McIlroy and Lowry share lead with 11-under 61 | Round 1 | Zurich Classic | 2024

In opening-round Four-ball play at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry carded an 11-under 61 to earn a share of the lead.

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The PGA TOUR heads to New Orleans this week for the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana. This is the only two-man team event on the PGA TOUR schedule. Rory McIlroy makes his tournament debut alongside good friend, Ryder Cup teammate and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry. McIlroy is looking to build some momentum this season, as he has posted only one top-15 thus far (third at the Valero Texas Open). Lowry recently went T4-3rd-T19 on the Florida Swing. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele play together this week in an attempt to claim the title back after their victory in 2022. Cantlay played well for a T3 finish last week at the RBC Heritage, while Schauffele’s T2 at THE PLAYERS Championship and 8th place finish at the Masters will give him confidence. The pair claimed T4 in defense of their title last year. Davis Riley and Nick Hardy will defend their 2023 title this week. No team has ever gone back-to-back at this event. Others to look out for are Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris, as well as three sets of brothers including Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick, Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard and Parker and Pierceson Coody.

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hasn’t finished worse than third place
in any of his debuts
what that’s kind of calling Colin more
Cal kind of had some early numbers like
that in the beginning that looked like a
really good golf swing stay in there
hang in there it’s
fine that looked like really good motion
right there that married up there you
go I saw something different there that
Club De stuck behind him it’s been
getting stuck behind him with his wedges
it’s a great lunch to have after you’re
playing but not before you’re
playing Rory mroy at one begins his day
with the
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birdie see the
direction as Shane Lowry rolls and
rattles his birdie Putt
in all right Rory
mroy on the T at three look at for three
in a
row oh look at this Rory’s on a heater
and he’s only on the third hole that was
right at it than have not found any part
of him he’s disappeared he literally has
vanished
migrated look at this Rory make it three
in a row for this team to begin their
round and you mention he’s on a heater
Dennis great way to start things off and
just the No Nonsense way he played in
the dark up the last hole I was like
this is kind of what he needs a little
bit our tracing technology provided by
trackman the final group he and burn
vburger win at 4:20 p.m. and Rory and
Shane Lowry have brought matching
outfits out
today here’s Shane at
four don’t know if he likes it oh he
does or he caught a Str smell from
somewhere with that look on his
face there you go Rory takes a hole off
Shane jumps in there and the Irish are
cruising yeah it’s just five on the
green Johnson this is on a really good
line not sure if it’s
enough going to end up just short there
a little downwind pitch but a really
good location great chance to get up and
down for his
but this man has some of the best hands
in the
business really nice interaction with
the ground there no
divot Lowry walks it
in the hot start continuing Lowry maroy
5 under through
seven that’s
right million started right trying to
draw but he hung it a little bit depins
on the LIE that’s actually going to be
okay there Co you have plenty of green
to work with I like it better over there
than
misses Jimmy made par on the last with
eight iron into the par five if he makes
par from here we might have to have a
conversation exactly this should be
pretty straightforward here oh come on
with it didy there you
go that’s a lot
better just enough rain to keep
everything green but it’s firmed up as
opposed to maybe two or three
North 43 for mroy head over to the
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ninth wind hard off the left and it’s
moving it pretty good to the right that
Bunker’s 300 yards to
cover going to have to be able to
control it kind of where we just saw
Keith MIT Mitchell just make birdie from
in the group
ahead an interesting follow through
there oh almost flew it right in the
hoop as far as getting to 11 under
par mroy pours in another he read that
way better than I did oh it’s seven
under through 10 just four back of the
co-
leaders oh that is just awesome turning
just a little left but should be enough
to cover
does that’s what the people came to
see just an eight iron
left this one starting right drawing
towards the flag looks pretty
good what a shot from
mooy a couple
feet Shane don’t worry about it I’ll go
kick that in you can pick that ball up I
don’t know if I can say it I can’t I
can’t even I can’t even after you
hearing you say muffin top I don’t think
you can go anywhere
else maroy Taps it in there eight under
through 12 it’s going to be a lot
different absolutely like Shane Lowry
here now at
13 that’s a much more conventional line
it right that yeah that’s where 90% of
the players have gone today that’s
probably where everybody will go
tomorrow I actually like being back here
where you have a full wedge and you can
put some spin on it especially with this
whole
location oh this looks tasty and oh near
he holds it that
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beautiful no struggle there right in the
middle of the hole so maybe the play is
delay it
up make back to back birdies get the
nine under par just two
back’s such a good iron player oh yeah
let’s go it’s got his
attention how did that land as softly as
it did at landed on the green and had a
ton of spin not a whole lot of movement
in this one right around 10 ft low to
push it to 10 under oh stay
hot liked how he kept the pace up there
that was an easy putt to let fall off to
the
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right oh my this looks nice any
questions there’s an answer that’s how
you do it Absol
absolutely for birdie and CAD are we
going to have
eight oh wow that move left at the end
it did it kind of bobbled a little but
then it fell left that is a
shocker 274 yards and from where they
are I mean this whole location doesn’t
even look like it’s on the Green
boy this is
aggressive what a shot wow these last
couple groups are hitting the best shots
we’ve seen in there really taking on
that
flag this looks like it’s got plenty of
speed tap in birdie for
Lowry but as y’all said tomorrow’s the
day I mean you got to go out there and
play a really solid round I mean
anything four five six under par is
really good an alternate shot maoy a
free roll this for eagle and a team
score of
60 just that same spot everybody they’re
not reading something there it’s all
coming up
right two from the morning wave with 11
under 61s and two in the afternoon wave
we just saw Ryan lipsky post Shane Lowry
Rory mroy 11 under 61
impressive opening
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