The second Grant Thornton Invitational takes place Dec. 13-15 at Tiburon Golf Membership in Naples, Florida.
Right here’s some need-to-know data for the mixed-gender match.
Who’s within the subject?
The 16 two-person groups are comprised of PGA Tour and LPGA gamers. Listed below are the 2024 tandems:
- Akshay Bhatia/Jennifer Kupcho
- Cameron Champ/Mel Reid
- Corey Conners/Brooke Henderson
- Jason Day/Lydia Ko
- Nick Dunlap/Gabriela Ruffels
- Tony Finau/Nelly Korda
- Rickie Fowler/Lexi Thompson
- Max Greyserman/Andrea Lee
- Tom Kim/Jeeno Thitikul
- Jake Knapp/Patty Tavatanakit
- Matt Kuchar/Megan Khang
- Luke Record/Lilia Vu
- Matthieu Pavon/Celine Boutier
- J.T. Poston/Maja Stark
- Cameron Younger/Lauren Coughlin
- Sahith Theegala/Allisen Corpuz
What’s the format?
The 54-hole occasion employs scramble, foursomes and blended fourball codecs. Right here’s a breakdown of these three, per match officers:
Spherical 1: Scramble
Every participant hits a tee shot and the staff selects the ball for use for the following stroke. From there, each gamers hit their subsequent pictures from that spot. This course of continues till the ball is holed.
Spherical 2: Foursomes (alternate shot)
Every staff’s gamers alternate hitting pictures with the identical ball till the ball is holed. One participant will tee off on the odd-numbered holes, and the opposite tees off on the even-numbered holes.
Spherical 3: Modified fourball
Each gamers tee off, after which they swap balls for his or her second pictures and play that very same ball till it’s holed. The decrease rating of the companions is then counted because the staff rating for the outlet.
Who’re the defending champions?
Aussies Lydia Ko and Jason Day shot 58-66-66 to win by one shot over Canadians Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners.
What’s the purse and prize cash?
The complete purse is $4 million with the profitable staff sharing $1 million.
The right way to watch (all occasions ET):
Friday, Dec. 13
- 1-4PM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
Saturday, Dec. 14
- 2-3PM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
- 3-5PM: NBC/Peacock/NBC Sports activities app
Sunday, Dec. 15
- 1-2PM: Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app
- 2-4PM: NBC/Peacock/NBC Sports activities app
