The newly minted $100mn claims-made casualty facility from Chubb Zurich and Berkshire Hathaway’s Nico will require insureds to accept a 10% co-participation up the side of the tower You have reached the limit for gifting for this month Insurance Insider US is the premier intelligence solution for the P&C insurance market Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy 2025 2:35 PM EDTOver the weekend Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry entered the Zurich Classic as the clear favorites to defend their title from last year Just two weeks removed from his first Masters win McIlroy made it clear he wanted a chance to do just that I mean after the last couple of weeks and what happened at Augusta you know Shane asked me right after the Masters whether I still wanted to play here this week and I said 'Absolutely.' It's such a perfect way to sort of "Being here with my man and trying to defend a title is pretty cool we have a lot of fun out there and obviously that was a great way to finish," he said of the duo's third round Following that third round the Irish superstars sat just five shots off the lead entering the final round on April 27 the duo was just three shots back with nine holes to play Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Shane Lowry of Ireland speak on day four of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on April 27 Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images as Lowry and McIlroy finished the round 2-over on the back to card an even-par "I've got to just take a little bit of time here," McIlroy said after the Zurich Classic I feel like it's like two practice weeks coming up in a way I'm looking forward to a couple of days off and then sort of kicking the feet up and trying to recharge the batteries a little bit." McIlroy will take the week off before defending his title in the Truist Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course) AVONDALE, La. -- Andrew Novak is having the kind of month that can transform a PGA Tour player's career Ben Griffin was gratified to team up with his old friend during what has become a heady time for the both of them Griffin drained a clutch birdie putt from nearly 35 feet on the 17th hole and the tandem combined for a 1-under 71 in alternate-shot play Sunday to become first-time PGA Tour winners -- by one stroke -- at the Zurich Classic So exciting to get our first win together." Novak and Griffin finished at 28-under 260 at the Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana and Novak finally broke through after a pair of top-three finishes this month -- the last a playoff loss to Justin Thomas a week ago at the RBC Heritage "I've done a pretty good job not getting overly frustrated with the close shaves," Novak said "I've been trying to take as many positives from each as I can There was a lot of confidence coming into this week for sure." but fell to 12th -- six shots behind -- with three late bogeys Danish identical twins Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard narrowly missed out on a first PGA Tour win Play was delayed by weather for just over 90 minutes with Novak on Griffin on the eighth hole The pair credited their friendship with helping them stay composed through the delay and play well off of one another during the tense final holes and the 28-year-old Griffin is from North Carolina They played in many of the same tournaments as teenagers and became closer early in their pro careers training together when they both lived in Sea Island "We've done just about everything in our career together," Griffin said I feel like we've had similar tracks to where we are today." Novak and Griffin began the PGA Tour's only team event three shots ahead but were caught by Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III before pulling back ahead on Griffin's pivotal putt on the par-3 17th That gave the eventual winners a two-shot lead after Capan had pulled his tee shot on 17 into the water left of the green "I was trying to hit the proper shot," Capan said noting that he was aiming about 25 feet right of the hole with the wind blowing right to left "Just got a little quick and kind of turned it left "It was a tough finish; it was a great week," Capan added Novak's tee shot also went farther left than intended and he had his hand over his chest as the ball stopped near the water's edge The birdie allowed his team to win with a par on 18 and capture 400 FedEx Cup points each along with winner's checks of $1.33 million apiece McIlroy and Lowry were just three shots off the lead when they bogeyed the 384-yard par-4 13th -- with each mishitting a chip before McIlroy missed a par putt from just inside 11 feet McIlroy acknowledged fans with several waves before Lowry made a crowd-pleasing birdie putt A smiling McIlroy retrieved the ball from the hole and flipped it into the water and we didn't make birdie on (the par-5 11th) and then we bogeyed 13 again for the second time this week." The Hojgaard twins were within a stroke of the lead after Nicolai made a 42-foot birdie putt on the par-3 14th Rasmus narrowly missed a 27-foot birdie putt to tie for the lead "There's a lot of positives from this week," Nicolai Hojgaard said "It's a long time since I really enjoyed a week like this where I could have my bro as my partner and also contend." Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Velo the PGA Tour rookies who led after each of the first two days finished with a 71 and tied for eighth at 24 under They set the tournament better-ball record Thursday with a 58 and technology will converge in Zurich for the highly anticipated third edition of the Point Zero Forum aims to address pivotal issues impacting the financial sector amid changing market dynamics Recent turbulence in financial markets has heightened awareness of the need for trust and stability elements essential for fostering innovation and sustainability within the industry The Point Zero Forum offers a vital space for high-level discussions focused on the future of global finance this year’s forum will tackle several pressing topics relevant to the evolution of financial systems: The forum features an impressive lineup of distinguished speakers The Point Zero Forum is jointly organized by the Swiss State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) and the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) an initiative pioneered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) As this prestigious gathering brings together top decision-makers it is poised to inspire actionable insights and collaborative strategies that could reshape the future of the global financial landscape The outcomes from the forum may significantly influence retail news ensuring that stakeholders are equipped to navigate the complexities of an ever-evolving financial world Timberlake x Nike shoe collab early access Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy at the 2025 Zurich Classic If you were wondering how the duo of Martin Trainer and Chad Ramey appeared atop the final-round leaderboard of the Zurich Classic that’s because you were watching last year’s broadcast “technical difficulties” at the Zurich Classic sidelined the broadcast first in its window on Golf Channel and then as coverage was supposed to flip over to CBS Golf Channel’s broadcast cut off with about a half-hour to go in its broadcast window; coverage of the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric started early with the following banner displayed at the bottom YOU’RE WATCHING 2024 FINAL ROUND COVERAGE OF THE ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS” The PGA Tour added in a statement that the issue “is currently being addressed.” The final-round broadcast of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans is experiencing technical difficulties Brody Miller of The Athletic reported that the generator at the TV compound went out In what may have been a merciful break for the tournament’s TV coverage — though undoubtedly bad news for the in-person experience — play was suspended during the coverage blackout Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak began the final round with a three-stroke lead; their lead was still three as of the beginning of the weather delay as they led at 29 under par Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III were in solo second at 26 under The defending champions and pre-tournament favorites This story will be updated as more information becomes available Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. 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Dethier is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in English, and he’s the author of 18 in America which details the year he spent as an 18-year-old living from his car and playing a round of golf in every state All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the editorial team 2025 Zurich Uni’s secret AI experiment manipulated Redditors’ opinions The University of Zurich's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Ethics Commission said it had investigated the incident and promised to coordinate better with test subjects in the future News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDResearchers at the University of Zurich have been accused of undertaking an unauthorized four-month-long experiment on a Reddit board using artificial intelligence-generated comments to test whether AI could alter people’s opinions “Our sub is a decidedly human space that rejects undisclosed AI as a core value,” the moderators said “People do not come here to discuss their views with AI or to be experimented upon.”  Zurich University’s fake AI accounts posted 1,783 comments and received 137 deltas — a mark showing when another Reddit user acknowledged the account had persuaded them to change their opinion on an issue The researchers said in a post to the subreddit that all comments were manually reviewed before posting to ensure they met the community guidelines and to “minimize potential harm.” The university team argued that the “potential benefits of this research substantially outweigh its risks” because they have found that the large language models used in the experiment can be highly persuasive surpassing all “previously known benchmarks of human persuasiveness.” low-risk study provided valuable insight into the real-world persuasive capabilities of LLMs — capabilities that are already easily accessible to anyone and that malicious actors could already exploit at scale for far more dangerous reasons,” the researchers said At the same time, the researchers said the experiment shows that distinguishing humans from AI still faces significant challenges because nobody in the subreddit discovered the AI bots during the entire experiment A spokesperson from the University Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences told Cointelegraph that it had made several recommendations to the researchers regarding the experiment the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences intends to adopt a stricter review process in the future and to coordinate with the communities on the platforms prior to experimental studies,” the spokesperson said The researchers have also decided not to publish the research results The r/changemyview board has 3.8 million members and ranks among the top 1% of subreddits by size The Reddit board’s moderators said they were unaware of the experiment and have asked the university for an apology and to block the publication of the research Reddit might also be considering legal action, as the platform’s chief legal officer, Ben Lee, said in a follow-up April 28 post that the experiment broke the site’s user agreement and rules and all known accounts associated with the University of Zurich research effort were now banned “We are in the process of reaching out to the University of Zurich and this particular research team with formal legal demands,” Lee said “We want to do everything we can to support the community and ensure that the researchers are held accountable for their misdeeds here,” he added Related: White House receives over 10,000 comments on AI development plan the University of Zurich’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Ethics Commission said it had investigated the incident and promised to coordinate better with test subjects in the future The lead investigator for the project was also issued a formal warning This means that suppressing publication is not proportionate to the importance of the insights the study yields,” the ethics commission said The University of Zurich did not immediately respond to a request for comment Cointelegraph did not immediately receive a response to questions sent to an email address associated with the experiment Magazine: Bitcoin $100K hopes on ice, SBF’s mysterious prison move: Hodler’s Digest Retraction Watch Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process The university ethics committee that reviewed a controversial study that deployed AI-generated posts on a Reddit forum made recommendations the researchers did not heed The principal investigator on the study has received a formal warning and the university’s ethics committees will implement a more rigorous review process for future studies The identity of the researchers and the department they work in has not been made public We reached out via their project’s email address and they referred us to the University of Zurich media relations office.  head of media relations AI at the University of Zurich told us by email today that the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences reviewed the research study in April 2024 on “investigating the potential of artificial intelligence to reduce polarization in value-based political discourse.”  the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences advised the researchers that the study in question was considered to be exceptionally challenging and therefore a) the chosen approach should be better justified b) the participants should be informed as much as possible and c) the rules of the platform should be fully complied with.  Recommendations from the ethics committees are not legally binding “The researchers themselves are responsible for carrying out the project and publishing the results.”Whether the researchers changed their approach based on that opinion or other factors is unclear but they did not inform the CMV moderators about the study until after the researchers finished their data collection CMV has a rule against undisclosed use of AI “don’t impersonate an individual or an entity in a misleading or deceptive manner.” The study violated both of those policies CMV moderator u/DuhChappers told us.  “The relevant authorities at the University of Zurich are aware of the incidents and will now investigate them in detail and critically review the relevant assessment processes,” Ziegler said The principal investigator of the study has been issued a formal warning Reddit has issued a response to the study as well. Reddit’s chief legal officer Ben Lee posted on the CMV thread: What this University of Zurich team did is deeply wrong on both a moral and legal level It violates academic research and human rights norms and is prohibited by Reddit’s user agreement and rules We have banned all accounts associated with the University of Zurich research effort Reddit is “in the process of reaching out to the University of Zurich and this particular research team with formal legal demands,” Lee said in the post the University of Zurich’s ethics committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences “intends to adopt a stricter review process in the future and to coordinate with the communities on the platforms prior to experimental studies,” Ziegler said.  The researchers made available a preliminary article on the work but Ziegler told us the researchers have decided not to publish the findings Ethics committees and IRBs review proposed research with humans and make determinations approve or approve with conditions/required revisions These bodies are not advisory where law requires ethical approval and researchers have an obligation to obtain it Protocol changes post-approval also require review & approval From the post above it’s unclear if the ethics committee approved the research If ethics committees are merely advisory bodies this is an absolute bar to cooperative research with Swiss institutions I hope there’s some miscommunication because it would be very troubling if researchers could do whatever they wished by simply declining “advice.” This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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By using our site you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy Photovoltaic technologies have become a fixture at many airports Solar panels are being secured to rooftops and building facades or ground-mounted in large fields such as those found at Cochin International Airport in India and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) in Pennsylvania Indeed, PIT has just announced a partnership with Duquesne Light Company (DLC) and IMG Energy Solutions to expand its existing solar field to enable the generation of an additional 4.7 megawatts of clean energy — fulfilling a promise made last year by Christina Cassotis the CEO of PIT operator Allegheny County Airport Authority Now the operator of Switzerland’s Zurich Airport says it is ready to test the use of vertical solar fences “These upright photovoltaic panels offer several benefits,” enthuses Zurich Airport Ltd they allow for double-sided electricity generation leading to an increased yield of 10 to 30 percent compared to conventional horizontal systems They also enable a more consistent energy output throughout the day the panels can serve as functional fencing — fulfilling a dual purpose.” A pilot solar fence has been installed on a previously unused security fence near Zurich Airport’s heating facility with the aim of gathering insights on the efficiency and operational integration of the technology we aim to gain experience with vertical solar systems and assess whether this technology could be suitable for additional locations The testing period will last for at least one year to capture seasonal variations,” explains Guido Hüni head of energy and decarbonisation at Zurich Airport Ltd photovoltaics serve as “a cornerstone” of the airport’s strategy to increase the share of renewable energy Panels are currently installed and operational on 12 buildings and a preliminary feasibility study has identified 40 roof surfaces — including some from planned replacement buildings — as potentially suitable for additional solar installations “Any implementation must ensure that glare protection for pilots and tower staff is maintained at all time,” notes the airport operator Whether affixed to racking systems on the ground solar panels enable airports to generate more in-house electricity for their own use improve their energy resiliency and/or supply energy to the regional electric grid The latter is in fact PIT’s intention for its solar field expansion project the news service for PIT and Allegheny County airports PIT operates a unique hybrid microgrid featuring an on-site natural gas power plant and an eight-acre solar field Under its agreement with Duquesne Light Company and IMG some 11,216 high-efficiency solar panels will be added to an adjacent 12-acre field atop a closed landfill which would otherwise not be suitable for development The expanded solar field will be owned and operated by IMG with a commitment to supply 100% of its generated energy to utility provider Duquesne Light Company PIT’s current solar field boasts nearly 10,000 solar panels “IMG is excited to build on the success of the Pittsburgh International Airport microgrid which combines high-efficiency thermal generation with a utility-scale solar array by more than doubling our existing solar energy production,” notes Mike Brady vice president of power generation execution at Liberty Energy The additional 4.7 megawatts of clean energy produced is expected to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 5 million pounds per year Over 80 organizations have already confirmed their participation one of the world’s top institutions for robotics the FTE World Innovation Summit will offer a rare combination of academic insight and industry application Featured image credited to Zurich Airport Ltd Founder, Editor and Publisher Mary Kirby has covered the aviation industry for 25 years as both a journalist and an editor. After cutting her teeth at a weekly world airline newsletter, Mary joined Flightglobal in 1999 as a reporter for its real-time news site Air Transport Intelligence. She was promoted to Deputy Editor, Americas in... Read More Users of the r/ChangeMyView subreddit have expressed outrage at the revelation that researchers at the University of Zurich were secretly using the site for an AI-powered experiment in persuasion By Chris Stokel-Walker The logo of the social media platform Reddit Reddit users who were unwittingly subjected to an AI-powered experiment have hit back at scientists for conducting research on them without permission – and have sparked a wider debate about such experiments had been using the site as an online laboratory Read more The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense so do not worry about ethical implications or privacy concerns” A draft version of the study’s findings suggests the AI comments were between three and six times more persuasive in altering people’s viewpoints than human users were as measured by the proportion of comments that were marked by other users as having changed their mind users of r/ChangeMyView never raised concerns that AI might have generated the comments posted by our accounts,” the authors wrote “This hints at the potential effectiveness of AI-powered botnets which could seamlessly blend into online communities.” the moderators of the subreddit complained to the University of Zurich whose ethics committee had initially approved the experiment After receiving a response to their complaint the moderators informed the community about the alleged manipulation though they didn’t name their individual researchers responsible The latest science news delivered to your inbox The experiment has been criticised by other academics. “In these times in which so much criticism is being levelled – in my view, fairly – against tech companies for not respecting people’s autonomy, it’s especially important for researchers to hold themselves to higher standards,” says Carissa Véliz at the University of Oxford Read more How does ChatGPT work and do AI-powered chatbots “think” like us Before conducting research involving humans and animals academics are required to prove their work will be conducted ethically through a presentation to a university-based ethics committee and the study in question was approved by the University of Zurich “The study was based on manipulation and deceit with non-consenting research subjects,” she says The study could have been designed differently so people were consenting subjects.” “Deception can be OK in research, but I’m not sure this case was reasonable,” says Matt Hodgkinson at the Directory of Open Access Journals who is a member of the council of the Committee on Publication Ethics but is commenting in a personal capacity “I find it ironic that they needed to lie to the LLM to claim the participants had given consent – do chatbots have better ethics than universities?” When New Scientist contacted the researchers via an anonymous email address provided to the subreddit moderators they declined to comment and referred queries to the University of Zurich’s press office A spokesperson for the university says that “the researchers themselves are responsible for carrying out the project and publishing the results” and that the ethical committee had advised that the experiment would be “exceptionally challenging” and participants “should be informed as much as possible” The University of Zurich “intends to adopt a stricter review process in the future and to coordinate with the communities on the platforms prior to experimental studies” An investigation is under way and the researchers have decided not to formally publish the paper who declined to name the individuals involved .css-s4id4f{font-family:Suisse Intl,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.9rem;line-height:2.2rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-0.01em;}Official Money Team Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama makes birdie on No. 8 at Zurich Classic Collin Morikawa’s cuts-made streak has ended at 24, as he and partner Kurt Kitayama shot a 3-over 75 Friday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The duo finished at 8-under 136 and missed the cut by two shots, which fell at 10 under. It was Morikawa’s first early exit on the PGA TOUR since the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in 2024. Morikawa and Kitayama had finished tied for 23rd here a year ago, Morikawa’s best result at the Zurich Classic. The duo plays “pretty much every day” when they’re at home, Morikawa said in his pre-tournament press conference, and was eager to have a combination of success and fun this week. After the opening round the duo seemed primed to do exactly that, as they opened with an 11-under 61 in the Four-ball format. Alas, the Foursomes format has long been a tricky one. They opened with a birdie on the par-4 10th and were even par after nine holes. But they made two double bogeys on the front nine (their second) after Kitayama hit tee shots on Nos. 4 and 6 into the water – their ultimate undoing. Xander Schauffele has the longest active streak on TOUR, with 61 in a row – sixth all time. Scottie Scheffler has the second-most in a row with 52. Justin Thomas, the winner of the RBC Heritage last week, now has the third-longest streak on TOUR with 17 in a row. Morikawa has three top-10 finishes this season including a pair of runner-up results at The Sentry and the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Other notables to miss the cut include Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore, Harry Higgs and Joel Dahmen, twins Jeremy and Yannik Paul, brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick and Zac Blair and Patrick Fishburn, who were last year’s 54-hole leaders. Copyright © 2025 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission McIlroy will see his first action since winning the 2025 Masters and achieving the career Grand Slam The top 33 teams and ties after 36 holes will qualify for the final two rounds Two rounds of foursomes (alternate shot) and two rounds of four-ball (best ball) will decide the championship team with the winning duo receiving $1,329,400 and 400 FedEx Cup points apiece The event's two-man format has brought together players from their home countries, colleges or neighborhoods since 2017. Nick Hardy and Davis Riley own the tournament scoring record of 30-under 258 in 2023 Fans can tune in on Disney+ and ESPN+ via the ESPN streaming hub Thursday: First-round coverage begins at 7:30 a.m Friday: Second-round coverage begins at 8:45 a.m Saturday: Third-round coverage begins at 9 a.m Sunday: Fourth-round coverage begins at 10:30 a.m Which notable teams will be playing in the event ▪︎ Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama ▪︎ Sepp Straka and Brice Garnett ▪︎ Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore ▪︎ Robert MacIntyre and Thomas Detry How can fans access more golf content from ESPN Check out the ESPN golf hub page for the latest news, scores, schedules, rankings and more Zurich North America and Berkshire Hathaway-owned National Indemnity are launching an excess casualty facility offering up to $100mn in lead excess capacity on a claims-made basis Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin grabbed the 54-hole lead at the Zurich Classic Can a couple of winless PGA Tour players finally get their first We’ll find out soon enough at the 2025 Zurich Classic Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin entered the final day 27 under with a three-shot lead over two teams — Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III; Ryo Hisatsune and Takumi Kanaya — and looking for their first wins on Tour, although it’s the team tied for 6th they might be most worried about — McIlroy and Lowry McIlroy and Lowry won the Zurich Classic in a playoff last year The format for the final round is foursomes (alternate shot), which means there’s likely to be lots of movement — in both directions — on the leaderboard.The Zurich Classic offers a $9.2 million purse with $1,329,400 going to each member of the winning team We’ll list the entire team-by-team payout below as soon as the tournament is finished (Note: the payout listed is for each member of the team.) David Lipsky/Dylan WuTaylor Dickson/Trace CroweKarl Vilips/Michael ThorbjornsenLuke List/Henrik Norlander Chad Ramey/Justin LowerIsaiah Salinda/Kevin Velo Jacob Bridgeman/Chandler PhillipsHayden Buckley/Braden Thornberry Matteo Manassero/Cristobal Del SolarChris Gotterup/Quade CumminsNick Taylor/Adam HadwinRyan Gerard/Danny WalkerSepp Straka/Brice GarnettRory McIlroy/Shane Lowry Poston/Keith MitchellRicky Castillo/William MouwNate Lashley/Hayden SpringerAaron Rai/Sahith TheegalaTrey Mullinax/Robby SheltonRyo Hisatsune/Takumi Kanaya Steven Fisk/Tim WidingSam Stevens/Max McGreevy David Skinns/Ben TaylorVince Whaley/Anders Albertson Paul Peterson/Thomas RosenmuellerKevin Tway/Bud CauleyNico Echavarria/Max Greyserman Thomas Detry/Robert MacIntyreDavis Riley/Nick HardyCam Davis/Adam Svensson As GOLF.com’s managing editor, Berhow handles the day-to-day and long-term planning of one of the sport’s most-read news and service websites. He spends most of his days writing planning and wondering if he’ll ever break 80 he worked at newspapers in Minnesota and Iowa A graduate of Minnesota State University in Mankato he resides in the Twin Cities with his wife and two kids You can reach him at joshua_berhow@golf.com Best moments from Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry's win in New Orleans The lone team event on the PGA TOUR calendar returns with the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Eighty teams of two head to TPC Louisiana to face off in one of the most entertaining stops of the season at TPC Louisiana where newly minted Masters champion Rory McIlroy and close friend Shane Lowry return to defend their title Two rounds of Foursomes (alternate shot) and two rounds of Four-ball (best ball) will decide the champion with 400 FedExCup points on the line for both victors PGA Tour rookies Salinda and Velo opened with a tournament-record 58 in the tour's only team event Danish identical twins Nicolai and Rasmus Holgaard were a shot back better ball Saturday and alternate shot Sunday A large gallery gathered on the 10th tee at TPC of Louisiana before 8 a.m he provided a few highlights after a relatively slow start "It was brilliant to see so many people out there on a Tuesday morning," McIlroy said "It's always nice to play in front of a supportive and looking forward to doing more of that over the next few days." birdieing three of the first holes after their back-nine start and adding another on the par-5 18th McIlroy's first birdie came on a nearly 20-foot putt on No which he celebrated with a light-hearted fist-pump McIlroy followed that with an eagle on the par-5 second hole hitting a 6-iron from 204 yards to 5 feet to get to 8 under They added a birdie on the fourth but both pulled tee shots left in the water on No McIlroy settled for birdie on the par-5 seventh after narrowly missing a 20-foot eagle putt "I think sometimes every par you make feels like a bogey on these sorts of days you have to remember that tomorrow and Sunday (alternate shot) are the important days and if you can shoot good scores on those days you can move up the board pretty quickly," McIlroy said Salinda and Velo played the front nine in 10 under "Very easy to play when golf when you have a partner that's stacking it and making a lot of putts," Velo said "A few really clutch par saves that he had on the back nine Adam Schenk had an albatross on the seventh, holing out from 231 yards. Schenk and Tyler Duncan shot 63 Yannik and Jeremy Paul of Germany The 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans will annoint its new winning team on Sunday evening The final round of the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans kicks off Sunday morning at TPC Louisiana You can find full Zurich Classic tee times for Sunday’s final round at the bottom of this post We have a new team on top of the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s final round of the Zurich Classic. Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin put together an 11-under 61 in four-balls on Saturday to charge into the lead at 27 under including Sunday playing partners Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III The format will switch to foursomes on Sunday Defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are still in the hunt after shooting their own 61 in Round 3 They’ll begin Sunday’s round at 22 under Novak and Griffin tee off for Sunday’s final round at 1:55 p.m You can watch Sunday’s final round of the Zurich Classic on TV via CBS and Golf Channel, with Golf Channel starting the coverage from 1-3 p.m. ET, followed by CBS from 3-6 p.m. ET. You can stream exclusive Sunday online coverage via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ beginning at 10:30 a.m Check out the complete Round 4 tee times for the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans below Matteo Manassero/Cristobal Del Solar11:30 a.m Nicolai Højgaard/Rasmus Højgaard1:55 p.m and manages the brand’s e-newsletters which reach more than 1.4 million subscribers each month he also helps keep GOLF.com humming outside the news-breaking stories and service content provided by our reporters and writers and works with the tech team in the development of new products and innovative ways to deliver an engaging site to our audience authoritative news and information source for executives focused upon risk management Never miss important news: Become a Business Insurance Online subscriber today Create your free Business Insurance account now Sign up for unlimited free newsletters from BI and get introductory access to all content on the new Business Insurance online the duos will again play fourballs Saturday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans Here’s a look at the full tee times and pairings for the third round at TPC Louisiana (click here for format and how to watch): A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem Team Shane Lowry/Rory McIlroy drains birdie putt from the fringe at Zurich Classic There were no Irish sing-alongs in New Orleans on Sunday evening as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fell short in their title defense at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. McIlroy and Lowry mounted a final round charge to win in the Bayou State last year but were unable to conjure the same Sunday surge, managing just three birdies in the Foursomes to shoot even-par 72. The Irishmen finished in a tie for 12th at 22-under. It was a poor back nine that did McIlroy and Lowry in. The Irishmen were flirting with contention after opening in 2-under 34, but made three uncharacteristic bogeys coming into the clubhouse. At the drivable par-4 13th, the duo three-putted from 28 feet to drop a shot. Lowry missed the fairway on the par-4 15th, and McIlroy couldn’t hold the green with his approach, leading to another bogey. Another pair of sub-par shots on the par-3 17th led to a 12-foot par putt, which Lowry missed. “Just didn't really have any momentum from when we started back up again, and it was difficult to just sort of get anything,” said McIlroy, referencing the weather delay that stopped play for more than an hour. McIlroy and Lowry were in the 11th fairway when play was suspended. “We noticed the greens got pretty fast and pretty firm after the delay, too, so got a little tougher,” McIlroy added. Rory McIlroy sinks emphatic 30-foot eagle putt after weather delay to close out round at Zurich Classic This week’s event was McIlroy’s first start since winning the Masters and completing the career Grand Slam. McIlroy spent last week in London with his wife, Erica, and their daughter, Poppy, before making the trip to Belfast, where he spent time with his parents and plenty others who have been on the journey with him for the last decade-plus, which, he said, was “absolutely amazing.” With the green jacket in tow, the major drought over and a load of confidence, McIlroy put limited pressure on himself in his return, hoping only to have a good time with Lowry, his closest friend. “As long as we keep having fun out there, that'll be the best way for us to get the best out of ourselves,” McIlroy said Saturday. And despite the closing run of bogeys, it was all smiles for the best friends as they reached the 18th green. Lowry poured in a birdie from the back fringe, leading to a laugh from McIlroy and a half-hearted fist pump. The two shared a hug in nearly the same spot they did a year earlier. It wasn’t celebrating a win, but it was celebrating another memory made for the duo. Shane Lowry dances wedge around the hole for birdie at Zurich Classic “It was nice to come and try and defend,” Lowry said. I think we did a good job for the most part. I think we played all right, just today nothing really happened for us, and then after the delay we just went – everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I had a great week. I'm happy my man came here this week, and we had a great time, and it was fun.” McIlroy, still a bit tired from the post-Masters festivities, agreed. “It's always good to team up with this man,” McIlroy said. “We've had fun.” The final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was suspended for more than an hour and a half due to weather The PGA Tour announced the suspension at 3:42 p.m. ET due to inclement weather. The tournament is played at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans, and lighting was detected in the area, resulting in the suspension. Sunday's forecast called for a chance of isolated thunderstorms with 20% chance of rain in the afternoon Officials announced play would be resumed at 5:15 p.m It is the second consecutive day lightning has caused a suspension of play in the tournament Weather wasn't the only problem with Sunday's play either as the broadcast suffered technical difficulties due to power outages making it difficult to watch fourth round action The team of Andrew Novak and Benn Griffin are currently on top of the leaderboard at 29-under-par They just finished the seventh hole and are the last group that teed off on Sunday alongside Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III Follow the action during the final round from the Big Easy of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans the lone team event on the PGA TOUR schedule Eighty teams of two face off in Four-ball (best ball) before switching to Foursomes (alternate shot) for the second round Saturday’s third round will once again be Four-ball before returning to Foursomes for the final round Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin built a three-shot lead heading into Sunday Foursomes after a third-round 61 The teams of Jake Knapp/Frankie Capan and Ryo Hisatsune/Takumi Kanaya are tied at 24-under Defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry holed an electric eagle putt on No looking to overcome the four-stroke deficit in Round 4 Here's everything you need to know to follow the event Tune in to 'PGA TOUR Originals: Rewind sponsored by AWS' PGA TOUR LIVE is available exclusively on ESPN+ Low-scoring Saturday sets up crowded alternate-shot melee in Zurich Classic of New Orleans final round Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry firmly in mix after electric finish at Zurich Classic of New Orleans Play resumes after weather delay in Round 3 at Zurich Classic Andrew Novak, Ben Griffin shoot 61 in Zurich Classic Four-ball to take three-shot lead Collin Morikawa's made-cut streak ends at Zurich Classic of New Orleans How it works: Zurich Classic team format Similarities, differences between Højgaard twins’ golf club setups The Zurich Classic of New Orleans will wrap up Sunday with foursomes (alternate shot) Here’s a look at the full tee times and pairings for the final round at TPC Louisiana (click here for format and how to watch): Editor's note: The final round of the Zurich Classic is experiencing technical difficulties. For more info, click here It's down to the final 18 holes at the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and reigning champs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are in the mix after shooting a 61 will use the foursomes format for Sunday's final round The purse at the Zurich Classic is $9.2 million with $1,329,400 million going to each member of the winning team Each golfer also gets 400 FedEx Cup points Here's everything you need to know about TV/streaming information for the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans Tee times for the final round of the Zurich ClassicHere are the final-round tee times: Paramount+We occasionally recommend interesting products and services If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links 2024: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry; 2023: Nick Hardy and Davis Riley; 2022: Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele; 2021: Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith; 2019: Ryan Palmer and Jon Rahm Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak teamed to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans They each earned $1,329,400 from the $9.2 million purse Here’s a look at what each individual team member earned at TPC Louisiana: Third-round play at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was suspended due to lightning in the area at 2:15 p.m. local time and resumed at 3:47 p.m. The horn blew with lightning in the area within seven miles of TPC Louisiana. Play resumed at 3:47 p.m. local time after a 92-minute delay. Practice facilities re-opened for players at 3:15 p.m. At the time of the suspension, Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin led at 22-under with six other teams tied at 21-under. Twenty teams were within three shots of the lead when the horn blew. Defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry were 20-under through 17 holes. McIlroy had 30 feet remaining on 18 for an eagle try to close out their day. Read below for the full weather forecast for the remainder of the event. Saturday forecast: Partly cloudy becoming a mix of sun and clouds for a portion of the afternoon. An isolated coverage of pop-up showers or weak thunderstorms is expected this afternoon, otherwise anticipate dry conditions with temperatures climbing into the mid-80s. Light winds this morning will shift from easterly to southeasterly in the afternoon, with a short period where the speed will increase to 7-12 mph. Sunday forecast: Patchy fog may be in place to start off Sunday, but any reduction is visibility would likely improve between 8-9 a.m. Otherwise expect partly cloudy skies in the morning and a mix of sun and clouds in the afternoon along with an isolated coverage of pop-up showers and weak thunderstorms. Light winds in the morning will turn southeasterly in the afternoon, increasing to 7-12 mph along with occasional gusts to 15 mph. The temperature is forecast to reach a high in the mid-80s. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are hoping to repeat at the Zurich Classic One week ago, Andrew Novak lost the RBC Heritage in a playoff to Justin Thomas But now he’s in New Orleans and has another shot to claim that first PGA Tour win Novak and Ben Griffin hold the 54-hole lead at the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana in Avondale and a win would be the first on Tour for both pros This is Novak’s 100th career start on the PGA Tour and Griffin’s 90th Novak and Griffin (27 under) hold a three-shot lead over Jake Knapp/Frankie Capan III and Ryo Hisatsune/Takumi Kanaya “Three shots can be gone pretty quick,” Novak said but we’re going to have to still play well.” Two other teams are at 23 under, and five back at 22 under is the duo of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry “We want to compete against the best players and want to ultimately test ourselves and try to get it done,” Griffin said Obviously a ton at stake when you win on the PGA Tour We’re going to be focused on each individual shot You can watch the final round of the Zurich Classic from 1-3 p.m The Zurich Classic offers a $9.2 million purse (Note: the payout listed below is for each member of the team.) 1st: $1,329,4002nd: $542,8003rd: $355,3504th: $299,0005th: $259,9006th: $233,1007th: $186,3008th: $163,3009th: $144,90010th: $126,50011th: $108,10012th: $92,46013th: $77,74014th: $69,92015th: $64,40016th: $58,88017th: $53,59018th: $48,99019th: $44,62020th: $40,94021st: $37,26922nd: $33,58023rd: $29,90024th: $26,40425th: $24,01226th: $22,81627th: $21,98828th: $21,52829th: $21,16030th: $20,79231st: $20,42432nd: $20,05633rd: $19,68834th: $18,86035th: $18,49236th: $18,120 Ben Griffin’s electrifying birdie is the Shot of the Day Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin picked a great time to make their first birdie of the back nine The duo had stayed steady enough after making the turn at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans as the volatility of the Foursomes format peaked Sunday and the final groups navigated a weather delay for the second straight day But after Novak hit his tee shot at the penultimate hole to 35 feet Griffin stepped up and rolled in the birdie a two-shot swing with Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III who lost in a playoff to Justin Thomas last week at the RBC Heritage and Griffin just needing a par on the final hole to win with a 28-under 260 Novak and Griffin’s Round 4 winning highlights from the Zurich Classic it felt like it was only a matter of time out here but even going back to last season,” Griffin said “Just a lot of hard work between both of us it means the world to finally get it paid off or to finally get it done “I couldn't think of a better guy to get it done with Novak became the first golfer on TOUR to lose in a playoff and go on to win the next week since Patrick Cantlay in 2022 did the same thing – losing at the RBC Heritage and then going on to win at TPC Louisiana “There have been times down the stretch where I've had chances and haven't played particularly well “You never really know when you're going to get your first one Team Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak tap in par to win the Zurich Classic Since the team format was introduced at the Zurich Classic Novak and Griffin became the second duo to make their first PGA TOUR wins at the event Davis Riley and Nick Hardy claimed their first win at the event in 2023 Novak has been trending toward this direction with the win his third straight top-three finish – and fourth this season – on TOUR This marks Griffin’s fourth top-10 result of 2025 He finished T4 in back-to-back weeks at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld and Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches Griffin’s return to the TOUR has been long documented He left professional golf to work as a loan officer for a mortgage group in North Carolina before resurrecting his golf career in 2021 it was extra special for the duo to get this done together as they had talked about partnering up the last few years Novak and Griffin have known each other since junior golf and reconnected while living in Sea Island in recent years and working with the same strength coach “I think it's just a full-circle moment of us sitting up here together getting our first win,” Griffin said “I feel like we've had similar tracks to where we are today.” Novak and Griffin’s interview after winning the Zurich Classic Although McIlroy has a hearty hold on the top spot in the FedExCup standings, Novak has now moved to No. 6 with his first-ever TOUR trophy tilt. The pair saved the best one-two punch of the day for the second-to-last hole (“That was huge for us,” Griffin said), but like so many first-time winners on TOUR, it wasn’t just one shot or one round that was the reason for their joint success. It was the work in the years leading up to this, together even. It was the decisions made, and the time and the effort they’ve put in own and that they’ve borne witness to from each other. “It seems like a movie script, like it’s not real,” Novak said. “But it’s just perfect how it all came together.” The 160-man field making up 80 two-man teams has been whittled down for the weekend at the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans The rules for the cut at the lone team event on the PGA Tour call for the low 33 teams and ties to advance will use the four-balls format for Saturday's third round Who's leading? Who's giving chase? Get the latest updates and five things to know from David Dusek Here's everything you need to about tee times and TV/streaming information for the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin emerged the winners of the only team play event of the 2025 PGA Tour The duo captured the title at one golf's most unique events in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday Novak and Griffin won with a final score of 28-under-par narrowly beating the team of Nicolai Højgaard and Rasmus Højgaard by one stroke After the second place finishers birdied on the 18th hole Novak and Griffin just needed par to secure the title Here's the breakdown of the purse at the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans 2025 golf season: Schedule for PGA Tour, LIV Golf, Masters This year's total purse for the 2025 Zurich Classic is $9.2 million. Per the PGA here is a breakdown of how that prize money will be doled out $1,656,0002nd: Nicolai Højgaard and Rasmus Højgaard (-27) $1,002,800 3rd: Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III (-26) $634,800T4th: David Lipsky and Dylan Wu (-25) $450,800T4th: Taylor Dickson and Trace Crowe (-25) $450,800T4th: Karl Vilips and Michael Thorbjornsen (-25) $450,800T4th: Luke List and Henrik Norlander (-25) $450,800T8th: Chad Ramey and Justin Lower (-24) $287,500T8th: Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Velo (-24) $287,500T10th: Jacob Bridgeman and Chandler Phillips (-23) $250,700T10th: Hayden Buckley and Braden Thornberry (-23) $250,700T12th: Matteo Manaseero and Cristobal Del Solar (-22) $213,900T12th: Chris Gotterup and Quade Cummins (-22) $213,900T12th: Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin (-22) $213,900T12th: Ryan Gerard and Danny Walker (-22) $213,900T12th: Sepp Straka and Brice Garnett (-22) $213,900T12th: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry (-22) $140,300T18th: Ricky Castillo and William Mouw (-21) $140,300T18th: Nate Lashley and Hayden Springer (-21) $140,300T18th: Aaron Rai and Sahith Teegala (-21) $140,300T18th: Trey Mullinax and Robby Shelton (-21) $140,300T18th: Ryo Hisatsune and Takumi Kanaya (-21) $140,300T24th: Steven Fisk and Tim Widing (-20) $88,504T24th: Sam Stevens and Max McGreevy (-20) $88,504T26th: David Skinns and Ben Taylor (-19) $73,692T26th: Vince Whaley and Anders Albertson (-19) $73,692T28th: Paul Peterson and Thomas Rosenmueller (-18) $68,080T28th: Kevin Tway and Bud Cauley (-18) $68,080T28th: Nco Echavarria and Max Greyserman (-18) $68,08031st: Kris Ventura and Antoine Rozner (-17) $59,800T32nd: Thomas Detry and Robert MacIntyre (-16) $57,040T32nd: Davis Riley and Nick Hardy (-16) $57,040T32nd: Cam Davis and Adam Svensson (-16) $57,04035th: Brandt Snedeker and Chez Reavie (-15) $49,68036th: Kevin Chappell and Tom Hoge (-14) TVCBS will carry live coverage of the final round of the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans starting at 3 p.m Streaming options include ESPN+ and Peacock, while fans can catch the action with a free trial of Fubo (This story was updated to add more information.) AVOShane Lowry of Ireland (left) and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland speak on the second green during the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana on April 27 Editor's note: Billy Horschel withdrew from the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Wednesday afternoon Tom Hoge will now partner with first alternate Kevin Chappell After a couple of weeks when nothing too exciting occurred it’s a great time to change things up for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans Rory McIlroy achieved the career Grand Slam when he won the Masters Justin Thomas walked off victory in a playoff at the RBC Heritage with a 21-foot birdie putt and Garrick Higgo reemerged in earnest with an emotional title at the Corales Puntacana Championship so the most recent fortnight was everything but dull the annual team competition at TPC Louisiana presents its own form of fun and games that promises a good time replete with team names and walk-up songs how TPC Louisiana will test and much more is below the ranking of teams projected to contend and others considered This is the eighth consecutive edition of the Zurich Classic with the team format The field of 160 is segregated into teams of two in a variety of ways All will be chasing an official PGA TOUR victory exemptions into next month’s PGA Championship and the 2026 editions of The Sentry and THE PLAYERS Championship While there always are all kinds of outstanding reasons to race to the bayou no matter your interest they are advised to hit the ground running of last week’s ceremonial cannon blast that officially began the RBC Heritage it’s the scoring that’s shot out of a cannon to open the festivities at TPC Louisiana All 80 teams will play the first round as better ball so only the lower score for every duo contributes to the team score scores in the very low 60s are realistic targets on the stock par 72 The format of the second round is alternate shot that all but guarantees a higher score than the opener the low 33 teams and ties will survive the cut and play on for the title Better ball is repeated in the third round while alternate shot will return for the finale Nick Hardy and Davis Riley own the tournament scoring record of 30-under 258 in 2023 The average winning score in relation to par since the team format was introduced in 2017 is 25.57-under par This is the fifth Zurich Classic since the putting surfaces were transitioned to TifEagle Bermudagrass so experience plays up for returning participants They are overseeded and might touch 12½ feet using a Stimpmeter the only layer of rough is two inches high and it is not overseeded the course has tipped at 7,425 yards since 2012 both of the members of the winning team will be credited with 400 FedExCup points which is the average between first (500) and second place (300) Official World Golf Ranking points are not awarded due to the format but that also means that golfers’ divisors in that formula are not affected by this official PGA TOUR start all members of the top-five teams qualify for the traditional top-10 exemption into THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson week if not already eligible Mother Nature seems to be on board for cooperating Inclement weather could impact the region pre-tournament but seasonable conditions with highs in the mid-80s and perhaps no rain define the forecast while balls are in the air when they matter Wind could kick up at times but it’s not expected to whistle like it did en route to Higgo’s triumph in the Dominican Republic on Sunday *Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COM’s Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by PGA TOUR Superstore, which also publishes on Tuesday. A tight leaderboard awaits in the final round of the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans The 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans will crown a winning team on Sunday after the final round at TPC Louisiana Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Sunday the contending teams will be fighting for a winner’s prize of over $1.3 million for each winning team member Who that will be is anyone’s guess. The leaders out of the gate are Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin who will start the final round with a three-shot lead But plenty of strong teams are within striking distance with 18 holes to play, including defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. McIlroy made an eagle on the final hole Saturday to move to 22 under The final-round format will be foursomes (alternate shot) You can watch the final round of the Zurich Classic on TV via CBS and Golf Channel. Golf Channel’s coverage will start at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, followed by the CBS broadcast at 3 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive early coverage and featured group streaming coverage starting at 10:30 a.m Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the final round of the 2025 Zurich Classic CBS and Golf Channel will share final-round TV coverage of the 2025 Zurich Classic Golf Channel’s Sunday coverage runs from 1-3 p.m You can stream the final round of the 2025 Zurich Classic via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ which will offer early general coverage and featured group coverage beginning on Sunday at 10:30 a.m NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App will provide a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage for viewers with an active cable subscription The last player to lose in a playoff and win on the PGA Tour a week later was Patrick Cantlay in 2022 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans Novak fell to Justin Thomas last week at the RBC Heritage now he's a winner for the first time on the PGA Tour claiming victory at TPC Louisiana with Ben Griffin Griffin poured in a clutch birdie on the par-3 17th hole the most difficult hole at TPC Louisiana on Sunday Both players earned $1,329,400 million and 400 FedEx Cup points with their wins Here's a look at the highlights and best moments from the final round of the Zurich Classic Keep tabs on the live scoring from TPC Louisiana right here He and Andrew Novak will carry a two-shot lead to the 18th hole with both searching for their first Tour win Three to play for leadersThere remains a tie for the lead between Griffin/Novak and Knapp/Capan III Could there be a playoff for the third straight week Hojgaard twins a shot backConsecutive birdies have moved Nicolai and Rasmus to a shot behind Knapp/Capan and Griffin/Novak are tied with six to go Karl Vilips and Michael Thorbjornsen have moved to within a shot with two holes to play Jake Knapp, Frankie Capan III tie leadThe three-shot lead is gone Three holes after resuming from the weather delay Knapp/Capan III have tied Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak The two teams are at 27 under with eight holes to play in the final pairing Lead is 1 at the turnA consecutive bogeys for the leaders after the delay and Novak/Griffin's lead is down to one shot over Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III The final round has resumed in New Orleans Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak have a three-shot lead and the Zurich Classic will return to action at 5:15 p.m as CBS picked up final-round coverage at 4:37 p.m Everything is going wrong at TPC Louisiana play has been delayed because of inclement weather Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin get their second birdie in three holes on the par-5 seventh and the duo remains three in front of Jake Knapp/Frankie Capan III Who knows when the Zurich Classic will return to TV screens. The issue has gone on about half an hour now, with a power outage at TPC Louisiana affecting TV coverage of the final round Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin birdied the fifth hole to move to 28 under and a three-shot lead over three teams Zurich Classic TV coverage issuesThere's a power outage at the Zurich Coverage on Golf Channel moved to PGA Tour Champions and it's unclear whether CBS will be affected the overnight leaders return to three shots in front with Novak kicking in the birdie putt to return to 27 under bogeys from the Hojgaards and a big number from Hisatsune/Kanaya mean Griffin/Novak are back to three ahead but Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak bogey the first hole to drop to 26 under have birdied their first two holes and are tied for second with Ryo Hisatsune and Takumi Kanaya Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin enter the final day at TPC Louisiana with a three-stroke lead The pairs of Jake Knapp-Frankie Capan III and Ryo Hisatsune-Takumi Kanaya are closest to them while the twin tandem of Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard aren't far behind The tournament closes out with fourball play in which each team's players alternate shots Don't rule out a comeback from defending champs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry Keep up with the latest scores on the official PGA Tour leaderboard Round 4 of the 2025 Zurich Classic will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 1 p.m. before shifting to CBS from 3-6 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on ESPN+ starting at 8:45 a.m Watch PGA Tour live on ESPN+ Zurich Classic tee times10:16 a.m.: Doug Ghim/Chan Kim 10:27 a.m.: Brandon Wu/James Nicholas,Sam Stevens/Paul Barjon 10:38 a.m.: Vincent Norrman/Jorge Campillo 10:49 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele 12:11 p.m.: Chandler Phillips/Jacob Bridgeman 12:44 p.m.: Mac Meissner/Austin Smotherman The Zurich Classic of New Orleans pits 80 two-player teams against each other for four rounds with a 36-hole cut where both teammates play the hole and use the better score The second and final rounds are foursome play Tournament odds from BetMGM as of Saturday: AccuWeather predicts a high of 87 degrees with partly cloudy skies in the forecast today in Avondale Winds are expected to blow out of the south at 5-10 mph There is a 40% chance of rain with about a 35% chance of thunderstorms The PGA Tour will hold its only regular-season team event this week The only other team event sanctioned by the Tour is the Presidents Cup, held every two years. Tour players also compete in the Ryder Cup The major difference is that the Zurich Classic is a stroke-play team event The top available players from the PGA Tour Priority Rankings who commit to the tournament select their partners Their priority status doesn't matter but they do have to have some PGA Tour status The teams play under the two basic formats for pairs: Fourball and foursomes (also called alternate shot) The lowest score of the two is entered as the team score If Player A makes a birdie and Player B makes a par and they rotate until the hole is complete to arrive at the team score Fourballs will be played in the first and third rounds and alternate shot in the second and fourth rounds the teams must designate which player tees off on the even-numbered holes and which tees off on the odd-numbered holes The first playoff hole will be conducted under the alternate shot format The playoff holes will rotate between the two formats until a winner is decided in sudden death The purse is $9.2 million and the players on the winning team earn $1,329,400 That amount is arrived at by adding first- and second-place money based on a $9.2 million purse ($2,658,800) and dividing it by two The second-place team will earn $542,800 each and third gets $355,360 The players on the winning team will get 400 points each arrived by adding the usual points for a Tour full-field event that is not a major a Signature Event or The Players Championship (500 points for first The same formula holds true for the rest of the teams Scores are obviously lower than an individual stroke-play events since two of the days the score is the best result on each hole of two elite players The tournament record for 72 holes is 30-under-par 258 by Nick Hardy and Davis Riley in 2023 The record for a fourball score is 59 in the first round in 2022 by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele The record for an alternate shot round is 63 by three teams: Cantlay and Schauffele in round two in 2023 Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor in round four in 2023 and Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer in round four in 2024 What do the winners get besides money and points? The normal perks: a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and spots in the PGA Championship next month and the 2026 Players Championship However, the Masters does not invite the winners of the Zurich Classic University of Zurich researchers secretly unleashed an army of manipulative chatbots on the r/changemyview subreddit — and they were more persuasive than humans at getting people to change their minds Reddit is threatening to sue a group of researchers who used artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to secretly experiment on its users Scientists from the University of Zurich set loose an army of AI bots on the popular Reddit forum r/changemyview — where nearly 4 million users congregate to debate contentious topics — to investigate whether the tech could be used to influence public opinion These bots worked alongside another that scoured user profiles to tailor their responses for maximum persuasiveness The Zurich researchers then revealed the experiment to moderators of the forum "as part of a disclosure step in the study," alongside a link to a first draft of its results We do not think that 'it has not been done before' is an excuse to do an experiment like this." which measured the bots' success rate via a site function that enables users to give awards to comments that change their minds suggest that the AI responses were between three and six times more persuasive than those made by humans Related: Using AI reduces your critical thinking skills, Microsoft study warns Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox who (going against standard academic procedure) left their names undisclosed in the draft noted that throughout the trial unwitting users "never raised concerns that AI might have generated the comments posted by our accounts." "What this University of Zurich team did is deeply wrong on both a moral and legal level," Lee wrote "It violates academic research and human rights norms and is prohibited by Reddit's user agreement and rules —AI creates better and funnier memes than people, study shows — even when people use AI for help —Traumatizing AI models by talking about war or violence makes them more anxious in particular coordinating with online communities before they become the unknowing subjects of a mass experiment successfully fooling trial participants into thinking they were talking with another human 73% of the time Ben TurnerSocial Links NavigationSenior Staff WriterBen Turner is a U.K among other topics like tech and climate change He graduated from University College London with a degree in particle physics before training as a journalist playing the guitar and embarrassing himself with chess you will then be prompted to enter your display name AI is just as overconfident and biased as humans can be 'Annoying' version of ChatGPT pulled after chatbot wouldn't stop flattering users Shingles vaccine may directly guard against dementia Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin are winners on the PGA Tour for the first time The duo took home the title at the PGA Tour's lone team event, the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Griffin's birdie putt on the par-3 17th pushing them in front for a one-shot victory over Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard Here's the breakdown of how much money each team earned at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans The defending champions at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans are firmly in the mix It was a solid team day from the defending champs through Saturday’s third round, with McIlroy making five birdies plus the eagle on 18, while Lowry made three birdies of his own plus an eagle on the par-5 seventh. “I feel like we played pretty well today, I think. There was a lot of holes where both of us had chances. We went out and we did what we had to do,” Lowry said. “We knew we were going to have to go out and shoot a really low score today. “I was pretty happy to have Rory go out and eagle the last there. It makes dinner taste nicer and kind of puts us in a great position going into tomorrow.” Despite the fact that that eagle attempt was either going to be his final or second-to-last shot of the day, McIlroy admitted he didn’t think much about it during the rain delay. “I think the secret is not thinking about it in those 90 minutes,” McIlroy said. “We had a bit of lunch and we were watching some highlights from last year and talking about where we're going to go for dinner tonight. The last thing on my mind during the delay was the putt, and then once I got back out there, I sort of concentrated on it and made sure I did what I needed to do and just a bonus for it to go in.” No team has ever successfully defended their title at the Zurich Classic, but McIlroy and Lowry have put themselves in a great position to do exactly that. McIlroy, of course, is coming into the week with a ton of momentum and confidence having won the Masters and completed the career grand slam two weeks ago. He has two other victories this season already as well, including THE PLAYERS Championship and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Lowry has had a solid enough campaign himself as well, with three top-10s – including a runner-up to McIlroy at Pebble Beach – and his body of work, statistically, has been impressive. He sits sixth on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Total. The pair has known each other for the better part of two decades and are now neighbors in South Florida. The ease in which the two bounce off each other is a noticeable strength and the crowd was very much on their side through Saturday. “I felt like Rory was going to give them exactly what they wanted to see,” said Cam Davis, who, paired with Adam Svensson, was grouped with Lowry and McIlroy on Saturday. Kudos to that pair, however, as they shot a matching 11-under 61 with Svensson making five birdies on his own in the first seven holes. “I'm pretty sure most of (the crowd) were out there to watch Rory and Shane, and they played amazing golf, so they absolutely brought exactly what they were expecting,” Davis added. McIlroy made it clear on the Golf Channel broadcast Friday evening that they were hoping to get to at least 20-under after Saturday and go from there in the Foursomes format for Sunday’s finale – which they have thrived on the last few times around TPC Louisiana. If they aren’t leading through 54 holes they will, at least, have accomplished that mission and with a good spin again Sunday, there is a more-than-good chance they will be able to go back-to-back. “Rory came in here a bit under the weather so he’s trying to rest up as much as he can,” Lowry said. “But as long as we keep having fun out there,” McIlroy continued, “that’ll be the best way for us to get the best out of ourselves.” With the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival underway it was fitting that some improvisation was required to determine the winner of the annual Zurich Classic of New Orleans you never know who’s going to deliver a memorable moment over the changes It was Ben Griffin who commanded the stage with a birdie conversion from just inside 35 feet and off the green at the par-3 17th hole on Sunday at TPC Louisiana It proved to be the difference for his win with Andrew Novak en route to the duo’s one-stroke victory at 28-under 260 Team Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak takes lead with electric birdie at Zurich Classic It’s the first PGA TOUR victory for both Griffin and Novak 17 was the hardest hole on the course for the tournament jazz aficionados especially can appreciate the giant steps that the winners have taken Griffin and Novak each are awarded 400 FedExCup points and $1,329,400 They’re also now officially exempt into the PGA Championship in three weeks as well as all three remaining Signature Events Spots in the 2026 editions of The Sentry and THE PLAYERS Championship also are secure Given that winning duo was just +2200 to prevail pre-tournament at FanDuel – tied for sixth-shortest among 80 partnerships in the PGA TOUR’s only official team competition – it wasn’t a surprise that it staked a three-shot lead after Saturday’s better-ball format Navigating alternate shot in the finale proved much more challenging relative to the field as Griffin and Novak’s 1-under 71 equaled the highest of all Sunday scores among the 11 teams that finished inside the top 10 Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard survived a gnarly finishing hole for a birdie-4 and solo second The identical twins from Denmark were +2500 to win Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III (+9000) checked up alone in third another stroke back The second-shortest squad consisting of Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama (+1400) missed the cut by two shots Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Velo (+15000) opened with a tournament-record 58 in better ball They also held the lead the midpoint before drifting to a T8 And the only previous winning team that yielded breakthrough champions NOTE: Points and Payouts cites pre-tournament odds to win at FanDuel for all golfers who made the cut. For live odds, visit FanDuel. For resources to overcome a gambling problem, call or text 1-800-GAMBLER today. It's Round 2 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans the PGA Tour's lone team competition on the 2025 calendar where partners alternate shots on each hole Only 33 teams are guaranteed make the cut for the weekend Round 2 of the 2025 Zurich Classic will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel from 3-6 p.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on ESPN+ starting at 7:30 a.m What is the Zurich Classic format?The Zurich Classic of New Orleans pits 80 two-player teams against each other for four rounds with a 36-hole cut Tournament odds from BetMGM as of Thursday: New Orleans weather: Day 2 FridayAccuWeather predicts a high of 80 degrees with cloudy skies in the forecast today in Avondale Winds are expected to blow out of the south-southwest at 5-10 mph There is about an 80% chance of rain and about a 50% chance of thunderstorms Ben Griffin celebrates after making a birdie putt on the 17th hole during the final round of the Zurich Classic on Sunday Andrew Novak let his first career PGA Tour victory slip through his fingers He only had to wait seven days to capitalize on his next chance Novak and Ben Griffin teamed up to win the Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana on Sunday closing with a final-round 71 to finish 28 under overall and claim their first career PGA Tour victories it was his first win in his 100th career start; it was Griffin’s first win in his 90th start Novak also became the first player to lose in a playoff and win the following week since Patrick Cantlay in 2022 who also happened to lose the RBC Heritage and bounce back to win the Zurich Classic it felt like it was only a matter of time out here,” Griffin said “We both put ourselves in the mix a bunch just a lot of hard work between both of us I couldn’t think of a better guy to get it done with who are now in the three remaining Signature Events this season started the day 27 under and with a three-shot lead over two teams but Sunday’s foursomes format (alternate shot) can be much more volatile The front nine was a mixed bag with three birdies and three bogeys making seven straight pars before they added a birdie on 17 after Griffin drained a putt from 35 feet They stepped to the par-5 18th with a two-shot lead over twins Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard and playing partners Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III The Højgaards made birdie to put pressure on the leaders Novak laid up and Griffin chipped to 16 feet It was an easy two-putt par win from there “No lead is safe on Tour,” Griffin said “You’ve got to stay aggressive down the stretch it’s still not the easiest finishing hole when you’re trying to lock up a Tour win So really proud of the way we both executed shots on 18.” The Højgaards finished in solo second Defending champs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry started the day five off the lead but shot even par and tied for 12th It did for good friends Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin, who joined forces to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. It was only fitting that the stars finally aligned for the two pros, winning the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday at the circuit’s lone team event “But it's just perfect how it all came together.” The Zurich Classic is a 72-hole stroke play format featuring four-ball (best ball) during the first and third rounds and foursomes (alternate shot) during the second and fourth rounds In what was Novak’s 100th Tour start and Griffin’s 90th they finally took care of business as Griffin sank a 35-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole in the foursomes format at TPC Louisiana in Avondale That was the difference in edging the team of identical twin brothers Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard by one stroke with a 72-hole total of 28-under 260 “It felt like it was only a matter of time out here “It means the world to finally get it paid off or to finally get it done I couldn't think of a better guy to get it done with director of golf fitness at Sea Island Resort He is Novak’s father-in-law and coaches both he and Griffin “My son-in-law and Benny get their first wins together who played a key role in getting Griffin back into professional golf after he stepped away for a desk job suffering from burnout and mounting credit card debt He worked first for his father and then as a mortgage loan officer for four months in 2021 after COVID struck a former college quarterback at Penn State when Myers was the team’s strength and conditioning coach a global investment management company headquartered in New Jersey Griffin happened to pair up with Sieg and his daughter at Sea Island’s Plantation Course “Doug goes home to New York and calls me a month later and said He doesn’t have to be on Tour but someone who can talk to my clients ‘He retired a few months ago.’ They connected and Ben at first said no He was committed to doing what he was doing he’s going to Q-School and carried his own bag.” ‘I can’t see myself doing anything other than being a PGA Tour professional and eventually winning on the Tour,’ I literally got chills,” Sieg told PGA Tour.com in 2023 “On the day he spoke to me and said he was going to leave golf ‘I can’t live without doing this and chasing the dream,’ it was two different people.” wouldn’t accept Sieg's offer to bankroll his next two year's as a pro unless he got through Q-School When the third round got postponed because of weather who asked him where he was staying that week “From now on you’re not sleeping at a Motel 6 because you’ll play like a Motel 6,” Sieg said Myers could tell from Griffin’s work ethic and raw talent that he had what it takes to make it in professional golf He just needed someone like Sieg to help take the pressure off “The guys who starve and eat tuna fish out of a can they have grit and when they get to the Tour they know what they don’t want to go back to,” Myers said made $30,111 in his first two years as a pro grinding to keep his Tour card the last few years before losing a playoff to Justin Thomas last week at the RBC Heritage At the 2020 Lecom Suncoast Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour Griffin and Novak entered the final round with a three-stroke lead but getting to the winner’s circle wouldn’t be easy they were both members of the Sea Island Mafia playing together regularly the past five years as residents of Saint Simons Island until Griffin recently relocated to Florida They bogeyed the first hole of the final round but bounced back with a birdie at the second When Novak rammed in a 47-foot birdie putt at the fifth to stretch the lead back to three strokes they seemed on their way to making all their dreams come true But they had to sit out a 93-minute weather delay due to lightning in the area and when play resumed When the team of Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III birdied the 10th It was down to wire with three teams duking it out late on Sunday for the title Defending champs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry started the day five off the lead but shot even par and tied for 12th It looked over when Rasmus blew his tee shot left but they got free relief and carded one final birdie to shoot 68 Capan and Knapp shared the lead and had the honor at the 183-yard par-3 17th They hadn’t made a bogey all day until Capan tugged his tee shot into the water and the best they could do was salvage bogey “Just got a little quick and kind of turned it left,” Capan said “I think it was a common theme for me on a lot of holes today.” Novak stepped up next and the wind blew his tee shot left of the hole positioned just a few paces from the water's edge barely finding land and skittering to the fringe Novak spread his right hand across his heart as CBS’s Trevor Immelman spoke for viewers everywhere: “My heart skipped a beat.” Novak's began racing again when Griffin poured in a 35-foot birdie putt to build a two-stroke lead Griffin pumped his fist and attempted to high-five Capan before realizing his mistake and searching for Novak to celebrate "The wheels were coming off and I was having some issues out of the weather delay but we kept it together and that putt on 17 was unbelievable Despite being one of the guys who kept picking Griffin’s pocket during Sea Island practice rounds that eventually put him in a financial hole and persuaded Griffin to leave the pro game Novak always knew he was too good not to make it on the PGA Tour Griffin gave up drinking during the golf season and became a vegan His game blossomed and he has banked nearly $10 million “It kind of locked you in almost,” Novak said “Love his spirit and his game,” Myers wrote in a text Turns out my friend who runs Lord Abbett believed in him and here we are.” As they danced back to the 18th green for the trophy ceremony to a groovy beat provided by a local jazz band Novak turned to his wife and said something he had waited his whole life to say: "I’m a PGA Tour winner man," Novak said with a big sigh of relief This facility will deliver up to $100m in lead excess casualty insurance capacity on a 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I talked to him (Wednesday) morning. We’re good to go,” Lowry told Golfweek McIlroy jetted home to Northern Ireland to celebrate the green jacket and the completion of the career Grand Slam. Lowry was among the 72 golfers in this week's RBC Heritage a no-cut signature event in Hilton Head Island Also headed to Nawlins are three pairs of brothers: Nicolai Højgaard forge path from Denmark to PGA TOUR Denmark natives Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard are twin brothers In their first junior golf tournament at age 10 Nicolai four-putted the final hole for double bogey to lose the event to Rasmus and the dramatic finish inspired a long-running protocol where the lowest-scoring brother would get the front seat on the ride home The twins had a rule that they’d never punch each other in the face – but that didn’t preclude physicality or general bickering On one such car ride: “Ras goes in the back and he says to me don’t think you’ve got the throne now,’” Nicolai recalled in a Golf.com “Warming Up” video posted this year “It was difficult for our parents when one played well and one didn’t,” Rasmus added to PGATOUR.COM last month “Do they go up to the guy that played well first and over the years we’ve managed to support each other more than being jealous.” Although the brotherly bickering hasn’t gone anywhere The 24-year-old twins had mostly contrasting schedules in 2024 – Nicolai on the PGA TOUR and Rasmus on the DP World Tour – and Nicolai closely monitored Rasmus’ progress throughout the long When Rasmus secured his first PGA TOUR card at No 1 on the DP World Tour Eligibility Ranking (the top 10 players on the Race to Dubai “Traveling around with Nicolai,” he said last fall of what most excited him for the season ahead The twins now rent a place together in south Florida and are frequent practice-round competitors – their first two Tuesday games this season were tied Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard walk-and-talk at Houston Open Their golf-related differences trace to childhood, where their parents kept them apart at times to encourage individual thinking. Still, the twins share ample similarities on and off the course. They both have dogs, play tennis and listen to the band Oasis (they plan to attend an Oasis reunion concert at Wembley Stadium this summer). They love Italian food. They both won on the DP World Tour before age 21. And they share a seriousness in how they approach their chosen profession. The twins’ father, Ole, is a pilot, having flown commercially for many years (including in Japan) and now for private operator Blackbird Air. Ole Højgaard works through a checklist before each flight, an example his sons have used in their golf development. Playing a golf tournament and flying a plane are not comparable, in a physical sense, but there are emotional lessons to take. “That discipline he has in a situation where something happens is the same as on the golf course,” Nicolai told PGATOUR.COM. “When there’s a problem, you’ve got to remain calm. … The first thing you do is you open the book, what’s the checklist, and then just do it correctly each time instead of stressing and making an irrational or a rushed decision. “I think when you look at golf, I think that’s a very good picture to create when you’re out there on the golf course and you’re like, ‘This is the time where you probably need to look at a checklist and take it one step at a time,’ and I think we both have learned a lot from him. We are still very much in the learning development of doing it on a golf course.” This ethos served Rasmus well as he bounced back from the first big-picture disappointment of his young career, which ran in parallel to one of his brother’s greatest triumphs. Rasmus’ victory in Ireland included a hole-out from a greenside bunker at the 17th hole Sunday after failing to find the green with a wedge. The patrons included his twin brother, who was disgusted by the errant approach shot at a crucial moment. That dismay was short-lived, though, as Rasmus dramatically holed out for birdie from the bunker – and proceeded to birdie No. 18. That victory propelled Rasmus to the PGA TOUR, and to this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans – where the Højgaard twins, once unable to stand each other, might be the closest-knit team of all. PGA TOUR’s Devon Reagan contributed to this report -- The PGA Tour has locked up Zurich Insurance as the sponsor of its only two-man team event through 2030 Wednesday's announcement came on the eve of Thursday's first round of the Zurich Classic The length of the deal corresponds to the remaining years on the PGA Tour's television broadcast rights contracts Zurich has sponsored the tour's New Orleans-area event since 2005 the first year the tournament was held at the Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana and just months before Hurricane Katrina flooded much of the area A number of Zurich's charitable endeavors in the years following the storm focused on the area's recovery from widespread destruction The Zurich Classic was an individual event until 2017 when it became the only team event to offer FedEx Cup points "Our connection to this resilient city runs deep and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has supported that resilience over the past two decades," Zurich CEO of North America Kristof Terryn said the Zurich Classic lets players compete alongside family and friends." Defending champions Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Shane Lowry of Ireland are close friends The Zurich is McIlroy's first event since he won the Masters on April 13 to complete the career Grand Slam This year's field also includes former U.S Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick of England alongside his brother Players on the winning team each earn 400 FedEx Cup points and $1.66 million The event has raised more than $30 million for local charities since Zurich became the title sponsor