The 2022 QBE Shootout has announced the 12 two-person teams that will compete at this year’s tournament, set for Dec. 7-11 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
For the first time in the QBE’s 34-year history, two LPGA golfers will be competing: Nelly Korda, the world’s No. 1 ranked player will make her QBE debut, and No. 7 ranked Lexi Thompson will return for her seventh tournament.
Here’s a closer look at the 12 teams who will compete for the $3.8 million purse.
Harris English prepares to take a putt on the eighteenth hole during the second round of the Cadence Bank Houston Open golf tournament. (Photo: Erik Williams/USA TODAY Sports)
English and Kuchar, three-time QBE Shootout winners, will partner for the eighth time. The most successful pairing in tournament history, this team has also recorded two runner-up finishes (2014, 2015). The duo holds the tournament record for the largest margin of victory, nine strokes in 2020.
Max Homa and Kevin Kisner talk on the second green during the first round of the QBE Shootout at Tiburon Golf Club on December 10, 2021 in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
Homa and Kisner finished fifth at last year’s Shootout in their first pairing. Kisner will be playing in his sixth QBE and finished fourth in 2016 when partnered with Kevin Chappell. Homa won three times on Tour in the past calendar year, including a successful defense of his 2021 Fortinet Championship this fall. Both were members of this year’s victorious U.S. team in the Presidents Cup, with Homa going 4-0 in his debut.
Nelly Korda tees off on the ninth hole during the second round of 2022 CME Group Tour Championship at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. (Photo: Chris Tilley/Special to the Daily News)
Korda (age 24) and McCarthy (29) will be the youngest team in this year’s field and are both making their Shootout debuts. The last time a rookie team won the QBE Shootout was Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele in 2011. Korda and McCarthy have combined for a dozen top 10 finishes this calendar year, with Korda notching seven and McCarthy five.
Trey Mullinax hits a tee shot on the ninth hole during the final round of the Cadence Bank Houston Open golf tournament. (Photo: Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports)
Mullinax will be making his Shootout debut. This will be Stallings’ second appearance and first since 2011. Mullinax won…
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