NAPLES, Florida – The tag line for the 2025 Grant Thornton Invitational is “Two tours. One competition,” and avid golf fans know exactly what that means.
To casual golf fans, it means the LPGA and PGA TOUR’s best are once again teaming up in a unique mixed team invitational where they’ll compete for equal prize money of $4 million. The invitation-only 32-player field features 19 of the top 50 in the world from the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour returning to Tiburon Golf Club in Naples December 12-14.
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.
“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 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
The Golf Channel will broadcast Friday’s first round competition December 12 live from 1-4 p.m. ET. Saturday’s coverage December 13 will begin from 2-3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, then switch to NBC from 3-5 p.m. ET. The final round coverage will air Sunday December 14 on Golf Channel from 1-2 p.m. ET and then switch to NBC from 2-4 p.m. ET.
Following Saturday’s second round, Live Fest https://livefest.com/ will once again be held on the Tiburón Driving Range from 5-10 p.m. ET. This year’s lineup features Darius Rucker, Russell Dickerson, O.A.R. and Rock Republic.
www.grantthorntoninvitational.com.
