Compaq Classic of New Orleans
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| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Established | 1938, 79 years ago |
| Course(s) | TPC of Louisiana |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,425 yards (6,789 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $7.1 million |
| Month played | April |
| Aggregate | 262 Chip Beck (1988) |
| To par | −26 Chip Beck (1988) |
 Jonas Blixt & Cameron Smith
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The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a professional golf tournament in Louisiana on the PGA Tour, played in the New Orleans area. Dating back 79 years ago to 1938 and held annually since 1958, it is commonly played in early to mid-spring. Zurich Insurance Group is the main sponsor, and it is organized by the Fore!Kids Foundation.
The purse was $7.0 million in 2016, with a winner's share of $1.26 million. First prize reached five figures in 1965, six figures in 1988, and passed the million dollar mark in 2006.
In 2017, the Zurich Classic became a team event, with eighty teams of two. One member of each team is initially chosen via the Tour priority rankings, and his partner must be either a PGA Tour member or earn entry through a sponsor exemption. The stroke play format will be alternate shot (foursome) in the first and third rounds and better ball (fourball) for the second and fourth rounds. The cut line is 35 teams, plus ties. The winners earn 400 FedEx Cup points and two-year exemptions, but will not receive Masters invitations and no world ranking points are awarded for the event.
From the event's inception through 2004, it was played at a series of courses in New Orleans, starting at the City Park Golf Courses, where it was played through 1962. From 1963 through 1988, the event had a lengthy relationship with Lakewood Country Club before shifting to English Turn Golf & Country Club in 1989 for sixteen editions.
TPC of Louisiana in Avondale became the host in 2005, but damage to the course by Hurricane Katrina that August forced the event back to English Turn for a year. It returned to the TPC in 2007, its current home.
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