As you've no doubt heard by now, at the 2018 Zurich Classic, each two-man team making the 36-hole cut will have a walk-on song to the first tee for Saturday and Sunday rounds at TPC Louisiana.
Great!
Each team, however, will only get a 10-second sample of their chosen song, which is a gip. It should be at least 30 seconds. (Fair use!)
However, with 10 of the top 14 players in the world in the second-year team event, we get a bit of a window into the personalities of these players. Consider Justin Thomas and Bud Cauley, who went with "Circle of Life" from "The Lion King" soundtrack. Or Keegan Bradley and Jon Curran, Massachusetts guys, who of course picked Dropkick Murphys' "Shippin' Up to Boston." Retief Goosen and Tyrone Van Aswegen, one of two South African duos, went with Toto's "Africa."
There are some repeats. Tupac Shakur's "California Love" was picked up Charley Hoffman and Nick Watney, as well Brendan Steele and Jamie Lovemark. Metallica's "Enter Sandman" was chosen by Ryan Armour and Johnson Wagner, as well Ben Silverman and Matt Atkins, and then by Chris Stroud and Brian Stuard. Not particularly original choices anyhow.
Metallica is the most popular band or artist selected so far, picked by four teams.
Here's a look at the full list of 2018 Zurich Classic walk-on songs, as reported by PGATour.com. (NOTE: Not every team has picked a song yet.)
2018 Zurich Classic walk-on songs
- Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay -- "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
- Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello -- "The Best" by Tina Turner
- Justin Thomas and Bud Cauley -- "Circle of Life" by Carmen Twillie
- Jason Day and Ryan Ruffels -- "Down Under" by Men at work
- Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson -- "Gold" by Spandau Ballet
- Jon Rahm and Wesley Bryan -- "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar
- William McGirt and Sam Burns -- "Callin' Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks
- Kevin Na and Byeong Hun An -- "Make 'Em Say Uhh" by Master P
- Chris Kirk and J.T. Poston -- "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
- Chez Reavie and Lucas Glover -- "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica
- Martin Piller and Joel Dahmen -- "Lovumba" by Daddy Yankee
- K.J. Choi and Charlie Wi -- "Gangnam Style" by PSY
- Ryan Armour and Johnson Wagner -- "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
- C.T. Pan and Zac Blair -- "Half Time" by Ying Yang Twins
- Tyrone Van Aswegen and Retief Goosen -- "Africa" by Toto
- Tom Hoge and J.J. Henry -- "Right Now" by Van Halen
- Shawn Stefani and John Rollins -- "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
- Tony Finau and Daniel Summerhays -- "Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)" by Zapp & Roger
- Keith Mitchell and Stephan Jaeger -- "Pizza Guy" by Touch Sensitive
- Ben Silverman and Matt Atkins -- "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
- Zach Johnson and Jonathan Byrd -- "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
- Greg Chalmers and Cameron Percy -- "Down Under" by Men at Work
- Keegan Bradley and Jon Curran -- "Shipping up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys
- Brendan Steele and Jamie Lovemark -- "California Love" by Tupac
- Charley Hoffman and Nick Watney -- "California Love" by Tupac
- Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy -- "Young Forever" by Jay Z ft. Mrs. Hudson
- Cody Gribble and John Peterson -- "Careless Whisper" by George Michael
- Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly -- "As Good As I Once Was" by Toby Keith
- Chris Stroud and Brian Stuard -- "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
- Kevin Tway and Kelly Kraft -- "Gucci Gang" by Lil Pump
- DA Points and Kyle Thompson -- "Working for the weekend" by Loverboy
- Mac Hughes and Corey Conners -- "Big League " by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
- Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington -- "Beautiful Day" by U2
- Russell Knox and Martin Laird -- "Flower of Scotland“
- Gary Woodland and Daniel Berger -- "Forever" by Drake
- Brandon Harkins and Lanto Griffin -- "Started From the Bottom" by Drake
- Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown -- "Slippery" by Migos
- Andrew Landry and Talor Gooch -- "Big Poppa" by Notorious BIG
- Matt Every and Sam Saunders -- "Running With the Devil" by Van Halen
- Emiliano Grillo and Peter Uihlein -- "Mi Gente (Remix)" by J Balvin, Willy William, Busta K.
- Jamie Donaldson and Ross Fisher -- "Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap
- Harold Varner III and Robert Garrigus -- "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
- Alex Cejka and Ben Crane -- "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
- Abraham Ancer and Roberto Diaz -- "Mexico Lindo y Querido" by Vicente Fernandez
- Xinjun Zhang and Zecheng Dou -- "Believe in Myself" by Zero Point Band
