The Deep South continues to take centre stage on the PGA Tour, as proceedings move to New Orleans for the Zurich Classic.
This week's event is the one and only Tour stop in the state of Louisiana and, once again, will feature 80 two-player teams.
As with previous instalments, days one and three at TPC Louisiana will feature fourballs (better ball), while rounds two and four are alternate shot.
In most tournaments of this nature, the key for teams will be to conquer the alternate shot format which is always the more difficult.
This intermittent format, which leaves players feeling they have less control than normal over what happens, can often take them outside of their comfort zones.
This will only be the fourth time in tournament history, that the event has been staged using this team format.
Eye catching partnerships
Jon Rahm & Ryan Palmer are the defending champions from 2019, while the only team to feature two top-10 ranked players is Xander Schauffele & Patrick Cantlay, although neither is probably in good spirits right now.
Cantlay has missed the cut in his last three stroke play starts - including Sawgrass and Augusta - while Schauffele will probably still be recovering mentally from his Masters hangover when he made a mess of the 70th hole, when just two strokes off the lead.
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Other partnerships of note include American youngsters Collin Morikawa & Matthew Wolff; English duo Danny Willett & Tyrrell Hatton; the big-hitting Tony Finau & Cameron Champ; along with Aussies Cameron Smith & Marc Leishman who partnered each other at the 2018 World Cup of Golf.
Koreans Sung Jae Im & Byeong Hun An team up, as do Norwegians Viktor Hovland & Kris Ventura; and South Africans Louis Oosthuizen & Charl Schwartzel.
Friends Justin Rose & Henrik Stenson - gold and silver medallists from the Rio Olympics - join forces once again, while up-and-coming world No 21 Scottie Scheffler can call on the experience of two-times Masters champ Bubba Watson for guidance.
Previous team experience
Two teams who have performed well together in the past are Kevin Kisner & Scott Brown; and Charley Hoffman & Nick Watney.
Both pairs have a brace of top-10s in the bank, along with a wealth of experience.
One other twosome which may be worth a look is Chez Reavie & Lucas Glover who are teaming up for the fourth time.
Finally, in-form Billy Horschel and Louisiana-born Sam Burns are certainly to be taken seriously.
Horschel is the only golfer to have won the Zurich Classic both as an individual event, and also a team competition.
Course details
Designed by Pete Dye and opened in 2004, TPC Louisiana made its Tour debut 16 years ago replacing English Turn as tournament host.
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However, the latter returned for one year only after Dye's creation was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina, which caused catastrophic damage to large parts of New Orleans and the surrounding areas in August 2005.
Laid out on the delta wetlands of this low-lying city, TPC Louisiana covers more than 250 acres and is dotted with more than 100 bunkers.
Water comes into play on eight holes and, although rough is not a major issue when compared to many PGA Tour venues, the greens are heavily undulating.
Although nowhere near as tiny as the putting surfaces experienced by the pros at Harbour Town last week, those in New Orleans are slightly smaller than the Tour average.
TPC Louisiana is situated a few miles west of down town New Orleans.
Last year's Zurich Classic did not take place because of the Covid-pandemic, which led to three months of inactivity on the PGA Tour between March and June.
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MC* - Missed Additional 54-Hole Cut
Note: Team Event: 2017-19; Individual Event: 2010-16