The Zurich Classic of New Classic may be a team event, but that doesn’t mean a win this week isn’t life-changing.
While stars like the Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have their futures secure, teams like Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn, Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer and Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard stand to gain a lot more.
There are no world-ranking points available this week, but each member of the winning team still receives a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour, even if they aren’t currently a member, and 400 FedEx Cup points. They’d also gain entrance into this season’s three remaining Signature Events, the next coming in two weeks at the Wells Fargo Championship.
“Yeah, it’s kind of why you’re out here playing is to have opportunities like this,” Blair said Saturday night. “I’ve been out here a handful of years now, so I know that they don’t come that often, and so we’ll do our best to go take advantage of it.”
But ultimately, the rich got richer as McIlroy and Lowry prevailed in a playoff over Trainer and Ramey for their 25th and third PGA Tour wins, respectively.
How much every player made at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(Final payouts will be updated upon conclusion of the event)
1. Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry $1.286 million (per player)
2. Chad Ramey/Martin Trainer $525,100
3. Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard $343,762
T4. Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox $234,181.25 Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman
T8. Greyson Sigg/Chesson Hadley $149,075 Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre
10. Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin $122,375
T11. Kelly Kraft/Kevin Tway $69,069.37 Austin Eckroat/Chris Gotterup Brice Garnett/Sepp Straka K.H. Lee/Michael Kim Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney Corey Conners/Taylor Pendrith Callum Tarren/David Skinns
T19. Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman $37,380 Peter Malnati/Russell Knox Luke List/Henrik Norlander Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer
T23. Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama $23,764.80 Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele Davis Thompson/Andrew Novak Aaron Rai/David Lipsky
T28. Nick Hardy/Davis Riley $19,135 Brandon Wu/James Nicholas Doug Ghim/Chan Kim Kevin Yu/C.T. Pan Dylan Wu/Justin Lower Ben Kohles/Patton Kizzire Harry Hall/Scott Piercy Keith Mitchell/Joel Dahmen
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