Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp elevated their lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the Grant Thornton Invitational following a powerful show on day two.
Though the pair didn’t match the heroics of day one the place they birdied their first 9 holes on their option to a 14-under-par 58, Tavatanakit and Knapp really elevated their result in two strokes moderately than one as they went round in 66 to take a seat atop the leaderboard at 20-under par.
The blended group occasion that includes PGA and LPGA Tour stars on the Tiburon Golf Membership in Naples, Florida, employs three totally different codecs over three rounds and completed with a modified four-ball, the place each gamers tee off and change balls for his or her second pictures earlier than then enjoying that very same ball till it’s holed.
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Jeeno Thitikul and Tom Kim climbed as much as second place after taking pictures an eight-under-par 64, to maneuver on to 18-under par, nudging forward of Jennifer Kupcho and Akshay Bhatia who’re a shot additional again.
Three-time main winner Lydia Ko and former males’s No 1 Jason Day, who gained final yr’s occasion, adopted up a 10-under 62 on Friday with a 67 to take a seat 15-under par, 5 pictures off the lead.
What’s the Grant Thornton Invitational?
The 54-hole competitors is a mixed-team occasion that sees 16 LPGA Tour and 16 PGA Tour professionals compete collectively in a singular co-sanctioned match.
The three-day match affords three totally different codecs of group play and permits the 32-player subject to compete for equal prize cash and visibility.
It’s the second successive yr the match has featured on the schedule, having been launched in 2023 as the primary co-sanctioned occasion between the LPGA Tour and PGA Tour because the JCPenney Traditional in 1999.
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