The inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational is here and it’s sure to be a great week at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
PGA Tour and LPGA stars have teamed up and are ready to do battle over the course of three days. The first round will be a scramble, the second foursomes (alternate shot) and there will be a new format in play on Sunday. The “modified fourball” consists of both players hitting a tee shot, then switching balls for their second shots and playing that ball until they complete the hole. The lowest of the two scores will count for the team.
Here are some of the notable pairings: Tony Finau/Nelly Korda, Rickie Fowler/Lexi Thompson, Sahith Theegala/Rose Zhang and Lydia Ko/Jason Day. The No.1-ranked Lilia Vu will play alongside fan-favorite Joel Dahmen.
This will be the first co-sanctioned event between the Tour and LPGA since 1999.
Golf course
Tiburon Golf Club | Par 72 | Home to LPGA’s CME Group Tour Championship
The 18th hole at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. (Photo: Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
Format, teams and betting preview
| Round/Day | Format |
| Round 1/Friday | Scramble |
| Round 2/Saturday | Alternate Shot |
| Round 3/Sunday | Modified Fourball |
Men’s yardage: 7,382 yards
Women’s yardage: 6,595 yards
| PGA Tour | LPGA |
| Ludvig Aberg | |
| Cameron Champ | Allisen Corpuz |
| Corey Conners | Brooke Henderson |
| Joel Dahmen | Lilia Vu |
| Jason Day | Lydia Ko |
| Harris English | Celine Boutier |
| Tony Finau | Nelly Korda |
| Rickie Fowler | Lexi Thompson |
| Lucas Glover | Leona Maguire |
| Russell Henley | Mel Reid |
| Tom Hoge | Cheyenne Knight |
| Billy Horschel | Andrea Lee |
| Denny McCarthy | Megan Khang |
| Justin Rose | Charley Hull |
| Nick Taylor | Ruoning Yin |
| Sahith Theegala | Rose Zhang |
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Finau/Korda | (+550) | Taylor/Yin | (+1400) |
| Aberg/Sagstrom | (+700) | Day/Ko | (+1400) |
| Rose/Hull | (+1000) | Dahmen/Vu | (+1400) |
| Theegala/Zhang | (+1100) | McCarthy/Khang | (+1600) |
| Glover/Maguire | (+1100) | Horschel/Lee | (+1800) |
| Fowler/Thompson | (+1100) | Hoge/Knight | (+2000) |
| English/Boutier | (+1200) | Henley/Reid | (+2000) |
| Conners/Henderson | (+1200) | Champ/Corpuz | (+2500) |
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