Star-studded field of PGA, LPGA stars unveiled for Grant Thornton mixed-team event

If you’ve been hurting for some PGA and LPGA Tour action as both tours wind down their 2024 seasons, then one week in December should make you feel a lot better.
 
From December 13-15, 32 top PGA Tour and LPGA Tour pros will tee it up in the second-annual Grant Thornton Invitational. The unique event, which began last year, features 16 mixed teams featuring one PGA and one LPGA player each.
 
It represents the only chance for golf fans to watch the best men and women golfers on the planet competing with and against each other for serious cash: a $4 million purse.

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On Tuesday, tournament officials announced the final 12 teams who will take part in the event next month, and it includes some formidable duos. Rising LPGA star Rose Zhang will team up with Sahith Theegala, both members of the most recent U.S. Solheim and Presidents Cup teams, respectively.
 
Fellow French pros Matthieu Pavon and World No. 8 Céline Boutier, who both competed for their country at the Paris Olympics this summer, make up another heavy-hitting team.
 
World No. 2 Lilia Vu and fellow American Luke List are also featured among the 12 recently-announced pairings.
 
They’ll join four star-studded teams that had previously 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.
 
Below you can find the full list of 16 teams competing in this year’s Grant Thornton Invitational.

2024 Grant Thornton Invitational field, teams

– 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 Young

– Andrea Lee and Billy Horschel

– Mel Reid and Cameron Champ

– Lilia Vu and Luke List

– 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 event, which will be held at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., for the second year in a row, features a unique format for tournament golf. Players will compete across three rounds from Friday-Sunday. The first round will be played as a scramble and the second round will be a traditional foursomes format.
 
The final round sports an especially interesting modified four-ball format, where each player hits a tee shot, then they switch balls for the rest of the hole, with the lowest score between then counting.