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Sunday 27 April 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Novak and Griffin win Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April 2025 · Andrew Novak’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,200,000 USD · Zurich
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/22°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/23°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 16 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/21°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Nicolai Højgaard / Rasmus Højgaard DEN · 261Brothers closed with 68 after a weather delay broke their rhythm and finished one shot behind ASAP Sports transcript: Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, April 27 2025
80 started · cut -10, 36 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2025
You never really know when you're going to get your first one, but we put ourselves in position again. Luckily I had Ben there for me today, and he carried down the stretch.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2025
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.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2025
The greens were getting really crispy, browned out. It made it play very difficult when we got out -- it almost really was a different golf course when we went back out there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Novak / Ben Griffin | 62 · 66 · 61 · 71 | 260 | −28 |
| 2 | Nicolai Højgaard / Rasmus Højgaard | 59 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 261 | −27 |
| 3 | Jake Knapp / Frankie Capan III | 63 · 69 · 60 · 70 | 262 | −26 |
| T4 | Michael Thorbjornsen / Karl Vilips | 64 · 70 · 61 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| T4 | Trace Crowe / Taylor Dickson | 63 · 71 · 61 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| T4 | David Lipsky / Dylan Wu | 63 · 69 · 63 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| T4 | Luke List / Henrik Norlander | 64 · 69 · 61 · 69 | 263 | −25 |
| T8 | Justin Lower / Chad Ramey | 67 · 67 · 62 · 68 | 264 | −24 |
| T8 | Isaiah Salinda / Kevin Velo | 58 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 264 | −24 |
| T10 | Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman | 62 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 265 | −23 |
| T10 | Braden Thornberry / Hayden Buckley | 64 · 70 · 62 · 69 | 265 | −23 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-06, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2018; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
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