Highlights | Round 1 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 2023

Check out the best shots of the day from Round 1 at the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational, featuring Tony Finau, Nelly Korda, Rickie Fowler and Rose Zhang, among others.


The PGA TOUR heads to Naples, Florida this week for the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburón Golf Club. This marks the first co-sanctioned event between the LPGA and PGA TOUR since 1999 as the 32-player field will split into 16 mixed teams and compete for an equal purse. The tournament’s field includes 24 of the top 50 in the world from the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour. Rickie Fowler will be playing with Lexi Thompson this week. Fowler returned to the TOUR winner’s circle this year for the first time since 2019 alongside making the Ryder Cup team. Thompson nearly made the cut at the Shriners Children’s Open on the PGA TOUR this fall and ended her LPGA season with three straight top-10s. Charley Hull will be playing with Justin Rose this week in an all-English pairing. Hull was part of the European Solheim Cup team that retained the trophy, while she had an impressive four runner-up finishes in 2023. Rose won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February, had five top-10s and was a leader on the winning European Ryder Cup team. Tony Finau is paired with Nelly Korda this week. This year, Korda had nine LPGA top-10s and won on the Ladies European Tour. Finau won twice on the PGA TOUR this season. Other pairs to look out for are Ludvig Åberg and Madelene Sagström, Lydia Ko and Jason Day and Leona Maguire and Lucas Glover.


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[tomhughes]

Should have this tournament all year round

[mrfashizleboy]

Wish Minwoo and Minjee got invited. Would've been fun

[kevinhixson]

Both the PGA and the LPGA could benefit from doing a lot more of this.

[eric]

Love this format. Why does it take a CA firm, instead of marketing geniuses, to discover this fun side of the game?

[snapcracklenpop]

Fun format. Really alliows for some aggresive shots.

[iiZAPPx]

Nelly w the best swing in all of golf. Men or women. It's pure af

[christophernorman]

Liking this format match-ball play whoever did pairing credit due exciting golf Watching Asian girls Thx🙏

[Lovetheducks]

Why don’t they do this more often? I would love a joint tourney where guys girls compete against each other. I think it would be amazing. These women golfers are so damn good and people need to see more of them.

[SpeedzyWGJK]

Can’t wait to see Ludvig, Finau and Rick on LIV 😎

[randymorehouse]

This event never would have happened before LIV golf.

[mmccull]

A real lack of the women’s shots compared to that of the men. That needs to be addressed for the next summary.

[Mitchell-lckj]

Why did they call Ricky Fowler, Lucas Glover

[dougd]

Both the PGA and LPGA generate the correct way for more than ding this...lol.

[chriskelly]

Rickie got rid of the 'stache, now he needs to grow the long hair back...chicks dig the long hair!

[BakoSooner]

An obvious absence of Korean national players. Were they not invited or did they simply decline?

[xMarcJ]

Talk about no diversity in the first 1:20

[joenicoud]

THESE TOURNAMENTS ON THE GOLDEN CHANNEL
ARE SO PHONY AND ALL PROMOTIONS
SICKENING AND BORING INCLUDING
SQEEKY VOICE AND THE BIRD THAT IS A DUD AT BEST