Charley Hull and partner Michael Brennan sit one shot behind the leaders heading into the final round of the Grant Thornton Invitational mixed-team event. Americans Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak carded a 4-under 68 in the foursomes session, highlighted by Coughlin holing a bunker shot for eagle at the par-5 17th, to move to 19-under and take a one-stroke advantage.
Hull and Brennan were in position to share the lead before Hull lipped out a short putt and then three-putted the 18th for a bogey, leaving the English player and her partner at 18-under. “We played pretty steady,” Hull said after the round. She praised Brennan’s game and said she enjoys playing alongside him, predicting he will have continued success on the PGA Tour.
Lexi Thompson and Wyndham Clark sit two shots off the pace after closing with eight consecutive pars for a 72. Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners, who produced seven birdies in the tougher foursomes format, briefly held the lead but dropped a bogey at 18 and are three strokes back. They share that position with Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy (70) and Jennifer Kupcho and Chris Gotterup (70).
Both the Kupcho–Gotterup and Coughlin–Novak teams made double bogeys at the short par-5 14th, but Coughlin’s recovery at 17 proved decisive for her side.
The 54-hole tournament features 16 LPGA and 16 PGA Tour professionals paired into mixed teams and uses three different team formats over three days. The final round will be played as modified four-ball: each player tees off, then partners switch balls and play out using their partner’s ball for the remainder of the hole, with the lower of the two scores counting for the team. That format typically produces lower scoring and should set up an exciting finish.
This is the event’s second year; the Grant Thornton Invitational debuted in 2023 as the first LPGA–PGA co-sanctioned tournament since the JCPenney Classic in 1999. Live coverage of the final round airs on Sky Sports Golf on Sunday from 6pm, with streaming options available via NOW for viewers without Sky.