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The PGA Tour and LPGA have announced a new mixed-team event which will feature 16 players from each tour competing for a $4m prize fund.

"They've been wanting something like this for a long time. "PGA Tour athletes playing alongside the best athletes from the LPGA Tour is going to be incredible for our fans," said Finau. The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour will join forces for a new mixed-team competition teeing off in December; it will be named the Grant Thornton Invitational and will take place 8-10 December; it is the first time the tours have combined for an annual mixed competition since 1999

Unique co-sanctioned tournament provides competition with equal prize money and visibility.

Our fans deserve it and seeing Grant Thornton stepping up to help the PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour put together this tournament, I think is very special.” Tiburón Golf Club and The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón will continue to host the LPGA Tour’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, which returns November 16-19, 2023, with Lydia Ko as defending champion. “PGA TOUR athletes playing alongside the best athletes from the LPGA Tour is going to be incredible for our fans,” said Tony Finau, PGA TOUR professional golfer. That’s why we are working with the PGA TOUR and the LPGA Tour to create a tournament where the world’s best golfers, both men and women, can compete head-to-head on a level playing field. “We look forward to partnering with the LPGA as we deliver first-class entertainment and competition to our fans and the residents of Southwest Florida, who have embraced the PGA TOUR for the past 22 years.” “We could not be more excited to add the Grant Thornton Invitational to our 2023 schedule,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan.

Players from the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour will compete for a $4 million purse during a new mixed-team event this December in Naples, Florida, the two circuits ...

It's official. The PGA Tour and LPGA have announced a new mixed-team event for the 2023 season.

“This is going to be the perfect opportunity for me to do something important in helping to grow the game and inspire the next generation.” Our fans deserve it, and seeing Grant Thornton stepping up to help the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour put together this tournament, I think is very special.” “We look forward to partnering with the LPGA as we deliver first-class entertainment and competition to our fans and the residents of Southwest Florida, who have embraced the PGA Tour for the past 22 years.” “PGA Tour athletes playing alongside the best athletes from the LPGA Tour is going to be incredible for our fans,” said Finau. Added LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan: “This is an important step forward for golf, women’s golf and the LPGA. The three-day event will be televised by NBC and Golf Channel.

World No. 1 Lydia Ko heads into Thailand hot off a victory at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International, where she won $750,000. It's the newlywed's third victory ...

“I’m not playing in front of them much,” said Thitikul, “because my grandfather usually travel with me when I was an amateur, but now … Nine of the top 10 players in the world are in Asia this week for the 16th staging of the Honda LPGA Thailand. It marked the first time a Thai player had won the tournament. This is Ko’s seventh appearance in the Honda LPGA Thailand. It’s one of the mutual things that we both enjoy doing and can do together, so we played a lot of golf. It’s the newlywed’s third victory worldwide in her last four starts, earning her more than $3 million in that stretch.

Home favourite Jaravee Boonchant is tied for the lead at the Honda LPGA Thailand, along with Anna Nordqvist, Jennifer Kupcho, Nasa Hataoka and Lin Xiyu.

Lee shot an even par 72 - matching four birdies with four bogeys - to be tied 57th after the first round of the Honda LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club while Green had a 70 and was tied 38th. World No.3 Minjee Lee and fellow Australian star Hannah Green have work to do to contend as they begin their LPGA Tour seasons in Thailand. Lee, Green back in pack in LPGA season starts

The star-studded Honda LPGA Thailand 2023, led by world No.1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand and home hope Atthaya Thitikul, tees off today at Siam Country Club in ...

"I putted really well last week and I think that was kind of the key for me to be able to win. I always love coming back to Thailand," said the Australian. It's just really nice to be starting the year here. "I think it's going to be a great tournament. "I love this golf course. "I have just changed my driver, and it has been working well.

Brooke Henderson of Canada reacts after playing her shot off the 10th tee during the first round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake ...

There are familiar names who led the LPGA Tour in 2022 in this comprehensive category and in this week’s field that includes Minjee Lee, Brooke Henderson, In Gee Chun, and Xiyu Lin. The temperatures in Thailand will be in the 90s and extremely humid. There’s no significant rain in the forecast, and that wind will be blowing from the west on Thursday and Friday with gusts in the low teens. Nine of the top-10 players in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and 26 of the top 30 are in Chonburi. This is an important aspect of this week’s challenge as the weather, and specifically the wind, will be blowing across the golf course. Par is merely a mild recommendation on this course as the LPGA Tour’s finest have turned this into a birdie-fest.

Multi-year agreement will make Pacira's medical device ioveraº the Official Non-Opioid Pain Management Partner of the LPGA. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. and TAMPA, ...

“We are honored to partner with the LPGA in support of pain management education, and awareness of the role analgesic alternatives like ioveraº can play in the overall need for opioids.” Pacira will host initiatives at various LPGA tournaments throughout the season to drive awareness and education on the availability of non-opioid interventions. The sponsorship will aim to draw attention to the role non-opioid pain management options can play in curbing the U.S.

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