McIlroy to win the Masters, Lowry and PGA 'Team Tournament' for the second time in a row
McIlroy to win the Masters, Lowry and PGA 'Team Tournament' for the second time in a row
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Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who recently won his first major tournament Masters Tournament of the season and achieved his sixth career Grand Slam in men's golf history, will challenge his best friend Shane Lowry (Ireland) and the PGA Tour's only "team tournament" for the second consecutive time.
According to the list of PGA Tour Zurich Classic (total prize money of $9.2 million) announced on the 19th (Korea Standard Time), McIlroy was listed as a team with Lowry.
The Zurich Classic, which will be held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana, from the 24th, is a competition in which two players compete in teams, and a total of 80 teams, including McIlroy and Lowry, will participate this year.
The first and third rounds will be held in a four-ball method in which two players play with their own balls and make better performance the team score, while the second and fourth rounds will be conducted in a four-ball method in which one ball is alternately hit.
McIlroy won the tournament last year with Lowry, who has been close to him for more than 20 years, and achieved his first win of the PGA Tour season and 25th career championship at the time.
In addition to the meaning of a title defense match, this year is expected to be the first real game since McIlroy reached the top of the Masters, which ended on the 11th, and achieved a career grand slam that won all four major tournaments.
Lowry, who will work together, is the champion of the 2019 D-Open and has won three PGA Tour titles including the Zurich Classic last year. The runner-up at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February is the best record this season.
Kim Si-woo and Bae Sang-moon were paired as South Korean players in this competition and were included on the list.
Kim Si-woo has four wins on the PGA Tour and Bae Sang-moon has two wins. 토토사이트
In addition, Colin Morikawa-Kurt Kitayama, Kim Chan-Doug Kim (USA), twin brothers Nikolai Hoigor-Rasmus Hoigor (Denmark), and biological brothers Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick (England) will also participate in the tournament.