Reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark to team again with Beau Hossler at Zurich Classic

The pair finished third in last year’s Zurich Classic

NEW ORLEANS — Reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark will team again with Beau Hossler in the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

The addition of Clark, ranked fifth in the world, gives the 2024 Zurich Classic field four players in the top 10 and seven in the top 17 of Official World Golf Rankings.

“Wyndham has become a big game hunter, with a win in a major championship and two signature events since the 2023 Zurich Classic,” said Worthy. “ He and Beau held at least a share of the lead in each of the first three rounds before finishing third here last year, and we are thrilled to welcome them back,” he added.

Clark is also currently ranked second in FedExCup points. He won the rain-shortened AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February after posting a 60 in the third round, the first score that low at Pebble Beach Golf Links. In March, he took second alone in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Later in the month, his 17-foot putt to force a playoff in The Players Championship spun around and down the cup before defying gravity and resting on the putting surface, leaving Clark tied for second.

In addition to his U.S. Open victory last year, he also won the Wells Fargo Championship and posted five top-10 finishes, including a third in the season-ending Tour Championship.

He 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.

He earned a spot on the 2023 American Ryder Cup team and posted a 1-1-1 record at Marco Simone Club in Rome.

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 first played 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.

For Beau Hossler, his third-place finish with Clark at the Zurich Classic was one of five top-10 and 14 top-25 finishes last season.

His best finish so far this season was a tie for sixth at the Farmers Insurance Open.

He caught the attention of the golf world as a 17-year-old, when he briefly held the lead during the second round of the 2012 U.S. Open, finally finishing tied for 29th as an amateur. He went on to win the Eisenhower Trophy and the Arnold Palmer Cup. As the 2014 Western Amateur champion, he was named to the 2015 Walker Cup team where he went 3-1 in a loss to Great Britain & Ireland.

Playing for the University of Texas, he suffered a shoulder injury during the semifinals of the NCAA championships in 2016 and was unable to play in the finals, which University of Oregon won. His shoulder injury delayed the start of his professional career until 2017.

By 2018, he joined the PGA Tour fulltime. His shoulder had healed well enough to earn him two second-place finishes, including a playoff loss in the Houston Open in his rookie season.

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 2023, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated a record $2.843 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:
· Over $2.843 million to charities in 2023, a new record
· Over $20 million to charities in last 10 years
· Over $30 million to charities in the last 20 years since Zurich became title sponsor
· Over $48 million to charities since inception of the Fore!Kids Foundation and its predecessors

More information at http://www.forekidsfoundation.com.

About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:

Zurich Insurance has sponsored the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for 20 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 $40 million estimated annual economic impact to the regional economy. Since Zurich became title sponsor in 2005, the tournament has generated more than $645 million in estimated economic activity for the New Orleans community.

With 42 hours of total television coverage on Golf Channel and CBS, a total of 13 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 24-28, 2024, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2024 totals a record $8.9 million, with each member of the winning team earning $1,286,050 and 400 FedExCup points.

All tickets to the 2024 Zurich Classic will be mobile entry only. Day-specific grounds tickets are only $40. 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 $175 per day, and the Walk-On’s Stadium Club will offer 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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