The Grant Thornton Invitational is back this week, pairing the best players from the LPGA Tour with players from the PGA Tour for a three-day event in Naples. Here is every team at The Grant Thornton Invitational ranked by likelihood to win:
No. 6 – Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup –
While on paper this team may not exactly grab a lot of headlines, there is a lot to like here. Kupcho generally plays at her best when she has a solid partner and Gotterup fits the bill. His midseason run of three consecutive top-10 finishes with a win gave him a chance at making the Ryder Cup team. Kupcho herself has had a good year, her best since a breakout 2022 campaign. Kupcho had three top-five finishes in 2025 with a win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. She is also in solid form with a recent runner-up finish at The Annika.
No. 5 – Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp –
Tavatanakit and Knapp were the winners in 2024 against a tougher field, I don’t see much reason why they can’t repeat. While Knapp had a bit of a turbulent year on and off the course and hasn’t played on the PGA Tour since August, but before that he had some really solid results. He also is seemingly the most enthusiastic PGA Tour player about this event as evidenced by his comments yesterday. He and Patty T have great chemistry on the course as well, as he described a “lifelong friendship” and looked like a team that will be competitive in this format for awhile in 2024.
No. 4 – Lydia Ko and Jason Day – Ko and Day feel like the defacto hosts of this event, as two of the most accomplished big names in the field. Grant Thornton made sure that would continue in 2025, signing them both to endorsement deals. On paper, this is obviously the strongest team and it isn’t particularly close, Ko is a LPGA Tour hall of famer and Day is one of the best players of his era. While neither had great seasons by their standards, Day started to round into form late in the season, and Ko is still a dynamite player to have especially in a scramble format where her issues off the tee can be covered up a bit.
