Jonas Blixt (left) and Cameron Smith lead Zurich Classic.

Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith posted a 10-under 62 in Friday’s four-ball format to move into the lead at the Zurich Classic at Avondale, La., which is in its first year of a new team format. Blixt and Smith have a two-day total of 15-under 129 to lead by one over Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay. The K.J Choi-Charlie Wi and Troy Merritt-Robert Streb pairings are tied for third at 13-under. The four-ball format has each member of a two-man team playing his own ball throughout a round, with only the best score on each hole recorded. The same format will be used Sunday. The first and third rounds have an alternate-shot format. The change from the alternate-shot approach produced much lower scores Friday. The Zurich Classic was a standard individual tournament until changing formats this year. This marks the PGA Tour’s first official team event since the 1981 Disney Classic. David Lingmerth (Arkansas Razorbacks) and Danny Lee shot a 10-under 62 and were tied with eight other teams for 14th at 10 under. Ken Duke (Arkadelphia, Henderson State) and Chad Collins did not make the cut.

The first team event on the PGA Tour in 36 years has produced the first penalty for slow play since 1995. PGA Tour officials said Friday that Miguel Angel Carballo and Brian Campbell were penalized one shot on the 14th hole of the opening round at the Zurich Classic for their second bad time. They opened with a 74 in foursomes. They were on the clock when Carballo went over his allotted time on the 12th hole. Then, Campbell had a bad time on the 14th hole. Typically, a player receives a warning after the first bad time and a one-shot penalty after his second. Because they were a team in foursomes, however, rules specify that a “player” includes his partners. Until Thursday, the last time a PGA Tour player was penalized one shot for pace of play was Glen Day (Little Rock) in the third round of the 1995 Honda Classic.