All eyes in the PGA TOUR world will be on the Zurich Classic in New Orleans this week, as the season continues its grind after being sidelined by the panic around the pandemic. But now that it’s back, it’s time to witness which players are going to win and take home the biggest cuts of the total purse. The tandem of Ryan Palmer and Jon Rahm won the event in 2019, so they will be the defending champions this year. The duo edged out the pair of Tommy Fleetwood and Sergio Garcia by three strokes. Will Palmer and Rahm work their magic again and defend their Zurich Classic crown and snag their share of the $7.4 million total purse?
The Zurich Classic golf tournament traces its roots all the way back to 1938 when it was still known as the Crescent City Open. At the time, the purse was only $5,000, with the inaugural winner, Jug McSpaden, taking home $1,200. The first time the purse in this tournament hit the $1 million mark was in 1990. In 2003, Steve Fleschwon in a playoff over Bon Estes and pocketed $900,000 of the $5 million purse. It was only in 2017 when the Zurich Classic became a team event, with the pair of Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith winning it via playoffs against the duo of Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner.
The Complete Breakdown
Using the standardized formula applied by the bean counters on the PGA TOUR, winning pairs will “split” the following prizes for the 2021 tournament.
