Lydia Ko & Jason Day (66) lead Nelly Korda & Tony Finau (70) and Leona Maguire & Lucas Glover (69) by two going into Sunday’s final round, which will feature a Modified Four-ball format.
Tournament news
December 7 – 13, 2026
Tiburón Golf Club & The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón
Second-Round Notes
Weather
Partly cloudy. High of 82. Wind SSE at 7-12 mph.
Format
Three-round 54-hole stroke-play event with 16 teams of two. R1/Scramble, R2/Foursomes, R3/Modified Four-Ball
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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.
Second-Round Leaderboard
| Team | Total | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Strokes | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day/Ko | -20 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 124 | $1,000,000.00 |
| Finau/Korda | -18 | 56 | 70 | 67 | 126 | $232,500.00 |
| Glover/Maguire | -18 | 57 | 69 | 68 | 126 | $185,000.00 |
| Conners/Henderson | -16 | 59 | 69 | 63 | 128 | $560,000.00 |
| McCarthy/Khang | -16 | 57 | 71 | 65 | 128 | $232,500.00 |
| Fowler/Thompson | -16 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 128 | $185,000.00 |
| Taylor/Yin | -16 | 58 | 70 | 67 | 128 | $170,000.00 |
| Rose/Hull | -14 | 58 | 72 | 66 | 130 | $151,666.66 |
| Åberg/Sagström | -12 | 60 | 72 | 60 | 132 | $330,000.00 |
| Theegala/Zhang | -12 | 58 | 74 | 64 | 132 | $151,666.66 |
| English/Boutier | -12 | 63 | 69 | 65 | 132 | $140,000.00 |
| Dahmen/Vu | -11 | 61 | 72 | 63 | 133 | $151,666.66 |
| Henley/Reid | -10 | 64 | 70 | 66 | 134 | $135,000.00 |
| Horschel/Lee | -9 | 64 | 71 | 67 | 135 | $127,500.00 |
| Champ/Corpuz | -7 | 59 | 78 | 65 | 137 | $127,500.00 |
| Hoge/Knight | -7 | 66 | 71 | 66 | 137 | $120,000.00 |
Jason Day/Lydia Ko (1st/-20)
- 6-under 66 marks the low round of the day; offset lone bogey (No. 5) with 7 birdies
- At No. 19 in the Official World Golf Ranking, Day marks the highest ranked player in the field, while Ko is No. 11 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
- Day is a four-time Presidents Cup participant for the International Team; Ko is a two-time Olympic medalist (2016 Rio Olympics/Silver, 2020 Tokyo Olympics/Bronze)
- Aussie recorded eight top-10s in 2022-23 season, highlighted by his 13th PGA TOUR title at the 2023 CJ CUP Byron Nelson
- Kiwi had two top-10s this season (best: 3rd/BMW Ladies Championship)
- Ko, a 19-time LPGA Tour winner, including two majors, was named 2022 Rolex Player of the Year and won the 2022 CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburón Golf Club
Tony Finau/Nelly Korda (T2/-18)
- Following a 16-under 56 in round one’s Scramble format, 18-hole leaders and Grant Thornton ambassadors recorded a 2- under 70
- Eight-time LPGA Tour winner Korda had nine top-10s this season, and was a member of the 2023 U.S. Solheim Cup Team; played with Denny McCarthy at the 2022 QBE Shootout at Tiburón Golf Club, finishing T5
- Finau, a six-time TOUR winner, won twice on TOUR in 2022-23 (Texas Children’s Houston Open, Mexico Open at Vidanta); made two appearances in the Ryder Cup (2018, 2021) and Presidents Cup (2019, 2022); has made four starts in the team format at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, including a sixth-place finish in 2018 with partner Daniel Summerhays; partnered with Lexi Thompson at the QBE Shootout in 2017 (T4) and 2018 (T7)
Lucas Glover/Leona Maguire (T2/-18)
- Duo posts five birdies, including three consecutive birdies (Nos. 13-15) to offset two bogeys
- Maguire became the first Irish woman to win on the LPGA Tour with victory at the 2022 LPGA Drive On Championship; added a second title at the 2023 Meijer LPGA Classic; one of four in the field who competed for Europe in the 2023 Solheim Cup
- Glover won twice in 2023, in back-to-back weeks at the Wyndham Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship, for his fifth and sixth TOUR titles, respectively; 2009 U.S. Open champion is one of three PGA TOUR players in the field to have won a major championship (Justin Rose, Jason Day); represented the United States at the Presidents Cup in 2007 and 2009
Miscellaneous Notes
- The Grant Thornton Invitational is a first-year PGA TOUR Challenge Season event (unofficial) and the first mixed-team co- sanctioned event between the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour since John Daly and Laura Davies won the final JCPenney Classic in 1999
- Rickie Fowler/Lexi Thompson (T4/-16) were the only team with an eagle in the second round, with 11-time LPGA Tour winner Thompson recording an ace at the par-3 16th (155 yards, 7-iron)
