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Heavy Artillery: A look at drivers in play at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans
What are the driver and shaft combinations of the best golfers in the world? For gearheads, it’s an endlessly interesting question — even if we can only ever aspire to play LS heads and 7 TX shafts. At this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, GolfWRX got in-hand...
Letters: Anthem controversy ginned up to score political points
Gov. Jeff Landry excels at political grandstanding. Let's take a quick analysis of his latest misguided and uninformed attack on the LSU women's basketball team. He was on the attack because the team was not on the court when the national anthem was played at the start of the LSU v. Iowa game. He is starting a political crusade to require athletes to be on the field of play or risk losing an athletic scholarship.
Brother Martin hires a 5-time state title winning soccer coach away from New Orleans rival
Brother Martin has hired five-time state title winning soccer coach Matt Millet away from Holy Cross, bringing him to a larger enrollment school that will have him in charge of more players than ever before. Millet said Tuesday he looked forward to the chance to run a program that is...
Hahnville, Thibodaux score wins in 5A District Track Meet
It was a day for the Tigers on Wednesday at our area’s Class 5A District Track Meet. Host Thibodaux took home the District Championship in the boys’ meet, using balanced scoring to roll to 118 points and a tournament title, just outlasting Central Lafourche, which scored 115.5 points and placed second.
2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: PGA Tour betting odds, futures picks and tips, predicting who will win
The 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans will start Thursday, with the PGA Tour-sanctioned event at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., welcoming 160 world-class players to the 19th event on the 2024 PGA Tour schedule. The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is the lone team event on the FedEx Cup...
VIDEO: LSU head coach Brian Kelly helps raise money for charity at Zurich Classic Celebrity Shootout
AVONDALE, La. — PGA TOUR. Site: Avondale, Louisiana. Course: TPC Louisiana. Yardage: 7,425. Par: 72. Prize money: $8.9 million. Winner’s share: $1.286 million for each player. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champions: Davis Riley and Nick Hardy. FedEx...
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