Tournament news

December 8 – 14, 2025
Tiburón Golf Club & The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón

Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp increase their lead at the Grant Thornton Invitational heading into final round.

Second-Round Notes

Weather: Scattered showers. High of 79. Wind ENE 13-18 mph, with gusts to 27 mph.

Format: Three-round 54-hole stroke-play event with 16 teams of two. R1/Scramble, R2/Foursomes, R3/Modified Four-Ball

Foursomes: Each team’s players alternate hitting shots with the same ball until the ball is holed. One player will tee off on the odd-numbered holes, and the other tees off on the even-numbered holes.

Team Total Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Strokes Earnings
Knapp/Tavatanakit -20 58 66 65 124 $1,000,000.00
Kim/Thitikul -18 62 64 64 126 $560,000.00
Bhatia/Kupcho -17 59 68 64 127 $330,000.00
Day/Ko -15 62 67 67 129 $190,000.00
Conners/Henderson -14 59 71 62 130 $250,000.00
Pavon/Boutier -14 63 67 65 130 $215,000.00
Greyserman/Lee -14 64 66 67 130 $175,000.00
Young/Coughlin -12 63 69 65 132 $175,000.00
Theegala/Corpuz -12 61 71 67 132 $142,500.00
Poston/Stark -11 61 72 65 133 $155,000.00
Berger/Korda -11 63 70 67 133 $135,000.00
List/Vu -9 63 72 64 135 $142,500.00
Champ/Reid -9 66 69 69 135 $125,000.00
Kuchar/Khang -8 64 72 62 136 $155,000.00
Fowler/Thompson -8 63 73 67 136 $130,000.00
Dunlap/Ruffels -3 65 76 64 141 $120,000.00

Jake Knapp/Patty Tavatanakit (1st/-20)

  • 18-hole leaders record seven birdies and one bogey (No. 4) for a 66 in Foursomes
  • Hold the 36-hole lead by two strokes, equaling the largest 36-hole lead at the event (Jason Day and Lydia Ko/2023)
  • At 20-under 124, tie the tournament 36-hole scoring record (Day/Ko/2023)
  • Represent the only team in the field with both players having won on their respective Tour this season
  • Tavantanakit is in her fifth season on the Tour and is one of six LPGA Tour players in the field with wins this season (2024 Honda LPGA Thailand)
  • Knapp finished No. 64 in the FedExCup Fall standings after qualifying for the FedExCup Playoffs in his rookie season on TOUR and winning the 2024 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
  • Knapp is one five PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour rookies in the field (others: Nick Dunlap, May Greyserman, Matthieu Pavon, Gabriela Ruffels)
  • First-time Grant Thornton Invitational participants Knapp and Tavatanakit played college golf at UCLA

Miscellaneous Notes

  • Tom Kim/Jeeno Thitikul (2nd/-18) set the Grant Thornton Invitational 18-hole Foursomes scoring record with a second round 8-under 64 (previous: 66/Jason Day and Lydia Ko/2023); one of four teams in which both players participated in the women’s and men’s golf competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Kim/Republic of Korea, Thitikul/Thailand)
  • Defending champions Jason Day/Lydia Ko (4th/-15) follow an opening round 10-under 62 with a 5-under 67 to sit five shots back entering the final round
  • Grant Thornton ambassadors: Nelly Korda/Daniel Berger (T10/-11), Cameron Champ/Mel Reid (T12/-9), Rickie Fowler/Lexi Thompson (T14/-8)

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