Time to shift our attention to another PGA TOUR event. This week, it will be the 2021 Zurich Classic down at TPC Louisiana. Which pair will reign supreme in New Orleans? Will any of these sleeper tandems take home the biggest cut of the purse worth over $7 million? Let’s check them out below.
Homa won The Genesis Invitational back in February and since then, he’s gone 3 of 5. He missed the cut in the PLAYERS Championship and in the Masters Tournament. So yes, he’s been a bit cold of late. That being said, he’s got three top 10s in 16 starts this season, which are nothing to scoff at. Aside from his Genesis Invitational win, Homa’s other top 10s were a T7 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and a T10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Gooch, on the other hand, will look to shake off the rust after not playing in a month. The last time he was hitting balls was back in the Honda Classic in March, where he finished 46th. Prior to that, he went solo fifth in the PLAYERS Championship. He also has three top 10s in 16 starts this season.
Kisner has been cut in three of his last four starts, but you can just dismiss that entire information when looking at his and Brown’s chances to win this weekend at TPC Louisiana. For one, the two have finished inside the top five of the Zurich Classic two times in three appearances in the event since 2017. In 2019, they finished fifth together. Prior to that, they were 15th in 2018. Then in 2017, they were the runner-ups to the tandem of Jonas Blix t and Cameron Smith.
Got some Asian hangover from Hideki Matsuyama’s incredible win at the 2021 Masters Tournament? The pair of Im and An could deliver the goods this weekend. Im has three top 10s and 10 top 25s in 20 starts this season, including a T2 at the 2020 Masters. An is struggling this season with nine cuts in 16 starts. He’s also been cut in the last two times he appeared at TPC Louisiana, but in 2016, he managed to be a runner-up to champion Brian Stuard.
