Massachusetts natives Richy Werenski and Peter Uihlein teamed up to finish third at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon.
Werenski and Uihlein posted a score of 19-under par to finish two shots back of winners Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith.
“It’s easy with a partner like Richy, he drives it on a string and makes everything. So yeah, obviously I was playing well, I felt like foursomes was a pretty good game for us and coming into it we felt really good and we had a good game plan and I feel like we executed it pretty well,” said Uihlein after the round.
Werenski added, “Especially he’s — he says I played good, but he carried the team. He knows it. But we had a great time, it’s, I love coming to this one, Louisiana is fun, so we had a great week, looking forward to next year.”
The Massachusetts team finished one shot ahead of a plethora of players, including Vermont’s Keegan Bradley.
Leishman and Smith beat the team of Louie Oosthuizen and Charlenes Schwartzel in a playoff .
Recent Success for Uihlein
It has been a good stretch for New Bedford’s Uihlein.
Last week, he won the MGM Resorts Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour.
“I haven’t played well in a couple years and I have been playing pretty good since Pebble, really. I feel like my game’s getting better. So this week was a fun week coming off a win and playing with Richy was great, freed me up and we had a lot of fun,” added Uihlein.
It was his second Korn Ferry Tour victory, but first since 2017 .