Team Troon On Tour: Team Kuchar with T5 at PNC

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Kris Strauss
TeamTroon on Tour picturing from top left to bottom right Matt Kuchar, Colin Montgomerie, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Cheyenne Woods,Alex Noren, Cary Woodland, Yealimi Noh, Matt Fitzpatrick and Benedetta Moresco.

PNC Championship

This past weekend, PGA and LPGA Tour players teamed up with members of their family to compete in a scramble format at the PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida. Team Troon member Matt Kuchar and his son Cameron, were in the field and held close to the top of the leaderboard during the event! They carded a 57 -15 the first round of the event, being only one shot off the tournament record. Justin Thomas and his father, Mike Thomas were also in the field and also landed in the top 20 for the event. Justin and Mike were paired with Tiger and Charlie in round one so there were a ton of Troon logo sightings on the broadcast and in press conferences (see this press conference leading into the event). It was also great week seeing so many major champions competing with family around the holidays. Great playing Team Kuchar and Team Thomas!

  • T5 Team Kuchar: 57-68 = 19
  • T13 Team Thomas: 64-66 = -14

LPGA– Q-Series

Stage 3 of LPGA Tour Q Series (aka Q School) recently wrapped up down at the Robert Trent Jones designed Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama. This event is the final stage of Q School and outcome determines who will receive LPGA status for 2024. Team Troon member Benedetta Moresco qualified to be in the event (thanks to great performance in the prior two stages) and posted great numbers during the six rounds of this finale. She concluded the event T27 and -11, to earn status for the 2024 LPGA season. For those not aware, the Top 20 receive full LPGA Tour status. The next group (21-45) receive a different level of status (aka conditional status) which Benedetta earned. As such, she will play in as many LPGA Tour events as she can get into. When she is not playing in an LPGA Tour event she will be playing the in EPSON Tour events. Congratulations to Benedetta and we are very excited to see your success to come in 2024 and beyond!

  • T27 Benedetta Moresco: 71-69-67-70-70-72 = 419 / -11  

Following the great event, Benedetta took to social media and posted photos of her and her caddie, Chris Rose …with both rocking Troon gear/logos and tagging @Troon! Congrats to you both!

From the prior week

PGA & LPGA Tour – Grant Thornton Invitational

The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour had a great week at Tiburón Golf Club for the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational. 16 LPGA and PGA TOUR’s best teamed for a new mixed team invitational where they competed for equal prize money of $4 Million. Jason Day and Lydia Ko won the event and the team onsite did a fantastic job getting the course prepped and detailed for a great event! Congrats team Tiburón on yet another epic week!

PGA TOUR- Hero World Challenge

The week prior a number of members of the PGA TOUR came together in the Bahamas for Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club. It was Tiger’s first tournament back in a while and there was great excitement around the event for all involved. Justin Thomas and Matt Fitzpatrick were in the field and both played exceptional all week and both landed in the top 5 after completion of play! Congrats Matt and JT!

  •  3 Justin Thomas: 70-67-68-67 = 272/-16
  • T4 Matt Fitzpatrick: 70-68-65-70 = 273/-15

COMING UP

PGA TOUR- The Sentry at Kapalua

For the 26th consecutive year, The Plantation Course at Kapalua will host the PGA TOUR’s best when The Sentry returns to Maui January 4-7, 2024. The annual event has generated more than $8.5 million for Maui charities since 1999 and showcases the beauty and Aloha of Maui and Kapalua to millions around the world. CLICK HERE to view a recent press release detailing this year’s event with additional information on Kapalua. Team Troon member Matt Fitzpatrick with his all Troon bag will be in the field. The world of golf will be on our associates and team at Kapalua for what will be a great week of golf and continued awareness for the recovery of Maui.

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As we concluded our Early Bird sales period for 2024 Troon Card, Justin Thomas did a RT of our @Troon X post to his 735K followers. Thank you for sharing our updates JT!

Go Team Troon. Congrats Benedetta (and Chris). Happy Holidays!