Northbrook's Nick Hardy teamed up with a longtime friend, Davis Riley, to capture the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday in Avondale, La. It was the first PGA Tour win for both men
He teamed up with a longtime friend, Davis Riley, to capture the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday in Avondale, La.The Zurich Classic is the only team event on the PGA Tour schedule, but the champions receive exempt status on the circuit for two years. That's especially important for Hardy, who had been using a medical exemption to get into some tournaments.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service The two have known each other since being paired in an American Junior Golf Association event when Hardy was 14 years old. Hardy is 27 and Davis, who played collegiate at Alabama, is 26.
Hardy, who turned pro in 2018, was making his 51st PGA Tour start in the Zurich Classic. He had made 29 of his first 50 cuts and earned $1,688,360 before he and Riley split the $1,242,700 first-place check in the Zurich Classic. The Zurich format calls for best ball scoring in the first and third rounds and alternate shot in the second and fourth. The Hardy-Riley team posted a tournament record 30-under-par 258 score for the 72 holes and won by 2 strokes over the Canadian pairing of Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin.
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