{"id":348071,"date":"2025-12-14T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348071\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:32:07","slug":"grant-thornton-invitational-2025-live-updates-highlights-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348071\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Thornton Invitational 2025 live updates, highlights, scores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re into the final round at the 2025 Grant Thornton Invitational, a unique mixed-team event in pro golf.<\/p>\n<p>For the third year in a row, there are 16 teams at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, each featuring one LPGA golfer paired up with a PGA Tour golfer.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak led after two days of competition at 19 under, but there&#8217;s plenty of teams trying to chase them down come Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Follow along right here all day Sunday to see how it all plays out.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Thornton Invitational scores<\/p>\n<p>Keep tabs on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/leaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2025 Grant Thornton Invitational leaderboard<\/a> and tee times through Sunday&#8217;s final round.<\/p>\n<p>Nelly Korda backed off a short birdie putt on the par-4 15th, and whatever it was that bothered the former No. 1 proved costly as she proceeded to miss wide right. The miss dropped Korda\/McCarthy one shot back of Jennifer Kupcho\/Chris Gotterup, who did birdie the 15th to get to 25 under.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak, who are playing two holes back, birdied the 14th to get to 25 under as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Modern day grand slam&#8217; on the line<\/p>\n<p>Over night leaders Andrew Novak and Lauren Coughlin are clinging to a share of the lead in Naples. Novak won the Zurich Classic earlier this year with Ben Griffin and joked about what&#8217;s on the line should he win a second team event this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some are calling it the modern day grand slam,&#8221; joked Novak after Saturday&#8217;s round. &#8220;Zurich, Grant Thornton. Obviously thinking about my legacy a little bit tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSome are calling it the modern grand slam \u2026 obviously thinking about my legacy a little bit tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Big stakes for Team Novak and Coughlin \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XyH5RkLvQT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XyH5RkLvQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1999974841420755277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy are within two of the lead as the field makes the turn at Tiburon Golf Club. Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup now hold a two-stroke lead at 24 under. Lauren Coughlin\/Andrew Novak are in solo second at 22 under while Korda\/McCarthy are 21 under.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage is now live on Golf Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight leaders Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak have some company at the top of the board. Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup are now 5 under through 7 holes at Tiburon Golf Club and 21 under for the tournament. Kupcho and Gotterup are one of 12 new teams at this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p>Kupcho came into the GTI No. 32 in the Rolex Rankings while Gotterup is No. 28 in the OWGR. Gotterup, 26, won the Scottish Open in July while Kupcho notched her fourth LPGA title in June at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.<\/p>\n<p>The final round of the Grant Thornton Invitational is underway and Sunday&#8217;s format is a modified four-ball. The American duo of Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak still hold a one-shot lead over two teams \u2013 Charley Hull\/Michael Brennan and Jennifer Kupcho\/Chris Gotterup. Brennan was a last-minute sub after after Daniel Berger withdrew earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Kupcho and Gotterup are 3 under through five holes.<\/p>\n<p>Where to watch final round of the Grant Thornton Invitational<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Dec. 14: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=343747&amp;irmp=1205322&amp;subId1=SMG&amp;subId2=Golfweek&amp;subId3=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Golf Channel<\/a>: 1-2 p.m., NBC: 2-4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=343747&amp;irmp=1205322&amp;subId1=SMG&amp;subId2=Golfweek&amp;subId3=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Watch Golf Channel for free on Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who are the defending champions at the Grant Thornton?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/pga\/2024\/12\/15\/grant-thornton-invitational-2024-winners-jake-knapp-patty-tavatanakit\/77009047007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit<\/a>\u00a0are back to defend their title at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/pga\/2024\/12\/15\/grant-thornton-invitational-2024-prize-money-payouts\/77006478007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Thornton Invitational<\/a>\u00a0as part of a\u00a032-player field featuring 19 of the top 50 in the world from the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour. Jason Day and Lydia Ko won in the inaugural event two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s playing in the 2025 Grant Thornton Championship?<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s field has a combined 137 LPGA Tour and PGA Tour career victories, with nine of those wins coming in 2025. There are 10 major champions in the field, including this year\u2019s U.S. Women\u2019s Open Champion. A total of seven different countries will be represented in Naples.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the teams for the Grant Thornton Invitational<\/p>\n<p>Who do you like?<\/p>\n<p>Michael Brennan\/Charley Hull<br \/>Bud Cauley\/Jessica Korda<br \/>Luke Clanton\/Lottie Woad<br \/>Wyndham Clark\/L.Thompson<br \/>Corey Conners\/B. Henderson<br \/>Jason Day\/Lydia Ko<br \/>Tony Finau\/Lilia Vu<br \/>Chris Gotterup\/Jennifer Kupcho<br \/>Tom\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EPBTuUN3AJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EPBTuUN3AJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfweekNichols\/status\/1999483067891675558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 12, 2025<\/a>How much prize money is at stake at the Grant Thornton?<\/p>\n<p>The winning team will split a $1 million first-place prize out of a $4 million total purse.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Thornton Invitational Sunday weather forecast<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re into the final round at the 2025 Grant Thornton Invitational, a unique mixed-team event in pro golf.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[448,64,63,7285,5215,21101,20639,20648,1791,24352,2755,755,3389,21104,23171,4125,17282,58251,314,331,44,20640,323,451,39497,1747,439,17600,23170,23179,588,17601,85,635,11499,155,245,315,24354,441,24351,24353],"class_list":{"0":"post-348071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-blog","12":"tag-commerce","13":"tag-competitions","14":"tag-contains","15":"tag-contains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","16":"tag-content","17":"tag-coverage","18":"tag-florida","19":"tag-golf","20":"tag-international","21":"tag-international-sports-competitions","22":"tag-listicle","23":"tag-live","24":"tag-live-coverage","25":"tag-lpga","26":"tag-modular","27":"tag-modular-story","28":"tag-news","29":"tag-or","30":"tag-overall","31":"tag-overall-positive","32":"tag-pga","33":"tag-pga-tour","34":"tag-positive","35":"tag-scores","36":"tag-smg","37":"tag-smg-listicle","38":"tag-sport","39":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","40":"tag-sports","41":"tag-sports-news","42":"tag-statistics","43":"tag-story","44":"tag-tour","45":"tag-ttp","46":"tag-ttp-live-blog","47":"tag-u0026","48":"tag-womens","49":"tag-womens-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}