Hardy and Riley team up to win Zurich Classic

Nick Hardy and Davis Riley teamed up for a final-round, 7-under-par 65 to catapult in front of the pack and win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday.

Hardy and Riley started the day three shots off the pace but carded seven birdies - including five on the back nine - and no bogeys to set a tournament record of 30-under 258 for the week at TPC Louisiana.

That was enough for a two-shot win over Canadian teammates Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor, who fired a 9-under 63 for the round of the day to get to 28 under.

It marks both Hardy's and Riley's first career PGA Tour wins.

"It was nerve-racking, honestly," Riley said. "Any time you're trying to win a golf tournament, more or less to get your first win is always tough. You're going to have to kind of step up there and hit some shots.

Fortunately, we were able to kind of execute some really good shots coming down the stretch, and it was really fun."

The only team-based tournament on the PGA Tour schedule, the Zurich Classic uses a four-ball (best-ball) format in the first and third rounds and foursomes (alternate shot) in the second and final rounds.

Alternate shot is considered the more difficult format of the two, but that didn't stop Riley and Hardy from catching fire on the back nine.

They reached 29 under with Riley's 6-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th hole. Then came the par-3 17th, where Hardy's tee shot missed right of the green.

From 33 feet out, Riley putted uphill onto the green and straight into the hole for their final birdie of the day.

Hadwin and Taylor, who started the day seven shots back, looked destined to win during the middle of the round when they combined for seven straight birdies, from the seventh hole through the 13th.

Hadwin made a 40-foot birdie putt at