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2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
US PGA Tour
TPC Louisiana
Avondale, Louisiana, USA
22 - 25 April 2022
Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman will be determined to successfully defend the
Zurich Classic of New Orleans titles.
The Australian duo was crowned champions last year after they won in a playoff over South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.
It was Smith's second Zurich Classic having won the tournament in 2017 (with Sweden's Jonas Blixt) and he is now looking to become the first golfer to win the event three times.
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Smith, who is ranked sixth in the Official World Golf Rankings, won the opening tournament of 2022, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, setting a PGA Tour record for lowest score under par at -34.
The 28-year-old has won three times on the PGA Tour in the last two years following his maiden victory at the Zurich Classic in 2017 and in his home country, he won the Australian PGA Championship in consecutive years 2017-18.
While Leishman has won six times on the PGA Tour, with one title each in the last three seasons and he is currently ranked 45th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
The 38-year-old won the Rookie of the Year award on the PGA Tour in 2009 - becoming the first Australian to win the accolade and the 2021 Zurich Classic remains his last professional win.
Smith partnered with Leishman in the 2018 ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf and brought his team within two strokes of the win when he holed out for birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-5 14th hole of the match.
“Cameron was ranked in the top five in the world until this week on the strength of an excellent season last year and a victory in the opening event this year,” Zurich Classic tournament director Steve Worthy said.
“Marc has also played very well of late, with a tie for third and fourth in the first two events of the fall season, so we expect they will make a very strong defence of their title."
There is yet to be a three-time winner at Zurich Classic, but ten have won twice namely; Henry Picard, Byron Nelson, Bo Wininger, Frank Beard, Billy Casper, Tom Watson, Chip Beck Ben Crenshaw, Carlos Franco and Billy Horschel.
Last five Zurich Classic of New Orleans winners
2016 - Brian Stuard - USA
2017 - Cameron Smith - Australia & Jonas Blixt - Sweden
2018 - Billy Horschel & Scott Piercy - USA
2019 - Ryan Palmer - USA & Jon Rahm - Spain
2021 - Cameroon Smith & Marc Leishman - Australia
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