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Meet the 16 star-studded teams for the mixed 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational

riley hamel
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Lydia Ko of New Zealand and Jason Day of Australia celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. (Photo: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
Lydia Ko of New Zealand and Jason Day of Australia celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. (Photo: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

Next month, 16 players from both the PGA Tour and LPGA will come together for the 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Two-person teams will compete over three days with each round consisting of a different format.

Friday will be a scramble, Saturday will be foursomes (alternate shot) and Sunday will be modified four-ball. Sunday's session is unique as both players will tee off and then switch balls for their second shots. They'll then finish out the hole and the lowest score between the two players will count for the team.

Some of the biggest names in the sport are in the field including Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Lydia Ko, Rose Zhang, Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau, Sahith Theegala and Tom Kim.

Defending champions Lydia Ko and Jason Day are hoping to go back-to-back.

The tournament is slated for Dec. 13-15.

Here are the 16 teams for the Grant Thornton Invitational, including the world rank of each LPGA and PGA Tour player.

The 16 teams for the 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational

Tony Finau of the United States and Nelly Korda of the United States fist bump on the first green during the second round of the Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club on December 09, 2023 in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
Tony Finau of the United States and Nelly Korda of the United States fist bump on the first green during the second round of the Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club on December 09, 2023 in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

  1. Lydia Ko (world No. 3) and Jason Day (world No. 33)

  2. Nelly Korda (world No. 1) and Tony Finau (world No. 26)

  3. Lexi Thompson (world No. 45) and Rickie Fowler (world No. 66)

  4. Brooke Henderson (world No. 23) and Corey Conner (world No. 37)

  5. Lilia Vu (world No. 2) and Luke List (world No. 101)

  6. Rose Zhang (world No. 12) and Sahith Theegala (world No. 13)

  7. Jeeno Thitikul (world No. 11) and Tom Kim (world No. 25)

  8. Patty Tavatanakit (world No. 22) and Jake Knapp (world No. 81)

  9. Megan Khang (world No. 21) and Matt Kuchar (world No. 103)

  10. Celine Boutier (world No. 7) and Matthieu Pavon (world No. 29)

  11. Andrea Lee (world No. 48) and Billy Horschel (world No. 17)

  12. Jennifer Kupcho (world No. 50) and Akshay Bhatia (world No. 31)

  13. Gabriela Ruffels (world No. 46) and Nick Dunlap (world No. 34)

  14. Lauren Coughlin (world No. 14) and Cameron Young (world No. 32)

  15. Mel Reid (world No. 365) and Cameron Champ (world No. 373)

  16. Maja Stark (world No. 26) and J.T. Poston (world No. 40)

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Meet the 16 star-studded teams for the mixed 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational