Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp carded a ultimate spherical of 65 to win the Grant Thornton Invitational in Naples, Florida.
The pair mixed for an eagle and 5 birdies for a seven-under par spherical on Sunday as they completed on 27 beneath on the PGA & LPGA Tour combined occasion.
The third spherical was performed in a brand new format for crew play. Within the ‘modified fourball’, each gamers teed off after which switched balls for his or her second photographs and performed that ball till holed. The decrease rating counted because the crew rating.
“I putted properly this week and I really feel like all the pieces has simply been enjoyable,” stated Thailand’s Tavatanakit of her mixture with US participant Knapp.
“I really feel like our chemistry was actually good, we simply talked about random issues. It labored rather well.”
Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul and Korean Tom Kim posted a 3rd spherical of 64, with two birdies on the final two holes giving them a second-place end on 26 beneath.
US pair Jennifer Kupcho and Akshay Bhatia shot an eagle on the seventeenth to place themselves on 26 beneath, however they bogeyed the 18th to complete a shot additional again.
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and Australia’s Jason Day, who gained the inaugural staging of this match in 2023, carded a 3rd spherical 67 to finish the match on 20 beneath.
