Tournaments / 2015-2016
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
2016-04-28 · TPC Louisiana
- Winner
- Brian Stuard
- Winning score
- -15
- Field
- 145
- Field strength
- +0.01 SG
The 2015-2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans was played at TPC Louisiana, starting 28 April 2016. Brian Stuard won at 15 under par (201). The winning card was 64, 68, 69 and -, and the win paid $1,260,000. Byeong Hun An and Jamie Lovemark tied for second. 145 players started the event. The field averaged +0.01 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 83% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 145. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Brian Stuard
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- -
- Total
- 201
- Byeong Hun An
- Pos
- PT2
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 65
- R4
- -
- Total
- 201
- Jamie Lovemark
- Pos
- PT2
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- -
- Total
- 201
- Chris Kirk
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 65
- R4
- -
- Total
- 203
- Jason Day
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- -
- Total
- 203
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- -
- Total
- 203
- Bryce Molder
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- -
- Total
- 205
- Harold Varner III
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 69
- R4
- -
- Total
- 205
- Patton Kizzire
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- -
- Total
- 205
- Charles Howell III
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- -
- Total
- 206
- Charley Hoffman
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 66
- R4
- -
- Total
- 206
- Scott Stallings
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- -
- Total
- 206
- Stuart Appleby
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 67
- R4
- -
- Total
- 206
- Andres Gonzales
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- -
- Total
- 207
- Chad Collins
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 71
- R4
- -
- Total
- 207
- Spencer Levin
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- -
- Total
- 207
- Thomas Aiken
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- -
- Total
- 207
- Will Wilcox
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- -
- Total
- 207
- Chesson Hadley
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- -
- Total
- 208
- Chris Stroud
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- -
- Total
- 208
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 77 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.241
- Top-20 hit rate
- 35%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 34.9
Grade is this event’s percentile (36th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Day | 1st | 5th |
| Steve Stricker | 2nd | 58th |
| Rickie Fowler | 3rd | 20th |
| Robert Streb | 4th | 36th |
| Will Wilcox | 5th | 15th |
| Daniel Berger | 6th | 20th |
| Danny Lee | 7th | 58th |
| Billy Horschel | 8th | 36th |
| Chris Kirk | 9th | 5th |
| Charley Hoffman | 10th | 11th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Byeong Hun An | 64th | 2nd(−62) |
| Chad Campbell | 13th | 72nd(+59) |
| Andres Gonzales | 73rd | 15th(−58) |
| Harold Varner III | 65th | 8th(−57) |
| Steve Stricker | 2nd | 58th(+56) |
| Thomas Aiken | 68th | 15th(−53) |
| Ben Martin | 12th | 64th(+52) |
| Scott Stallings | 63rd | 11th(−52) |
| Danny Lee | 7th | 58th(+51) |
| Brian Stuard | 47th | 1st(−46) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in 2015-2016?
- Brian Stuard won the 2015-2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana, finishing 15 under par.
Where was the 2015-2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans played?
- The 2015-2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans was played at TPC Louisiana, starting 28 April 2016.
What was the winning score at the 2015-2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans?
- The winning score was 15 under par (201 strokes), posted by Brian Stuard.
How many players were in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans field?
- 145 players started the 2015-2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.