Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp held their nerve to shut out a one-stroke victory on the joint PGA Tour and LPGA Tour Grant Thornton Invitational.
The pair had hit the bottom working on the primary day, the place they birdied their first 9 holes on their solution to a 14-under-par 58.
On day two, Tavatanakit and Knapp really elevated their result in two strokes as they went round in 66 to prime the leaderboard at 20-under par.
The ultimate spherical noticed them card a seven-under 65 within the modified four-ball format, ending 27-under.
Jeeno Thitikul and Tom Kim completed 26-under, with Jennifer Kupcho and Akshay Bhatia third with 25-under.
The combined group occasion that includes PGA and LPGA Tour stars on the Tiburon Golf Membership in Naples, Florida, employs three completely different codecs over three rounds and completed with a modified four-ball, the place each gamers tee off and swap balls for his or her second photographs earlier than then taking part in that very same ball till it’s holed.
Tavatanakit and Knapp admitted they did not discover it straightforward on day two as inclement climate made play tough within the USA’s southernmost state, however a constructive mindset proved very important for the pairing.
I really feel like I simply at all times tried to offer Jake loads of safety on the market and simply inform him, Ship it,'” Tavatanakit said.
“I putted nicely this week and I simply really feel like every part’s been enjoyable. I really feel like our chemistry has been actually, actually good, we would simply speak about random issues. A variety of golf nerd stuff.”
The pair will share $1m in prize money for the win.
What is the Grant Thornton Invitational?
The 54-hole competition is a mixed-team event that sees 16 LPGA Tour and 16 PGA Tour professionals compete together in a unique co-sanctioned tournament.
The three-day tournament offers three different formats of team play and allows the 32-player field to compete for equal prize money and visibility.
It is the second successive year the tournament has featured on the schedule, having been launched in 2023 as the first co-sanctioned event between the LPGA Tour and PGA Tour since the JCPenney Classic in 1999.
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