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Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin reached the PGA Tour winner's circle for the first time in their respective careers by winning the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. It was exactly the 100th tour start for Novak, while Griffin was making his 90th.
The champions began the final round in the lead after carding a 61 on Moving Day. On Sunday, they carded four birdies and three bogeys in the foursomes format (1-under for the round), which was enough to maintain their lead and win the title.
"Coming into this week, I knew I was playing well. Ben has been playing good golf. This is a perfect golf course for us. There was a lot of confidence coming into this week for sure," Novak said after their win.
"We've talked about partnering up the last couple years, and obviously looking now, we should have just started from the get-go two years ago," Griffin joked.

Novak is in the midst of a remarkable run, having tied for third at the Valero Texas Open three weeks ago and finished second at the RBC Heritage just last week, where he lost the title to Justin Thomas in a playoff.
Griffin, meanwhile, has had three top-10s in 13 events this season before coming to TPC Louisiana.
Novak and Griffin's paychecks for winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans were $1.33 million each. Let's take a look at the complete purse distribution for the event:
Zurich Classic of New Orleans 2025 payout
1: Andrew Novak-Ben Griffin, -28, $1.3294 million
2: Rasmus Hojgaard-Nicolai Hojgaard, -27, $542,800
3: Jake Knapp-Frankie Capan III, -26, $355,350
T-4: David Lipsky-Dylan Wu, -25, $242,075
T-4: Taylor Dickson-Trace Crowe, -25, $242,075
T-4: Karl Vilips-Michael Thorbjornsen, -25, $242,075
T-4: Luke List-Henrik Norlander, -25, $242,075
T-8: Chad Ramey-Justin Lower, -24, $154,100
T-8: Isaiah Salinda-Kevin Velo, -24, $154,100
T-10: Jacob Bridgeman-Chandler Phillips, -23, $117,300
T-10: Hayden Buckley-Braden Thornberry, -23, $117,300
T-12: Matteo Manassero-Cristobal Del Solar, -22, $69,092
T-12: Chris Gotterup-Quade Cummins, -22, $69,092
T-12: Nick Taylor-Adam Hadwin, -22, $69,092
T-12: Ryan Gerard-Danny Walker, -22, $69,092
T-12: Sepp Straka-Brice Garnett, -22, $69,092
T-12: Rory McIlroy-Shane Lowry, -22, $69,092
T-18: J.T. Poston-Keith Mitchell, -21, $38,755
T-18: Ricky Castillo-William Mouw, -21, $38,755
T-18: Nate Lashley-Hayden Springer, -21, $38,755
T-18: Aaron Rai-Sahith Theegala, -21, $38,755
T-18: Trey Mullinax-Robby Shelton, -21, $38,755
T-18: Ryo Hisatsune-Takumi Kanaya, -21, $38,755
T-24: Steven Fisk-Tim Widing, -20, $24,748
T-24: Sam Stevens-Max McGreevy, -20, $24,748
T-26: David Skinns-Ben Taylor, -19, $21,942
T-26: Vince Whaley-Anders Albertson, -19, $21,942
T-28: Paul Peterson-Thomas Rosenmueller, -18, $20,700
T-28: Kevin Tway-Bud Cauley, -18, $20,700
T-28: Nico Echavarria-Max Greyserman, -18, $20,700
31: Kris Ventura-Antoine Rozner, -17, $19,964
T-32: Thomas Detry-Robert MacIntyre, -16, $19,228
T-32: Davis Riley-Nick Hardy, -16, $19,228
T-32: Cam Davis-Adam Svensson, -16, $19,228
35: Brandt Snedeker-Chez Reavie, -15, $18,492
36: Kevin Chappell-Tom Hoge, -14, $18,120
The 2024 champions, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, moved into contention for the title after carding a third-round 61, but were unable to break par in the final round to drop six places to T12.
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