Matthieu Pavon excited to team up with the 'French GOAT' for the Grant Thornton Invitational 2024
Matthieu Pavon will play at the Grant Thornton Invitational in December. It would be a team event where PGA and LPGA golfers will play together. This year, Pavon will play with French phenom Celine Boutier to fight for the $4 million purse.
Pavon declared the news officially on X and shared that he was ‘excited’ to play with Boutier at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
“Great news! Super excited to be teaming up with the French GOAT, Céline Boutier, for the Grant Thornton Invitational! @gtinvitational Let’s go!!!” Pavon wrote.
The Grant Thornton Invitational will be a three-day event from December 13 to 15. Jason Day and Lydia Ko triumphed in the last edition with a score of 26 under.
The pair shot seven birdies on the front nine of the opening round, followed by five birdies on the back nine along with an eagle to finish at 58. They dropped seven birdies in the second round to land at 66.
In the last round, the duo fired two birdies on the front nine and four on the back nine to finish at 66.
How did Matthieu Pavon perform in 2024?
Matthieu Pavon had four top-ten finishes on the PGA Tour, including a victory at the Farmers Insurance Open. He had only one top-10 finish in the DP World Tour at the Porsche Singapore Classic, where Pavon landed in a T5. Here's the entire list of Matthieu Pavon's performances in 2024:
2024 PGA Tour tournaments
- Sony Open in Hawaii: T7, 14 under 266
- The American Express: T39, 17 under 271
- Farmers Insurance Open: Winner, 13 under 275
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T3, 15 under 201
- Cognizant Classic: T28, 9 under 275
- Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: T52, 6 over 294
- THE PLAYERS Championship: Missed cut
- Masters Tournament: T12, 1 over 289
- RBC Heritage: T49, 3 under 281
- Wells Fargo Championship: T67, 17 over 301
- PGA Championship: Missed cut
- the Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: Missed cut
- U.S. Open: T5, 3 under 277
- Travelers Championship: T16, 14 under 266
- Genesis Scottish Open: Missed cut
- The Open: T50, 9 over 293
- FedEx St. Jude Championship: T46, 2 under 278
- BMW Championship: T33, 1 over 289
- TOUR Championship: T17, 11 under 274
2024 DP World Tour tournaments
- AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open: Missed cut
- Porsche Singapore Classic: T5, 14 under 274
- ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP: T30, 7 under 273
- BMW PGA Championship: T40, 7 under 281
- acciona Open de España pres. by Madrid: T52, even par 284
- Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: T62, 9 under 279
- FedEx Open de France: T57, 2 under 282
2024 OLY Golf (M) tournaments
- Olympic Men's Golf Competition: T58, 13 over 297