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New Scoring Record Set at Grant Thornton Invitational as Teams Tie for Lead
NAPLES, Fla. – Lexi Thompson and Wyndham Clark, along with Charley Hull and Michael Brennan, shattered the scoring record at the Grant Thornton Invitational on Friday, carding matching 17-under 55s in the scramble format to surge into a tie for the lead.
Benefiting from ideal scoring conditions at Tiburon Golf Club, both teams made only three pars in a display of exceptional golf, setting a new standard for the mixed-team event. Brennan, a PGA Tour of Americas standout filling in for Daniel Berger, partnered seamlessly with Hull, with the duo reeling off a remarkable 13 consecutive holes with either a birdie or an eagle.
“It’s quite funny because actually I was changing my swing last week and I come on Tuesday and I could not even keep the ball on the planet. So I was actually pretty nervous today,” Hull confessed. “Actually, it worked out pretty well.”
Thompson and Clark were equally impressive, recording birdies or eagles on nine of their last ten holes. “I feel like we kind of have similar games,” Clark said. “She hits it really far off the tee, and if one of us is in play, we’re significantly past kind of the competitors and we have our advantage there.”
Their score broke the previous record for the event, now in its third year, by one stroke. Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak sit two shots back, while Rose Zhang and Michael Kim, Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy, and Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup are three shots behind the leaders.
The competition heats up Saturday with the foursomes format, where players alternate hitting the same ball – considered the most challenging of the three formats. The tournament concludes on Sunday with modified fourballs.
Defending champions Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit carded a 59 and sit four shots off the lead.
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