Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul are the latest team committed to play at the 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational, set for Dec. 13-15 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples.
The 22-year-old Kim, a South Korean native, joined the PGA TOUR in 2022 and has three career wins and 14 top-10 finishes in 67 starts. Thitkul, age 21, also has three career victories on her LPGA Tour resume.
Kim and Thitikul are the fourth team pairing announced for the Grant Thornton Invitational, joining returning teams Lydia Ko and Jason Day, Nelly Korda and Tony Finau and Lexi Thompson and Rickie Fowler. Ko and Day won last year’s inaugural event by one stroke. Korda and Finau finished tied for fourth while Thompson and Fowler tied for sixth. The 29-year-old Thompson, who’s announced this will be her final full year on the LPGA Tour, will conclude her season in Naples.
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The tournament’s 32-player field, which is evenly comprised of PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour professionals playing on 16 mixed teams, will compete for an equal purse of $4 million.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit grantthorntoninvitational.com.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitkul to partner for 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational in Naples
