Lydia Ko and Jason Day have a good time a birdie throughout their successful marketing campaign on the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational.
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When you’ve been hurting for some PGA and LPGA Tour motion as each excursions wind down their 2024 seasons, then one week in December ought to make you’re feeling loads higher.
From December 13-15, 32 prime PGA Tour and LPGA Tour professionals will tee it up within the second-annual Grant Thornton Invitational. The distinctive occasion, which started final yr, options 16 blended groups that includes one PGA and one LPGA participant every.
It represents the one likelihood for golf followers to observe the most effective women and men golfers on the planet competing with and towards one another for severe money: a $4 million purse.
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On Tuesday, event officers introduced the ultimate 12 groups who will participate within the occasion subsequent month, and it consists of some formidable duos. Rising LPGA star Rose Zhang will crew up with Sahith Theegala, each members of the newest U.S. Solheim and Presidents Cup groups, respectively.
Fellow French professionals Matthieu Pavon and World No. 8 Céline Boutier, who each competed for his or her nation on the Paris Olympics this summer time, make up one other heavy-hitting crew.
World No. 2 Lilia Vu and fellow American Luke Record are additionally featured among the many 12 recently-announced pairings.
They’ll be part of 4 star-studded groups that had beforehand been revealed: defending champions Lydia Ko and Jason Day, World No. 1 Nelly Korda and Tony Finau, Lexi Thompson and Rickie Fowler, and Jeeno Thitikul and Tom Kim.
Beneath yow will discover the total listing of 16 groups competing on this yr’s Grant Thornton Invitational.
2024 Grant Thornton Invitational area, groups
– Lydia Ko and Jason Day
– Nelly Korda and Tony Finau
– Lexi Thompson and Rickie Fowler
– Jeeno Thitikul and Tom Kim
– Céline Boutier and Matthieu Pavon
– Rose Zhang and Sahith Theegala
– Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners
– Lauren Coughlin and Cameron Younger
– Andrea Lee and Billy Horschel
– Mel Reid and Cameron Champ
– Lilia Vu and Luke Record
– Gabriela Ruffels and Nick Dunlap
– Megan Khang and Matt Kuchar
– Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp
– Jennifer Kupcho and Akshay Bhatia
– Maja Stark and J.T. Poston
The occasion, which might be held at Tiburon Golf Membership in Naples, Fla., for the second yr in a row, includes a distinctive format for event golf. Gamers will compete throughout three rounds from Friday-Sunday. The primary spherical might be performed as a scramble and the second spherical might be a conventional foursomes format.
The ultimate spherical sports activities an particularly attention-grabbing modified four-ball format, the place every participant hits a tee shot, then they swap balls for the remainder of the outlet, with the bottom rating between then counting.
