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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Olympic gold and silver medalists Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson were among the first to sign up for the PGA Tours first team event since 1981.The Zurich Classic outside New Orleans will feature 80 two-man teams, and both players will receive credit for an official victory, the tour said Monday.Rose outlasted Stenson in the final round at Rio to capture the gold medal. They also have gone 4-2 as partners in the last two Ryder Cups.The addition of a team format adds a new, incredibly exciting element to the event, said Rose, who has a sponsorship deal with Zurich. Henrik and I are very excited to tee it up together in April, and hopefully we can continue our longstanding chemistry and success in team formats.Jason Day, the worlds No. 1 player, and Rickie Fowler also announced plans to compete as a team.The Zurich Classic is April 27-30 at the TPC Louisiana. It will feature two rounds of foursomes (Thursday and Saturday) and two rounds of fourballs. Tour officials felt it was important to have foursomes (alternate shot) as part of the format so that both players contributed.The winning team will each get credit for an official PGA Tour victory and be exempt into the Tournament of Champions and the PGA Championship, just like a regular PGA Tour event. It does not include an exemption to the Masters, which is held three weeks before the Zurich Classic.Prize money and FedEx Cup points will be distributed based on sharing points for two positions. Using last years prize money, first place ($1,260,000) and second place ($756,000) would be combined and then split, awarding each player $1,008,000. The runner-ups would split third- and fourth-place money. For the FedEx Cup, because first place is worth 500 points and second place is worth 300 points, each winner would get 400 points.The last official team event was the Walt Disney World Team Championship in 1981.Players can pick their own partners, provided they have PGA Tour status or receive a sponsors exemption.That creates a field of 160 players, with a cut after the second round to the top 35 ties. In case of a tie, a playoff would be determined using fourballs.The tour hopes to create more interest and to complement the team format used in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and World Cup. The PGA Tour now has stroke play, match play, modified Stableford scoring (Barracuda Championship) and now a team format. Scarpe Air Max Tavas Scontate . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. Air Max Scontate Donne . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. http://www.airmaxitaliascarpe.it/scarpe-air-max2-light-scontate.html . Perez, 35, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.69 earned-run average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training. Air Max Scontate . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. Air Max Plus Ingrosso . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. African discus champion Victor Hogan was dropped from South Africas Olympic team on Thursday after he failed a doping test and was banned for two years.South African anti-doping agency chief executive Khalid Galant said in a text message to the Associated Press that Hogan tested positive for methylhexaneamine at the national championships in April, when he threw a personal best of 67.62 meters.His B sample also tested positive, and Hogans sanction was decided on Tuesday. Hogan did not contest the findings, Galant said in the message.Hogans doping ban was embarrassing for Athletics South Africa after it announced last week that all its events this season were free of doping. ASA said on Thursday that Hogan was axed from the Olympic team.Hogan is a three-time African champion and retained his title at the continental championships last month in Durban, South Africa, two months after the failed test.ASA must now consider if Hogan, who turns 27 this month, should be stripped of any titles, Galant said.Hogan was 13th at last years world championships and fifth in the 2013 words. He was ranked No. 6 in the world ahead of the Olympics.South Africa will send 137 athletess to the Rio de Janeiro Games, with its team headlined by medal contenders Caster Semenya, Wayde van Niekerk, and Chad le Clos.ddddddddddddSemenya has been in dominant form this season in the 800 meters and appears the outright favorite for gold at Rio. She will concentrate solely on the 800 at the Olympics, the South African Olympic Committee said, after Semenya suggested she might double up and also compete in the 400. Shes qualified for both.Semenya was the 2009 world champion at the age of 18 before a gender-test scandal led to her being sidelined for nearly a year by the IAAF. She won silver medals at the 2011 world championships and 2012 London Olympics.Van Niekerk is the world champion in the 400 meters.Le Clos won gold in the 200-meter butterfly and silver in the 100 butterfly at the London Games. Hes set to renew his Olympic rivalry with Michael Phelps in Rio.South Africa also has a strong chance of a medal in rugby sevens.Nine-time major winner Gary Player, who is 80, will be the coach of the South African Olympic golf team. ' ' '