Tom Hoge and Harris English pair to play in the 2023 Zurich Classic

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.