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2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
PGA Tour
TPC Louisiana
Avondale, Louisiana
23-26 April 2026
Marco Penge and Matt Wallace will be looking to become the first all-English pairing to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans from 23-26 April.
The event shifted to a team format in 2017 and has been won by an American duo four times, most recently in 2025 when Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak beat Danish siblings Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard by one stroke.
Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith triumphed in 2021, while Irishman Shane Lowry and Ulsterman Rory McIlroy were victorious in 2024.
Penge has yet to taste success on the PGA Tour, but he's got three DP World Tour titles to his name, the most recent of which came at the Open de Espana in October 2025.
The 27-year-old's best performance of 2026 to date is a T4 at the Valspar Championship, while he finished T49 on his Masters debut earlier this month.
Wallace claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship in March 2023, but has five DP World Tour titles under his belt.
The 36-year-old was in contention at the Texas Open before having to settle for T2 after finishing one shot behind winner J.J. Spaun.
Penge, who is ranked No. 39 in the world, finished second on the Race to Dubai rankings after a remarkable 2025 and admits that adjusting to life on the PGA Tour this year has been tough.
"It is more [about] adapting to being around the best players in the world week to week, people that I idolise, people that I look up to," he said in an interview on Life on Tour.
"It has all happened pretty quick for me and is all fairly new so seeing the top players in the locker rooms, having lunch around them [leaves me] a little starstruck, [almost] hard to believe that I am in that position.
"It's been fun, tough at the same time, a couple of reality checks in terms of where my game is at and what needs to be a lot better.
"Hopefully as the year goes along, I will start to feel more and more comfortable and I think I will once I adapt to how life and golf is over here in America."
Last five Zurich Classic of New Orleans winners
2025 - Ben Griffin (USA) and Andrew Novak (USA)
2024 - Shane Lowry (IRL) and Rory McIlroy (NIR)
2023 - Nick Hardy (USA) and Davis Riley (USA)
2022 - Patrick Cantlay (USA) and Xander Schauffele (USA)
2021 - Marc Leishman (AUS) and Cameron Smith (AUS)
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