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The Zurich Classic will be played at the TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La. Often ranking as one of the easiest courses on the PGA Tour, TPC Louisiana is a par-72 course that measures at 7,425 yards.

Fresh off his first win in five years, Jim Furyk will be off this week, though there are still a few big names in this week’s field. Jason Day (No. 5), Dustin Johnson (No. 6) and Justin Rose (No. 9) are the top-10 ranked golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings who who will be teeing off, as well as defending FedEx Cup champ Billy Horschel.

Last year, Seung-Yul Noh claimed his first PGA Tour victory by going wire-to-wire to top Robert Streb and Andrew Svoboda by two strokes.

http://www.pgatour.com/expert-picks/2015/04/21/zurich-classic-new-orleans.html

EXPERT PICKS: ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

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Helen Ross

Senior Writer

Brendan de Jonge
Dustin Johnson
Sean O'Hair
Justin Rose

Rose enters with momentum after tying for second at the Masters, and he has finished 15th or better in his last three starts at TPC Louisiana. A potent combination, to be sure.

Rob Bolton

Fantasy Columnist

Keegan Bradley
Dustin Johnson
Justin Rose
Brendan Steele

In the absence of a favorite, stick with the chalk. It’s the kind of week to play for the push and hope to get lucky.

Sean Martin

Events Editor

Jason Day
Harris English
Dustin Johnson
Justin Thomas

He's finished no worse than sixth in his past three starts, including his win at the Cadillac Championship and a career-best T6 at the Masters.

Jonathan Wall

Equipment Insider

Jason Day
Dustin Johnson
John Peterson
Justin Rose

Finished T8 at Zurich in 2013 and has two top-20 finishes in his last two starts. Look for the LSU product to pick up his first TOUR win in his home state.

Fred Albers

PGA TOUR Radio

Rickie Fowler
Dustin Johnson
Justin Rose
Brendan Steele

Rickie is one of the best "feel" putters on TOUR and he leads the TOUR in scrambling from the fringe at 100 percent. That's right, Rickie is 22-22 from the fringe.

Mike McAllister

Managing Editor

Dustin Johnson
Troy Merritt
John Peterson
Justin Rose

Of Rose's 24 career rounds at TPC Louisiana, 18 have been under par, including 11 in the 60s.

D.J. Piehowski

Digital Producer

John Peterson
Justin Rose
Brendan Steele
Justin Thomas

After a poor start to the season, things clicked for Rose at Augusta National. He's now headed to TPC Louisiana, where he has been great, finishing top 15 his last three visits.

Brian Wacker

Staff Writer

Keegan Bradley
Jason Day
Billy Horschel
Dustin Johnson

He hasn't played in New Orleans since 2009 but was hovering in contention at the Masters. Day's game also suits the lengthy TPC Louisiana well as he is tied for first in par-4 scoring.

Amanda Balionis

Host, Trending on TOUR

Jason Day
Dustin Johnson
Justin Rose
Steve Stricker

He's healthy, happy and coming off T6s at Valero and Augusta. Don't ever count out a healthy and happy DJ.

John Swantek

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Harris English
Kevin Kisner
John Peterson
Justin Thomas

Going with a tried and true handicapping strategy; a gut feeling. Some decent course history (T6in '13) but mainly just think his immense talent will be on display.

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This is about the time on the PGA golf schedule where I start to mosey away from actively watching the game. In my opinion the season is way too long - longer than most other professional sports. Oct 2014 to Sep 2015.  Completely dilutes the tournaments importance.

I'll pay attention to the WGCs, the majors, Jack's tourney, then the Tour Championship and Pres Cup.

Sorry CVS Health Charity Classic . You may be a classic, but I ain't watchig.

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This is about the time on the PGA golf schedule where I start to mosey away from actively watching the game. In my opinion the season is way too long - longer than most other professional sports. Oct 2014 to Sep 2015.  Completely dilutes the tournaments importance.

I'll pay attention to the WGCs, the majors, Jack's tourney, then the Tour Championship and Pres Cup.

Sorry CVS Health Charity Classic. You may be a classic, but I ain't watchig.

I like it even though I don't always watch. It's nice that different cities can get a chance to see the pros up close almost every single weekend. I just wish we could get more tourney's in the mid-west during the summer. I have to pretty much wait for majors/Ryder Cup at Hazeltine or Whistling Straights and then I might not even get a ticket because everyone wants to be there. :pound:

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This is about the time on the PGA golf schedule where I start to mosey away from actively watching the game. In my opinion the season is way too long - longer than most other professional sports. Oct 2014 to Sep 2015.  Completely dilutes the tournaments importance.   I'll pay attention to the WGCs, the majors, Jack's tourney, then the Tour Championship and Pres Cup.   Sorry CVS Health Charity Classic. You may be a classic, but I ain't watchig.

Goodbye. See you and your anti-Tiger-despite-nearly-every-other-pro-doing-the-same-things tirades in about ten months. BTW the CVS Health Charity Classic is not part of the PGA Tour. It is a locally run small exhibition like the big names used to play back in the day to raise money locally to support a good cause.

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"The expert golfer has maximum time to make minimal compensations. The poorer player has minimal time to make maximum compensations." - And no, I'm not Mac. Please do not PM me about it. I just think he is a crazy MFer and we could all use a little more crazy sometimes.

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Goodbye. See you and your anti-Tiger-despite-nearly-every-other-pro-doing-the-same-things tirades in about ten months.

Since Tiger doesn't really play much of the tour events but cherry picks the tournaments that he'll support, I still will watch him toss clubs and throw out f-bombs. Its almost as if he agrees with me that the tour is over saturated with tournaments for nearly 12 months.

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Since Tiger doesn't really play much of the tour events but cherry picks the tournaments that he'll support, I still will watch him toss clubs and throw out f-bombs. Its almost as if he agrees with me that the tour is over saturated with tournaments for nearly 12 months.

Like I said "anti-Tiger-despite-nearly-every-other-pro-doing-the-same-things". Some things never change. One of them is @Rick Martin -Goodbye.

"The expert golfer has maximum time to make minimal compensations. The poorer player has minimal time to make maximum compensations." - And no, I'm not Mac. Please do not PM me about it. I just think he is a crazy MFer and we could all use a little more crazy sometimes.

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Your goodbyes are premature - said I wasn't watching the telecasts - didn't say I'd keep from posting my gems.

Not premature-Just wishful thinking.

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"The expert golfer has maximum time to make minimal compensations. The poorer player has minimal time to make maximum compensations." - And no, I'm not Mac. Please do not PM me about it. I just think he is a crazy MFer and we could all use a little more crazy sometimes.

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Pretty compact leader board: -11 currently leads with a projected cut of -4 (83 players currently)...119 under par and within 10 shots. Looks like 66 guys are at -5 or better (4 of the -5 still on the course) with 7 guys at -4 with holes remaining in round 2. [U]Unlikely[/U] , but if 4+ of the guys at -4 make it to -5, there could be some unhappy guys finished at -4 who go to bed tonight (assuming round 2 doesn't get completed) thinking they will play the weekend only to find they miss the cut.

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