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Jordan Spieth will return to Zach Johnson Foundation Classic
The Gazette
Jun. 15, 2016 2:32 pm
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The world's No. 2-ranked golfer is returning to Cedar Rapids for the sixth annual Zach Johnson Foundation Classic.
Two-time major champion Jordan Spieth will play in the Cedar Rapids native's event at Elmcrest Country Club for the third consecutive year on June 27, the friends announced in a video posted on Twitter from the U.S. Open.
Exciting new announcement to June 15, 2016
Exciting new announcement to #ZJFClassic16 field. Check out the video. pic.twitter.com/ImarkPZrif
— Zach Johnson (@ZachJohnsonPGA)
Spieth will join PGA Tour pros Rickie Fowler and Jim Furyk, LPGA star Azahara Munoz and more in Cedar Rapids.
Free tickets can be picked up at Cedar Rapids or Marion Hy-Vee stores.
Money raised at the gala, auction and charity pro-am golf tournament benefits local program Kids on Course.
Spieth and Johnson are in the same U.S. Open pairing, teeing off at 7:35 a.m. Thursday at Oakmont Country Club in Plum, Pa., along with Bryson DeChambeau.
2015 Coverage
Jordan Spieth (left) and Zach Johnson (right) smile on the 18th hole during the practice rounds on Wednesday of the 2016 U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont CC on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (Michael Madrid/USA TODAY Sports)
Former NFL and Iowa football player Dallas Clark watches PGA golfer Jordan Spieth as he putts onto the green of hole sixteen during the fifth annual Zach Johnson Foundation Classic at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids on Monday, July 6, 2015. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)