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FORMER U.S. OPEN CHAMPION WYNDHAM CLARK WILL TEAM WITH TAYLOR MOORE IN 2026 ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 15, 2026)—Wyndham Clark, winner of the 2023 U.S. Open, will team with Taylor Moore in the 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.
“Wyndham has won at the highest levels with victories in a major championship and two other signature events,” said Worthy. “Both he and Taylor have had success in the Zurich Classic playing with different partners, so this pairing should be a strong one,” he added.
Clark earned a spot on the 2023 American Ryder Cup team and posted a 1-1-1 record at Marco Simone Club in Rome. In 2024 he posted a record of 1-2-1 in the successful defense of the Presidents Cup played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club.
He has found success in the past at the Zurich Classic, with a third in 2023 after a tie for 10th the year before and a tie for 17th in 2021.
He posted nine top-25 finishes in 2025, the best a tie for fourth in The Open Championship.
He also enjoyed a very successful year in 2024, when he rose to be ranked third in the world. He won the rain-shortened 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after posting a 60 in the third round, the first score that low at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The next month, he took second alone in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Later in March, his 17-foot putt to force a playoff in The Players Championship spun around and started a descent into the cup before defying gravity and resting on the putting surface, leaving Clark tied for second.
In addition to his U.S. Open victory in 2023, he also won the Wells Fargo Championship that year and posted five top-10 finishes, including a third in the season-ending Tour Championship.
Clark started full-time on the PGA Tour in the 2018-19 season and became one of eight rookies to qualify for the BMW Championship in the fall that year.
As an amateur, he was a finalist for the Byron Nelson Award and was a two-time Colorado state champion. He was named Colorado Player of the Year in 2011.
In college, he started playing for Oklahoma State, finishing ninth in the 2013 U.S. Amateur. He then transferred to the University of Oregon in 2016. At Oregon, he won the Pac-12 conference championship and was named Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Taylor Moore, Clark’s partner this year, finished tied for fourth at the Zurich Classic in both 2022 and 2023, playing with Matthew NeSmith.
He won the 2023 Valspar Championship for his lone victory on the PGA Tour. This year he has recorded two top-10 finishes, a tie for seventh in The American Express and a tie for ninth in the WM Phoenix Open.
This season, his best finish was a tie for second in the Cognizant Classic. In 2025 he posted two top-10 finishes, a tie for seventh in The American Express and a tie for ninth in the WM Phoenix Open.
In 2024, he tied for second in the Texas Children’s Houston Open, the first runner-up finish in his PGA Tour career. He also tied for 12th in the PGA Championship, one of eight top-25 finishes he recorded last year.
In 2022, he qualified for the FedExCup playoffs in his rookie season that included a tie for fifth in the Wyndham Championship to go along with his tie for fourth in the Zurich Classic.
In college, he was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year in 2012-13 at Arkansas.
About Fore!Kids Foundation:
Since 1958, the Fore!Kids Foundation has raised money to fund children's service organizations through golf events like the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and several charitable golf tournaments.
In 2025, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated a record $3.6 million in charitable giving for children’s charities in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas. Charitable contributions have been rising in recent years:
- $3.6 million in 2025
- Over $24.6 million to charities in last 10 years
- Over $55 million to charities since inception
More information at www.zurichgolfclassic.com.
About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:
Zurich Insurance has sponsored the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for 22 years, one of the longest title sponsor relationships on the PGA Tour. The Zurich Classic is the only team tournament on the PGA TOUR season. Since launching the team format in 2017, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has drawn some of the highest-ranking fields for any regular-season tournament on the PGA TOUR.
The Zurich Classic has over a $59 million annual economic impact to the regional economy. With 51 hours of total television coverage on Golf Channel and CBS, a total of 20.94 million viewers tuned in to watch the tournament.
Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans is available across 148 countries and territories via local broadcast partners, and garners $33 million in positive national and international media exposure for both the city and state throughout the year beyond the days of professional competition.
The tournament will be played April 20-26, 2026, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2026 totals a record $9.5 million.
All tickets to the 2026 Zurich Classic will be mobile entry only. Day-specific grounds tickets are only $45. In addition, the Best of the Zurich Class Pass offers a variety of dishes from some of New Orleans most famous restaurants at three locations across the TPC course starting at $185 per day. The Walk-On’s Back Nine Club offers close-up viewing at the 17th hole in the only two-story, air-conditioned tent on the course. Additional ticket options are available by calling the Tournament Office at 504-342-3000 or online at www.zurichgolfclassic.com
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