Final-Round Notes – 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 86. Wind SSE 7-12 mph. Play was suspended due to inclement weather at 2:42 p.m. CT and resumed at 4:15 p.m., a delay of 1 hour, 33 minutes.

Final-Round Leaderboard

Andrew Novak/Ben Griffin (1^st/-28)

• At 28-under, finish one stroke ahead of Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans
• Since the team format was introduced in 2017, join Cameron Smith (2017 with Jonas Blixt) and Nick Hardy/Davis Riley (2023) as players winning their first career PGA TOUR title at the event
• Become the fourth of eight winning teams who held the 54-hole lead/co-lead; the others: 2022/Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele, 2019/Ryan Palmer/Jon Rahm, 2017/Jonas Blixt/Cameron Smith
• Each receives 400 FedExCup points, $1,329,400, a two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR (through 2027) and entry into the three remaining Signature Events and the PGA Championship

Andrew Novak – with this victory

• Earns his first PGA TOUR title in his 100^th start at the age of 30 years, 27 days

• Moves from No. 15 to No. 6 in the FedExCup standings
• Improves to 1-for-2 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead (2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship/2^nd)
• Wins one week after a playoff loss to Justin Thomas at the RBC Heritage and now has four top-three finishes in 14 starts this season; the others: 3^rd/Farmers Insurance Open, T3/Valero Texas Open
• Becomes the first player to lose in a playoff and win the following week since Patrick Cantlay at the 2022 RBC Heritage and Zurich Classic of New Orleans
• Previous-best finishes on TOUR: 2025 RBC Heritage (P2) and 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship (2^nd)
• Wins in his fourth start at the Zurich Classic (2024/Davis Thompson/T23, 2023/Trevor Cone/MC, 2022/Max McGreevy/MC)
• Only other PGA TOUR-sanctioned title: 2020 LECOM Suncoast Classic (Korn Ferry Tour)

Ben Griffin – with this victory

• Earns his first PGA TOUR title in his 90^th start at the age of 28 years, 11 months, 21 days

• Moves from No. 47 to No. 21 in the FedExCup standings
• Improves to 1-for-3 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead (2023 Sanderson Farms Championship/P2, 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship/T3)
• Previous-best finishes on TOUR: 2024 RBC Canadian Open (2^nd) and 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship (P2)
• Owns four top-10s in 14 starts this season; the others: T7/The American Express, T4/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, T4/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
• Wins in his third start at the Zurich Classic (2024/Taylor Montgomery/MC, 2023/Ryan Gerard/MC)
• Only other PGA TOUR-sanctioned title: 2018 Staal Foundation Open (PGA TOUR Canada)