After some epic battles the past few weeks at Augusta and Harbour Town, this week, the PGA TOUR is headed to the Bayou for the only team event on the official calendar. The Zurich Classic of New Orleans returns to TPC Louisiana and gives players an opportunity to be part of a two-man team. The unique format brings an extra layer of intrigue, and many of this week’s players are looking to improve their status for the two Signature Events in the next two weeks. DraftKings has a wide variety of contests and formats for the Zurich, and if you’re teeing it up with some conservative lineups designed for cash games, my three top fantasy golf cash plays to consider are Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick ($10,500), Austin Smotherman and Andrew Putnam ($7,500), and Billy Horschel and Tom Hoge ($7,100).

Make sure to also check out my top-three pivot plays for tournament lineups for the Zurich if you’re looking for some less popular, under-the-radar picks. Pivot plays for tournament lineups are usually more aggressive, while fantasy golf cash game picks are safer with higher floors and lower risk. The picks in this post generally have higher ownership than my pivot plays, but they are good selections for contests where the uniqueness of your lineup is less important. Think of cash game picks as lying back and playing a par 5 as it was designed, taking three shots before reaching the green, searching for a solid birdie. Tournament picks are like going driver off the deck to try to reach the green in two — more reward if it works, but much more risk, as well.

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Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick ($10,500)

Since they’re the favorites this week on DraftKings Sportsbook and getting plenty of attention this week, you’re not going to sneak up on anyone with this pick, but the Fitzpatrick brothers have so much form and potential that they’re still worth considering, especially for cash game lineups, where making your lineup different isn’t as important as getting a very high floor.

The Fitzpatricks have each been playing outstanding golf, coming into their fourth appearance as a team in this event. They posted a T19, a T11, and a missed cut over the last three seasons, but they’ve never come in with so much momentum.

Last week, older brother Matt Fitzpatrick defeated Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the RBC Heritage to claim his second PGA TOUR title of the season and his third top-two finish in his last four events, with a T18 at Augusta in the mix as well.

Over the last 20 rounds, Matt Fitzpatrick leads the field in Total Strokes Gained and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green, while ranking third in Strokes Gained: Approach. Over the last three months, his younger brother Alex Fitzpatrick has also ranked 11th in Total Strokes Gained and is in the top 25 in Strokes Gained: Approach.

Alex Fitzpatrick also just picked up a win, the first of his DP World Tour career. He won the Hero Indian Open a few weeks ago after four straight top-25 finishes on the DP World Tour. Both brothers will hope their hot form carries over to this week, and they should be excited to play this event as a team once again.

Austin Smotherman and Andrew Putnam ($7,500)

Putnam and Smotherman bring a high floor as consistent PGA TOUR finishers this season, both starting the week inside the top 50 on the FedExCup Points List. They have each proven they can go low in a hurry and pile up birdies quickly, which will definitely be needed at this event, where winning scores usually approach -30.

At the start of the week, Putnam sits at No. 47 on the FedExCup Points List with Smotherman just ahead of him at No. 45. Putnam posted a T2 at The American Express and a T5 at the Valero Texas Open and has made the cut in seven of his nine tournaments.

Over the last three months, Putnam has led the players in this field in Driving Accuracy while ranking 10th in Total Strokes Gained and in the top 20 in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green.

Smotherman has also been playing well and has made the cut in six of his 10 events, including a T8 at The American Express, a T2 at the Cognizant Classic, and a T13 at THE PLAYERS.

Last week, he finished a disappointing T75 at Harbour Town, but he still ranks fourth in the field over the last three months in Strokes Gained: Approach and sixth in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green.

This team brings plenty of accuracy and shot-making, and if either or both get their putter going this week, they have a chance to contend on Sunday. Neither has great history at this event on this course, but hopefully this team-up can pay off and get both of them to the weekend as solid fantasy golf cash game plays.

Billy Horschel and Tom Hoge ($7,100)

Since Putnam and Smotherman are all current form and no good course history, let’s flip that around and close out this week’s cash game plays with a team that has lots of great course history but shaky recent form.

Billy Horschel has been a TPC Louisiana staple throughout his PGA TOUR career. The fact that the former Florida Gator thrives in the Bayou shouldn’t be a surprise, especially since the course has actual gators on the course at times.

He won this event before it was a team event in 2013, and he won it again in 2018 while teaming up with Scott Piercy. For the next four straight Zurich Classics, Horschel finished no worse than T13, including a runner-up finish in 2023 when he played with Sam Burns. He missed the cut in 2024 and sat out the event last year, but the 39-year-old Horschel is back in the mix this week.

He unfortunately doesn’t come in with great form, finishing 80th of 82 golfers at the RBC Heritage last week. Before that letdown, though, he did make the cut at the Valero Texas Open and had a T13 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational earlier this season. His approach game has been solid, but his short game has been a struggle at times this season.

He’s teaming up with Tom Hoge this year, who has plenty of “boom-or-bust” tendencies in his game as well. He also has a solid course history here and has made the cut in five of his last eight trips to this event. However, his only top-10 was a T10 in 2018, when he played alongside J.J. Henry.

Earlier this season, Hoge was solid with top-15 finishes at The American Express and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but he missed the cut or finished outside the top 70 in each of his last six events.

Hoge and Horschel are volatile independently, but it’s possible the dynamic of playing together helps even them out. They’ve each had enough success in this format on this course to be worth a look at barely over $7,000 if you need to go cheap to round out your roster this week.