Mixed pro events are catching up worldwide
The PGA Tour, LPGA Tour & professional services firm Grant Thornton have come together to create a new mixed-team event that will feature LPGA Tour and PGA TOUR players competing together in a unique co-sanctioned tournament.
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The Grant Thornton Invitational will debut in December 2023 in Florida and both men and women players will compete for equal prize money and visibility – a new format for the future of professional golf. The last time the two tours held an annual mixed-team competition was in 1999, when John Daly and Laura Davies won the final edition of the JCPenney Classic.
The Grant Thornton Invitational’s 32-player field will consist of 16 PGA TOUR and 16 LPGA Tour professionals competing for a $4 million purse over 54 holes and will be televised on NBC and Golf Channel.
The Grant Thornton Invitational will support a variety of worthy charities, including CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, while QBE Insurance, Franklin Templeton Investments and The Naples Convention & Visitors Bureau have committed to support the Southwest Florida tournament in a meaningful way. Tiburón Golf Club and The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón will continue to host the LPGA Tour’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, which returns November 16-19, 2023, with Lydia Ko as defending champion.
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