Leaderboard: Round 2 of John Deere Classic

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Ryan Palmer and Jon Rahm shot a 3-under 69 in the alternate-shot final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday and won the PGA TOUR’s only team event by three strokes over Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood. The victory was the fourth on the tour for the 42-year-old Palmer, but first in nearly a decade. Having last won in 2010 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Palmer waved and gave a thumbs-up to TV cameras as he walked up the 18th fairway with a throng of fans applauding his and Rahm’s impending triumph. The 24-year-old Rahm won his third PGA TOUR title — one each in three straight seasons. He finished in the top 10 for the seventh time this year, including a tie for ninth at the Masters a couple weeks earlier. Palmer-Rahm finished with a 26-under 262 total at the TPC Louisiana, which had dried out considerably since heavy rains delayed the first round by more than seven hours and forced many players to play more than 18 holes on Friday and Saturday to get the event back on schedule. Opening the alternate-shot final round tied atop the leaderboard with Scott Stallings and Trey Mullinax, Palmer-Rahm surged to a two-stroke lead in just two holes after Stallings-Mullinax bogeyed the first hole and Rahm nearly holed out from the fringe to set up Palmer’s 1-foot birdie putt on the par-5 second. Palmer-Rahm never lost the lead after that, making birdies on 13 and 14 at virtually the same time Garcia-Fleetwood were making birdie on 17 and 18. From there, they just had to avoid mistakes — and did. The teams of Kyoung-Hoon Lee-Matt Every and Brian Gay-Rory Sabbatini tied for third, five shots behind.

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LAS VEGAS - Ian Poulter has never been afraid to set trends. Even if he's the only one following them. The Englishman has provided the perfect pants so far during THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, busting out custom print Las Vegas themed trousers over the first few days. RELATED: Full leaderboard | What the pros are playing at Shadow Creek The 44-year-old has never been shy with his fashion choices and forewarned of his slacks on twitter prior to the opening round, showing off a bright red poker chip theme. "Whilst in Vegas, Let's do Vegas!" he tweeted on his way to the course. Poulter has worn wild pants many times before including - but not limited to - the union jack, stars and stripes, gold chiffon and all manner of tartan. In Friday's second round he sported a slightly less loud version but kept up with the wacky theme with a busy print featuring dice, stars, fruits, swirls and all sorts of colorful concoctions splattered across his lower body. "Well we really can’t have any fun at all in Vegas in terms of going out or hitting the casino floors so then we might as well have some fun on the golf course," Poulter said after backing up his opening 3-under 69 with a 70 to sit 5-under and tied 13tg through two rounds at Shadow Creek. "I managed to find some fabrics which the guys that make my pants worked with. I chose some funny prints and they made the into the fun trousers. It's quite nice to have some fun when you're in Vegas," he added. While many people bring lucky charms to Las Vegas, Poulter stopped short of saying they were lucky pants. "Let' s not get carried away with my pants," he laughed. "They'll be worn once and once only but it's nice to still have some fun while we are in town. I hope people enjoy them like I do." But what of the final two rounds? Poulter says we'll just have to wait and see.

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