It’s Saturday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which means it is finally time for a tournament tradition unlike any other.
Players have feasted on beignets, chargrilled oysters, jambalaya and all the other delicacies that make Nawlins a non-stop party.
But Saturday is for the … wait for it … wait for it … the walk-up music.
New Orleans is a city with its own soundtrack – the tournament usually coincides with the Jazz Festival, but it starts a week later this year – and you don’t have to go very far to hear live jazz in the French Quarter. Sometimes, all you have to do is stand on Bourbon Street.
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We think first tee tunes should be a more regular thing – maybe not at the staid British Open but who doesn’t love hearing a little diddy when a batter steps into the batter’s box at a baseball game? For now, we’ll settle for this one-hit wonder at the Zurich and appreciate the time and thought the players gave to what apparently can be a challenging exercise – just ask Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa. (This list was curated before the cut was made on Friday night.)
Here are a few of our favorites with the entire list at the bottom:
Players | Song | Artist |
Scheffler / Palmer | University of Texas Fight Song: Texas Fight | |
Streb / Merritt | Ain’t as good as I once was | Toby Keith |
Whaley / Hodges | Public Service Announcement | Jay-Z |
Thompson / Hardy | Wild Thing | The Troggs |
Rose / Stenson | All of Me |
Jason Agel, John Legend, and Tiësto |
Homa / Gooch | Devastated | Joey Badass |
Bradley / Steele | Bulls On Parade | Rage Against the Machine |
Creel / Ramey | Pretty Good at Drinkin Beer | Billy Currington |
Creel / Ramey | More Beer | |
Cantlay / Schauffele | House Of The Rising Sun | The Animals |
Brehm / Hubbard | Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Kim / Yul Noh | Butter | BTS |
Knox / Stuard | Straight Down The Middle | |
Burns / Horschel | Louisiana Saturday Night | Mel McDaniel |
Varner / Watson | Coming In Hot | Lecrae & Andy Mineo |
Hatton / Willett | All Of The Lights | Kanye West (Ft. Rihanna) |
Mitchell / Snedeker | Everybody Wanna Get Rich Rite Away | Dr. John |
Hoffman / Watney | Go DJ | Lil’ Wayne |
Kizzire / Poston | Callin’ Baton Rouge | Garth Brooks |
Tringale / Clark | Afternoon Delight | Starland Vocal Band |
Scrivener / Day | Rock And Roll Part 2 | Gary Glitter |
Higgs / Smotherman | Like A Prayer | Madism, Masove, Brendan Mills (ft Tess Burrstone) |
Dahmen / Jaeger | Who Let The Dogs Out | Baha Men |
Hovland / Morikawa | Sandstorm | Darude |
Schenk / Duncan | Boogie Nights | Heatwave |
Horsfield / Wallace | Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond |
Wu / Lower | Sirius | Alan Parsons |
Laird / MacIntyre | We Will Rock You | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Knous / Trainer | Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley |
Kohles / McCarthy | Runaway (U & I) Premiere | Galantis |
Bryan / Mullinax | We Don’t Talk About Bruno | Carolina Gaitán – La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto – Cast |
Hagy / Percy | The Motto | Drake ft. Lil Wayne |
Trainer / Knous | Wake Me Up | Avicii |
Hahn / Chappell | California Love | Tupac |
Higgo / Grace | Immigrant Song | Led Zeppelin |
Piercy / O’Hair | Careless Whisper | Wham! |
Bramlett / McNealy | Loyal | Chris Brown |
Hadwin / Svenson | Limelight (HQ) | Rush |
Gutchewski / Points | Pour Some Sugar On Me | Def Leppard |
Herbert / Atwal | Mundian To Bach Ke | Panjabi MC |
Lebioda / Seiffert | Happy | Pharrell Williams |
Redman / Ryder | Uptown Funk | Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars |
Zalatoris / Riley | Legend | |
Chesson / Hadley | Right Above It | Lil’ Wayne (Ft. Drake) |
McDowell / Powers | Supersonic | Oasis |
Wolfe / Reeves | Whoomp There It Is | Tag Team |
Fleetwood / Garcia | Friends Will Be Friends | Queen |
Poulter / Lowry | Under Pressure | David Bowie [With Queen] |
Garrigus / Gainey | The Dukes of Hazzard | Waylon Jennings |
Ghim / Schwab | Touch The Sky | Kanya West ft. Lupe Fiasco |
Theegala / Hossler | Waves | Mr. Probz |
Stallings / Garnett | If Heaven Ain’t A Lot Like Dixie | |
David / Skinns | We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions | Queen |
Todd / Kirk | Let’s Go | Trick Daddy (ft. Big D Twista) |
Smith / Leishman | Pub Feed | The Chats |