmer Cup team and was named third team All-American before turning pro in 2019. He was ranked the best collegiate player in the U.S. entering his junior year.

Nick Hardy enjoyed a breakout season last year with his first victory in New Orleans after joining the PGA Tour in 2022. Starting the season on a minor medical extension, he tied for fifth in the Sanderson Farms Championship and posted a tie for 13^th in both the Corales Puntacana Championship and the 3M Open to finish the season ranked 52^nd in FedExCup points.

In 2022 he tied for 21^st  in the Zurich Classic, teamed with Curtis Thompson. Since he started fulltime on the PGA Tour in the 2021-22 season, he has posted 14 top-25 finishes.

He played collegiately at  University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten player as a freshman, and was a co-champion at the Big Ten Championship. He repeated as All-Big Ten First Team in 2017. That same year he was named to the Palmer Cup team where he won both his singles matches before turning pro the next year.

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 and several charitable golf tournaments.

In 2023, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated a record $2.843 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 $2.843 Million to charities in 2023
• Over $20 Million to charities in last 10 years
• Over $48 Million to charities since inception

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

About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:

Zurich Insurance has sponsored the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for 20 years, one of the longest title sponsor relationships on the PGA Tour. 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 Zurich Classic has over a $40 million economic impact to the regional economy. With 42 hours of total television coverage on Golf Channel and CBS, a total of 13 million viewers tuned in to watch the tournament.

Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans is available across 148 countries and territories via local broadcast partners, and garners $33 million in positive national and international media exposure for both the city and state throughout the year beyond the days of professional competition.

The tournament will be played April 24-28, 2024, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2024 totals a record $8.9 million, with each member of the winning team earning $1,286,050 and 400 FedExCup points.

All tickets to the 2024 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 Walk-On’s Stadium Club will offer close-up viewing at the 17^th hole in the only two-story, air-conditioned tent on the course. Additional ticket options are available by calling the Tournament Office at 504-342-3000 or online at www.zurichgolfclassic.com

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.