Grand Thornton, a revived mixed gender competition, opens on the 9th
Grand Thornton, a revived mixed gender competition, opens on the 9th
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The mixed match between the world's best male and female professional golfers was revived after 24 years.
The Grand Thornton Invitational (total prize money: $4 million: KRW 5.26 billion), where PGA of America (PGA) and LPGA tour players compete as teams, will be held at the Tiburon Golf Club Gold Course in Naples, Florida, USA from the 9th. Open daily. This tournament has a different format from existing tournaments, with players active on the PGA and LPGA tours competing in groups of two.
The hybrid tournament format of the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour is the JC Penney Classic, which was held for 40 years from 1960 to 1999. At the time, it was quite popular, with long hitters John Daly and Laura Davis playing as a team. However, it disappeared after the emperor named Tiger Woods came out.
Woods gone and female golf stars also in the spotlight, this tournament was revived after 24 years. It was established to replace the QBE Shootout, a two-person team competition that was held until last year. Instead of one or two female athletes appearing as a 'show attraction', an equal number of 32 male and female athletes, 16 each, will participate.
As it is a small group of elites, it is disappointing that only five players from the top 10 in the women's golf world rankings, including world number one Lilia Bu (USA), second place Yin Luoning (China), and the highly popular Nellie Korda, and three players from the top 25 in the men's rankings participated. The participating players combined for 25 wins this year and 141 wins overall. There are 11 major tournament winners.
The competition format is a scramble on the first day, 대구의밤 a foursome match on the second day, and a modified four-ball match on the final day. Scramble is a method where each player takes a tee shot, then chooses one of them and puts it into the hole. Foursomes take turns shooting with the same ball, and in a modified four-ball match, after all players tee off, they swap ball positions with their partners and take a second shot.
It is unfortunate that there are no Korean players, but they are all popular players. Lilia Bu, who is ranked No. 1 in the world and has won four LPGA tours, is in a group with Joel Damon. Tony Finau (USA) became Nellie Korda's partner. The team name was Finelli, combining each other's names. Their response slogan this week is ‘No Sorry’s.’
Rickie Fowler, who won his 6th tour win in 4 years and 5 months at the Rocket Mortgage Classic last June, and Lexi Thompson, who has not had a win in 4 years since the 2019 Shoprite LPGA Classic, are in the same group. Super rookies Rose Jang and Sahis Tigala (USA), who debuted on the LPGA Tour this year, formed a powerful rookie group.
Spain's Ludwig Arbery and get more info Madeleine Saxstrom and copyright's Corey Connors and Brooke Henderson will be wearing the same country's flag. Lydia Go (New Zealand), who was once ranked number one in the world, became the Southern Hemisphere Ally with Jason Day (Australia).
This tournament, in which the world's strongest male and female players compete for shots, will be broadcast live from 3 a.m. on the 9th by JTBC Golf.