| Ranking | staff | Comment |
| 10 | Austin Smotherman and Andrew Putnam | Neither is a stranger to TPC Louisiana, nevertheless it’s the primary time that they’ve joined forces. Both are having fun with sturdy seasons and sit inside the highest 50 of the FedExCup. With sturdy tee-to-green video games, they will have loads of appears at par breakers, however Putnam would possibly want to hold the load on the greens. |
| 9 | Marco Penge and Matt Wallace | The boys from Britain have a mixed eight DP World Tour victories; Wallace has one on the PGA TOUR. Each additionally has a top-five end within the final month, so that they arrive with some mojo. Penge is a first-timer right here as a rookie, so he’ll lean on Wallace’s expertise of 5 begins (two prime 25s). |
| 8 | Karl Vilips and Michael Thorbjornsen | Each is the one accomplice the opposite has ever recognized. As a debut duo final yr, they positioned T4 shortly after Vilips gained the Puerto Rico Open. The Aussie has scuffled since, however Thorbjornsen’s significantly sturdy bag and general relentlessness covers, forming a basic mix of abilities. |
| 7 | Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore | They have a mixed 4 prime 10s on this format, though not but one collectively after lacking the lower of their first attempt final yr. Clark has misfired within the long-term, however he rose for prime 25s on the Masters and the RBC Heritage. Moore made noise on the Florida Swing. Both may be white-hot putters. |
| 6 | Casey Jarvis and AJ Ewart | First-timer firepower. Jarvis is simply 22 years previous, however he lately went Win-Win-T2 on the DP World Tour in February and sits fourth within the Race to Dubai. Ewart, 26, is managing his first season on TOUR with moxie after medaling at PGA TOUR Q-School offered by Korn Ferry. |
| 5 | Aaron Rai and Sahith Theegala | These two are working it again after debuting as a partnership with a T18 final yr. It was an uncharacteristically remoted brilliant spot for Theegala, however he is since returned to his acquainted persistently sturdy self. Rai, who has three prime 20s in 4 appearances, lately battled a sore neck. |
| 4 | Ryan Gerard and Sudarshan Yellamaraju | After bridging the vacations with three straight runner-up finishes worldwide, Gerard has retreated into inconsistency, so this midseason wrinkle presents a possibility to reset. Yellamaraju debuts because the alternative for an additional lefty, David Ford, who withdrew. The rookie is the star of his class. |
| 3 | Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak | When Novak went off for an eagle and 7 birdies en path to a third-round 65 at Harbor Town final week, it was comprehensible if Griffin informed him to avoid wasting of that scoring for his or her title protection this week. Griffin has but to attach for a prime 15 in 2026, so this assembly arrives as a terrific time. |
| 2 | Brooks Koepka and Shane Lowry | Premium mix. With his teammate from their victory in 2024, Rory McIlroy, sitting this one out, Lowry “settles” for an additional a number of main champion to chase one other. Koepka has three appearances on his résumé, and he has logged a T9 and one other three prime 20s in his final 5 begins regardless of shaky placing. |
| 1 | Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick | The British brothers are again for a fourth installment of their pure partnership (T19-T11-MC), solely this time every arrives having lifted a trophy on their residence circuit in its final begin. Matt is recent off a playoff win on the RBC Heritage, whereas Alex took the title on the Hero Indian Open three weeks in the past. |
