USF&G Classic
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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 | 7,399 yards (6,766 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $7.0 million |
| Month played | April |
| Aggregate | 262 Chip Beck (1988) |
| To par | −26 Chip Beck (1988) |
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The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its historic date has been in April, but was moved to March in 2008. Zurich Insurance Group is the main sponsor of the tournament. It is organized by the Fore!Kids Foundation.
The purse is $7.0 million in 2016, with a winner's share of $1.26 million. First prize reached six figures in 1988, and passed the million dollar mark in 2006.
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.
TPC Louisiana in 2016
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^Weather-shortened to 54 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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Nine players have won this tournament twice, the last was Carlos Franco, seventeen years ago in 2000. Three have won in consecutive years: Byron Nelson, Bo Wininger, and Tom Watson. There have been no three-time winners.
2 wins
Coordinates: 29°54′07″N 90°11′24″W / 29.902°N 90.190°W
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