April 21, 2012
PGA TOUR staff
| Top 10s |
| FedExCup standings | PGA TOUR Money List | Official World Golf Ranking | | Bubba Watson (2) | Bubba Watson (1) | Luke Donald (2) | | Carl Pettersson (4) | Justin Rose (5) | Bubba Watson (4) | | Justin Rose (8) | Carl Pettersson (6) | Steve Stricker (7) | | Brandt Snedeker (10) | | Justin Rose (10) | |
| 2012 Tournament Winners |
| Steve Stricker | 1 | Hyundai Tournament of Champions | | Brandt Snedeker | 1 | Farmers Insurance Open | | John Huh | 1 | Mayakoba Golf Classic | | George McNeill | 1 | Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com | | Justin Rose | 1 | World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship | | Luke Donald | 1 | Transitions Championship | | Bubba Watson | 1 | Masters | | Carl Pettersson | 1 | RBC Heritage | | Ben Curtis | 1 | Valero Texas Open | |
| Past winners of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
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| Jason Bohn (2010) | Jerry Kelly (2009) | | Andres Romero (2008) | Nick Watney (2007) | | Chris Couch (2006) | Tim Petrovic (2005) | | Vijay Singh (2004) | Steve Flesch (2003) | | K.J. Choi (2002) | David Toms (2001) | | Brad Faxon (1997) | Scott McCarron (1996) | |
| Major winners |
| Bubba Watson | 1 | 2012 Masters | | Ben Curtis | 1 | 2003 British Open | | Geoff Ogilvy | 1 | 2006 U.S. Open | | Graeme McDowell | 1 | 2010 U.S. Open | | Trevor Immelman | 1 | 2008 Masters | | Keegan Bradley | 1 | 2011 PGA Championship | | Lucas Glover | 1 | 2009 U.S. Open | | Justin Leonard | 1 | 1997 British Open | | David Duval | 1 | 2001 British Open | | David Toms | 1 | 2001 PGA Championship | | Angel Cabrera | 2 | 2007 U.S. Open, 2009 Masters | | Retief Goosen | 2 | 2001, 2004 U.S. Open | | Ernie Els | 3 | 1994, 1997 U.S. Open, 2002 British Open | |
| International players |
 | Argentina | Andres Romero, Miguel Angel Carballo, Angel Cabrera |  | Australia | Geoff Ogilvy, Nathan Green, Mathew Goggin, Greg Chalmers, Nick O'Hern, Stuart Appleby, John Senden, Rod Pampling, Gavin Coles |  | Brazil | Alexandre Rocha |  | Canada | David Byrne, Graham DeLaet, David Hearn, Stephen Ames |  | Colombia | Camilo Villegas |  | England | Justin Rose, Luke Donald, Brian Davis, Gary Christian, Greg Owen |  | Germany | Alex Cejka |  | India | Arjun Atwal |  | Japan | Ryuji Imada |  | Korea | Seung-Yul Noh, K.J. Choi, Sunghoon Kang |  | New Zealand | Danny Lee |  | Northern Ireland | Graeme McDowell |  | Scotland | Russell Knox |  | South Africa | Trevor Immelman, Garth Mulroy, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen |  | Sweden | Jonas Blixt, Peter Hanson, Carl Pettersson, Daniel Chopra, Robert Karlsson |  | Zimbabwe | Brendon de Jonge | |
| Younger and older |
| Young Guns (under 30) | Grizzled Vets (40 and over) | | Seung-Yul Noh | Colt Knost | Gary Christian | Rod Pampling | | David Byrne | Russell Knox | David Duval | Patrick Sheehan | | John Peterson | Webb Simpson | Harrison Frazar | Gavin Coles | | John Huh | Brendon Todd | Brian Gay | Chris DiMarco | | Danny Lee | Mark Anderson | Nick O'Hern | Ken Duke | | Harris English | Roberto Castro | Greg Owen | Tom Gillis | | Rickie Fowler | Jason Kokrak | Stuart Appleby | Retief Goosen | | Richard H. Lee | Spencer Levin | Alex Cejka | Michael Bradley | | Jamie Lovemark | Scott Stallings | K.J. Choi | Jerry Kelly | | Cameron Tringale | Charlie Beljan | John Senden | Billy Mayfair | | Keegan Bradley | Jonas Blixt | Jake Narro | Tim Petrovic | | Sunghoon Kang | Matt Every | Cameron Beckman | Steve Stricker | | Brian Harman | Kevin Kisner | Angel Cabrera | David Toms | | Bobby Gates | Jeff Overton | Ernie Els | Bob Estes | | Anthony Kim | Kyle Reifers | Tim Herron | Brandt Jobe | | Chris Kirk | Daniel Summerhays | Robert Karlsson | Scott Verplank | | Ted Potter Jr. | Scott Brown | Duffy Waldorf | Stephen Ames | | Billy Hurley III | | Tom Pernice Jr. | Marco Dawson | | | | Fred Funk | Jeff Maggert | | | | Rocco Mediate | | |
| Field updates |
| Billy Mayfair | W/D After Deadline | | Fran Quinn | W/D After Deadline | | Scott Dunlap | Sponsor-Qualifying Tournament | | Neal Lancaster | W/D After Deadline | | Tom Gillis | W/D After Deadline | | Daniel Chopra | Commit | | Arjun Atwal | W/D After Deadline | | Kyle Thompson | Commit | | Kevin Stadler | W/D After Deadline | | Brandt Snedeker | W/D After Deadline | | Michael Putnam | Sponsor-Qualifying Tournament | | Billy Horschel | Open Qualifier | | Anthony Kim | W/D After Deadline | | Bud Cauley | Commit | | John Huh | W/D After Deadline | | Patrick Reed | Open Qualifier | | Joey McLister | Open Qualifier | | Phillip Hui | Open Qualifier | | John Daly | Sponsor-Unrestricted | | Boo Weekley | W/D After Deadline | | Harrison Frazar | W/D After Deadline | | Garrett Willis | W/D After Deadline | |
Who's playing at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans? We've analyzed the field based on the following categories (please check the bottom for late-breaking updates to the field):