The 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans field is set to tee off on Thursday, April 24, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana. The PGA Tour-sanctioned event will see a stacked 158-player field compete in teams of two for the winner’s paycheck from the $9,200,000 prize purse.The Zurich Classic falls on the PGA golf calendar two weeks after The Masters. Owing to this, several big-name stars, who missed the RBC Heritage and Corales Puntacana Championship, return to the playing field. The event will feature 16 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders, headlined by World No.2 Rory McIlroy and No.4 Collin Morikawa.McIlroy returns to defend his Zurich Classic title this weekend alongside teammate and World No. 13 star Shane Lowry. The Irish friends took the title last year, beating the pairing of Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer in the playoffs. The champion duo returns to the contest on the back of McIlroy’s Masters win. They are currently the outright favorites to win in Louisiana.Interestingly, World No. 4 Morikawa comes into the contest alongside No.110 Kurt Kitayama. No.21 Robert MacIntyre plays with No.31 Thomas Detry, while No.27 Aaron Rai and No.28 Sahith Theegala team up. These are the two best-rated duos after the defending champion.It is pertinent to note that No.16 Sepp Straka has teamed up with No.183 Brice Garnett, while the Fitzpatrick brothers will once again take the tee together.2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans field rankingsListed below are the top-50 ranked players at the Zurich Classic by their Official World Golf Rankings:2 - Rory McIlroy4 - Collin Morikawa13 - Shane Lowry16 - Sepp Straka17 - Wyndham Clark21 - Robert MacIntyre24 - Billy Horschel26 - Akshay Bhatia27 - Aaron Rai28 - Sahith Theegala31 - Thomas Detry33 - Nick Taylor34 - Andrew Novak42 - Tom Hoge44 - Max Greyserman46 - J.T. Poston50 - Nicolas EchavarriaListed below is the complete team list and round 1 tee times for the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (All times ET):1st tee8:00 am: Jonathan Byrd/Chesson Hadley, Patrick Fishburn/Zac Blair8:13 am: Robert Streb/Troy Merritt, Chad Ramey/Justin Lower8:26 am: Mark Hubbard/Ryan Brehm, Ben Kohles/Patton Kizzire8:39 am: Sepp Straka/Brice Garnett, Nick Hardy/Davis Riley8:52 am: Cam Davis/Adam Svensson, Peter Malnati/Russell Knox9:05 am: Lee Hodges/Jason Dufner, Brandt Snedeker/Chez Reavie9:18 am: Robby Shelton/Trey Mullinax, John Pak/Taylor Montgomery9:31 am: Ryo Hisatsune/Takumi Kanaya, Ben Taylor/David Skinns9:44 am: Trace Crowe/Taylor Dickson, Kaito Onishi/Rikuya Hoshino9:57 am: Kevin Velo/Isaiah Salinda, Jordan Smith/Laurie Canter1:05 pm: Bud Cauley/Kevin Tway, Doug Ghim/Chan Kim1:18 pm: Jacob Bridgeman/Chandler Phillips, Sami Valimaki/Ben Silverman1:31 pm: Joel Dahmen/Harry Higgs, Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak1:44 pm: Wyndham Clark/Taylor Moore, Collin Morikawa/Kurt Kitayama1:57 pm: Robert MacIntyre/Thomas Detry, Alex Fitzpatrick/Matt Fitzpatrick2:10 pm: Garrick Higgo/Ryan Fox, Adam Hadwin/Nick Taylor2:23 pm: Matt McCarty/Mason Andersen, Chris Gotterup/Quade Cummins2:36 pm: Matthew Riedel/Will Gordon, Mac Meissner/Noah Goodwin2:49 pm: Will Chandler/Matt NeSmith, Jeremy Paul/Yannik Paul3:02 pm: Cristobal Del Solar/Matteo Manassero, Angel Ayora/Alejandro Del Rey10th tee8:00 am: Rico Hoey/Sam Ryder, Alex Smalley/Joseph Bramlett8:13 am: J.T. Poston/Keith Mitchell, Ryan Gerard/Danny Walker8:26 am: Matthieu Pavon/Victor Perez, Christiaan Bezuidenhout/Erik van Rooyen8:39 am: Michael Thorbjornsen/Karl Vilips, Rasmus Højgaard/Nicolai Højgaard8:52 am: Shane Lowry/Rory McIlroy, Tom Hoge/Billy Horschel9:05 am: Sahith Theegala/Aaron Rai, Akshay Bhatia/Carson Young9:18 am: Frankie Capan III/Jake Knapp, Eric Cole/Sam Saunders9:31 am: Greyson Sigg/Kevin Kisner, Sam Stevens/Max McGreevy9:44 am: Trevor Cone/Kevin Roy, Thomas Rosenmueller/Paul Peterson9:57 am: Antoine Rozner/Kris Ventura, Steven Fisk/Tim Widing1:05 pm: Cameron Champ/Lanto Griffin, Beau Hossler/Andrew Putnam1:18 pm: Bill Haas/Martin Laird, Dylan Wu/David Lipsky1:31 pm: Henrik Norlander/Luke List, Adam Schenk/Tyler Duncan1:44 pm: Max Greyserman/Nico Echavarria, Kevin Yu/Jhonattan Vegas1:57 pm: Si Woo Kim/Sangmoon Bae, Ryan Palmer/Zach Johnson2:10 pm: Luke Donald/Camilo Villegas, Charley Hoffman/Nick Watney2:23 pm: Joe Highsmith/Alejandro Tosti, Matt Wallace/Thorbjorn Olesen2:36 pm: Hayden Springer/Nate Lashley, Vince Whaley/Anders Albertson2:49 pm: Hayden Buckley/Braden Thornberry, Jesper Svensson/Niklas Norgaard3:02 pm: Pierceson Coody/Jackson Suber, William Mouw/Ricky CastilloMore details on the Zurich Classic team competition will be updated as the event progresses.