Koepka / Lowry

DK Odds: +1475

CADDIE Note

Lowry's course history is the best among active participants in this field. Koepka's approach numbers are the best fit for TPC Louisiana of any player at this price. The new partnership is the only model risk. For safer plays, this is the anchor.

Thorbjornsen / Vilips

Former Stanford teammates who finished T4 in their 2025 Zurich debut — their first time playing this event together. They shot -19 across two four-ball rounds last year, one of the elite best-ball marks in the field. Vilips won the 2025 Puerto Rico Open. Thorbjornsen posted T3 at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2026. Both finished T33 at RBC Heritage last week with zero top-20s combined in their past two events coming in — but the form dip is already baked into the price.

Novak / Griffin

Defending champions at -28 in 2025, the third-lowest winning total in tournament history. Both won their first PGA Tour titles here. Griffin went on to win twice more in 2025 and made the Ryder Cup team. He has rebounded from three straight MCs with three consecutive top-35 finishes, gaining strokes OTT in each of his past four starts. Novak posted T14 at the Valero Texas Open and T16 at RBC Heritage. They rank as the 5th-best putting duo in the field.

McCarty / Meissner

McCarty is on an elite two-week run: T24 at the Masters followed by T12 at RBC Heritage, gaining strokes on approach in back-to-back major-field events. As a team, McCarty and Meissner rank 2nd in the entire field in par-5 scoring over the past year, 11th in recent form, and 13th in putting. The par-5 scoring overlap is the structural edge — TPC Louisiana's three par-5s are the primary birdie engines in four-ball play.

Li / Smith

Both rank inside the top 65 on Tour in birdie percentage — rare for a pair where both players are birdie threats rather than the typical one-anchor, one-stabilizer dynamic. Li contended at the Masters before a final-round collapse. Smith posted T16 at RBC Heritage, his 5th top-27 finish in 11 events in 2026, and previously ran 3rd at the Valspar Championship. First time paired together.

Rai / Theegala

Rai has never missed the weekend at TPC Louisiana. He has four finishes of T23 or better at this event including T4 in 2022 — the most consistent venue record in the mid-range tier. Theegala and Rai finished T18 together in 2025, establishing a baseline of team performance at this specific course. Rai gained strokes on approach in each of his last three starts.

Thompson / Eckroat

Both are PGA Tour winners. Both finished inside the top 20 at the Valero Texas Open on strong tee-to-green weeks — Thompson T14, Eckroat T10. That kind of simultaneous approach-driven performance heading into a course that rewards exactly those skills is the timing correlation CADDIE's model looks for.

Horschel / Hoge

Horschel has two Zurich Classic wins — individually in 2013 and as a team with Scott Piercy in 2018. He has five finishes of T13 or better in his last six Zurich starts prior to 2024. Hoge ranks 12th in SG: Approach this season and 17th in proximity, with top-15 finishes at The American Express and AT&T Pebble Beach. First time paired together.

Lower / Ramey

Ramey has finished T9, runner-up, and T8 at the last three Zurich Classics. His T8 in 2025 was with Lower — they are running it back. Ramey has missed only one cut in his last 11 starts and ranks 8th on Tour in SG: Putting this season. Lower has missed four of his last six cuts — the form risk is real and explains the price.

Brown / Clanton

DK Odds: +7400

CADDIE Note

This is the boom-or-bust play. In four-ball format, two players with elite birdie-making upside and nothing to lose is a different kind of threat than their odds suggest. The ceiling exists. The floor does not. Flyer bet only — and only if you can stomach the cut risk.