The Grant Thornton Invitational is an annual golf tournament for two-player mixed teams, consisting of PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players. It is held at the Tiburón Golf Club in the Naples, Florida. It was first played in 2023 and replaced the QBE Shootout on the PGA Tour schedule.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Naples, Florida |
| Established | 2024 |
| Course(s) | Tiburón Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,382 yards (6,750 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$4,000,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 190 Jason Day and Lydia Ko (2024) |
| To par | −26 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Jason Day and Lydia Ko | |
| Location map | |
  Tiburón GC Location in the United States  Tiburón GC Location in Florida | |
History
editThe tournament feature 16 mixed teams where an LPGA Tour player linked up with a PGA Tour golfer, in the first mixed-team event since the JCPenney Classic in 1999.[2] It is contested over three rounds and consist of 18 holes of scramble, 18 holes of foursomes (alternate shot) and 18 holes of modified four-ball. New Zealander Lydia Ko and Australian Jason Day clinched victory one stroke ahead of a Canadian team in the inaugural tournament.[3]
Winners
edit| Year | Winners | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||||
| 2023 | 190 | −26 | 1 stroke |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Shedloski, Dave (December 10, 2023). "Amid the tense debate over pro golf's future, the LPGA/PGA Tour's mixed event offers a lesson: Don't forget about the golf". Golf Digest. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ "Grant Thornton Invitational". LPGA. February 22, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ "Grant Thornton Invitational: Lydia Ko delivers big moment to win mixed event with Jason Day". Sky Sports. December 10, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
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