
Kevin Cunningham
April 23, 2025
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry started the championship defense Thursday at the 2025 Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
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The 2025 Zurich Classic in New Orleans begins Thursday, April 24, in its first round at the Louisiana TPC. You can find Zurich Classic serve time in the first round on Thursday at the bottom of this article.
T-shirt time for round 1
Two weeks ago, world No. 2 Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fought at the 2025 Masters on Sunday, with McIlroy finally winning historic victory. This week, McIlroy and Lowry will work with them at the Zurich Classic.
But this is not the first time they competed in the only team event on the PGA Tour. The star duo won last year’s Zurich Classic. Their title defense began Thursday morning.
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McIlroy and Lowry will join the teams of Billy Horschel and Tom Hoge for Thursday’s first round at 8:52 a.m. ET.
You can watch the first round of Thursday’s Zurich Classic on the golf channel at 3-6 pm ET. You can also stream exclusive online reports on ESPN+ starting at 7:30 a.m. ET.
Check out the full Round 1 Tee Times in the 2025 New Orleans Zurich Classic below.

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2025 Zurich Classic serve time Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
T-shirt number 1
8:00 am – Chesson Hadley/Jonathan Byrd, Zac Blair/Patrick Fishburn
8:13 AM – Robert Streb/Troy Merritt, Chad Ramey/Justin Lower
8:26 AM – Ryan Brehm/Mark Hubbard, Patton Kizzire/Ben Kohles
8:39 am – Sepp Straka/Brice Garnett, Davis Riley/Nick Hardy
8:52 AM – Cam Davis/Adam Svensson, Peter Malnati/Russell Knox
9:05 am – Lee Hodges/Jason Dufner, Brandt Snedeker/Chad Reavie
9:18 am – Troy Mullinax/Rob Shelton, Taylor Montgomery/John Pak
9:31 am – Ryo Hisatne/Takumi Kanaya, David Skinns/Ben Taylor
9:44 AM – Taylor Dickson/Trace Crowe, Rikuya Hoshino/Kaito Onishi
9:57 am – Isaiah Salinda/Kevin Velo, Laurie Canter/Jordan Smith
1:05 pm – Kevin Tway/Bud Cauley, Doug Ghim/Chan Kim
1:18 PM – Jacob Bridgeman/Chandler Phillips
1:31 pm – Joel Daman/Harry Higgs, Andrew Novak/Ben Griffin
1:44 pm – Wyndham Clark/Taylor Moore, Collin Morikawa
1:57 pm – Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick/Alex Fitzpatrick
2:10 pm – Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox, Nick Taylor/Adam Hadwin
2:23 pm – Matt McCarty/Mason Andersen, Chris Gotterup/Quade Cummins
2:36 pm – Will Gordon/Matthew Riedel, Mac Meissner/Noah Goodwin
2:49 pm – Matt Nesmith/Will Chandler, Jeremy Paul/Yannick Paul
3:02 pm – Matteo Manassero/Cristobal Del Solar, Alejandro Del Rey/Angel Ayora
T-shirt No. 10
8:00 am – Sam Ryder/Rico Hoey, Alex Smalley/Joseph Bramlett
8:13 AM – JT Poston/Kevin Mitchell, Ryan Gerard/Jimmy Walker
8:26 am – Matthieu Pavon/Victor Perez, Erik Van Rooyen/Christiaan Bezuidenhout
8:39 am – Karl Vilips/Michael Thorbjornsen, Rasmus Højgaard/Nicolai Højgaard
8:52 am – Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry, Billy Horschel/Tom Hoge
9:05 am – Aaron Rai/Sahith Theegala, Akshay Bhatia/Carson Young
9:18 AM – Jake Knapp/Frankie Capan III, Eric Cole/Sam Saunders
9:31 AM – Kevin Kisner/Greyson Sigg, Sam Stevens/Max McGreevy
9:44 AM – Kevin Roy/Trevor Cone, Paul Peterson
9:57 am – Kris Ventura/Antoine Rozner, Steven Fisk/Tim Wind
1:05 pm – Lanto Griffin/Cameron Champion, Michael Putnam/Beau Hossler
1:18 PM – Martin Laird/Bill Haas, David Lipsky/Dylan Wu
1:31 PM – Luke List/Henrik Noland, Adam Schenk/Tyler Duncan
1:44 pm – Nico Echavarria/Max Greyserman, Kevin Yu/Jhonattan Vegas
1:57 pm – Si Woo Kim/Sangmoon Bae, Zach Johnson/Ryan Palmer
2:10 pm – Camilo Villegas/Luke Donald, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney
2:23 pm – Joe Highsmith/Alejandro Tosti, Matt Wallace/Thorbjorn Olesen
2:36 pm – Nate Lashley/Hayden Springer
2:49 pm – Hayden Buckley/Braden Thornberry
3:02 pm – Pierceson Coody/Jackson Suber, Ricky Castillo/William Mouw
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