Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp birdied their first 9 holes and added a late eagle on their strategy to claiming a one-stroke lead after day one of many Grant Thornton Invitational.
The combined workforce occasion that includes PGA and LPGA Tour stars employs three completely different codecs over three rounds. In Friday’s scramble format — by which each gamers every a shot and choose which ball they’re going to use for the next shot — Tavatanakit and Knapp put collectively a 14-under-par 58 on the Tiburon Golf Membership in Naples, Florida.
That was adequate to nudge them forward of Jennifer Kupcho and Akshay Bhatia and Canadians Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners in a tie for second at 13 underneath.
The second spherical can be performed in foursomes (alternate shot) and the third spherical can be a modified four-ball, the place each gamers tee off and change balls for his or her second photographs earlier than then taking part in that very same ball till it’s holed.
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Maja Stark and JT Poston are three off the lead after a gap 61, joined in a tie for fourth by Sahith Theegala and Allisen Corpuz.
Three-time main winner Lydia Ko and former males’s No 1 Jason Day, who received final 12 months’s occasion, opened with a 10-under 62 on Friday and are tied for sixth with Jeeno Thitikul and Tom Kim.
One additional again are Lexi Thompson and Rickie Fowler, in addition to ladies’s world No 1 Nelly Korda and Daniel Berger.
Tony Finau was slated to be Korda’s accomplice however withdrew whereas recovering from knee surgical procedure, and Berger took his spot.
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Tavatanakit mentioned after her and Knapp secured a lead on day one: “I feel like we kept it pretty chill, we just talked about random things
“I really feel like I have never performed golf like this free shortly, so it’s truly a very nice feeling. I really feel very safe on the market as a result of I do know I’ve a very good accomplice.”
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.
Watch the Grant Thornton Invitational throughout the week live on Sky Sports. Live coverage from the second round starts on Saturday Friday from 7pm on Sky Sports Golf. Stream the PGA Tour and extra with NOW.
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