Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit are back to defend their title at the Grant Thornton Invitational as part of a 32-player field featuring 19 of the top 50 in the world from the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour.
Tournament officials announced Tuesday the 16 teams that will compete in the annual mixed-team competition, set to return Dec. 12-14 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
This year’s field has a combined 137 LPGA Tour and PGA Tour career victories, with nine of those wins coming in 2025. There are 10 major champions in the field, including this year’s U.S. Women’s Open Champion. A total of seven different countries will be represented in Naples. The 16 mixed teams for the third annual event include:
- Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp
- Lydia Ko and Jason Day
- Lilia Vu and Tony Finau
- Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy
- Jessica Korda and Bud Cauley
- Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners
- Andrea Lee and Billy Horschel
- Charley Hull and Daniel Berger
- Lottie Woad and Luke Clanton
- Lexi Thompson and Wyndham Clark
- Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup
- Rose Zhang and Michael Kim
- Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak
- Maja Stark and Neal Shipley
- Angel Yin and Tom Hoge
- Megan Khang and Keith Mitchell
Day and Ko won the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational in 2023. The Canadian team of Henderson (No. 25) and Conners (No. 27) is the highest-ranked pairing in the field. This will be the third consecutive year they have been paired together. As the youngest team in the field, Woad and Clanton, both 21, were college teammates at Florida State University. Jessica Korda, who has taken an extended break from the game due to a back injury and later to have her son, is making her first start since 2023 and will team with Cauley, who had a resurgent year after battling the injury bug too. Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, is among the rookies in the event along with the likes of Chris Gotterup, Michael Kim, Neal Shipley, Andrew Novak and Keith Mitchell.
“We are thrilled with the 16 dynamic teams we’ve been able to put together for this year. The interest from both tours continues to be high, and we are incredibly pleased with the collection of world-class players heading to Tiburón Golf Club this December,” said Rob Hartman, Grant Thornton Invitational tournament director. “These mixed teams are comprised of current-year winners from both tours, many of the game’s rising stars and established veterans and major champions.”
The LPGA Tour and PGA Tour professionals will compete in a different format each day, including Scramble, Foursomes and a Modified Four-Ball format. The total purse is $4 million.
