Golf fans, get ready for one of the most exciting team-ups of the season! 🏌️♂️🏌️♀️ PGA Tour star Michael Kim is joining forces with LPGA phenom Rose Zhang for the 2025 Grant Thornton Invitational — and he’s already calling her swing the prettiest in golf. From college rivals (Cal vs. Stanford) to mixed-team partners, this duo is out to make history. 💥
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Michael Kim praises LPGA star Rose Jang as dynamic duo joins forces for Grant Thornton Invitational when PGA T pro Michael Kim showers praise on a fellow players golf swing. Fans know he means business. This week the 32-year-old lit up social media after revealing his partner for the upcoming Grant Thornton Invitational. None other than LPGA sensation Rose Jean. Taking to X on Tuesday morning, Kim posted with characteristic humor and charm. super excited to tee it up with Rose at the at Invitational. Sometimes a cow bear and a Stanford tree can get along, especially when your partner has the prettiest golf swing you can imagine. And with that, the golf world took notice. Cal versus Stanford. Now on the same side, Kim and Jiang’s partnership is already one of the most intriguing storylines heading into the December 12th to 14th Grant Thornton Invitational at Tibberon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The friendly rivalry between their Alma Maiders only adds spice to the mix. Kim, a University of California, Berkeley standout, won the Haskins Award in 2013 as the top college golfer in the country. Jeang, meanwhile, became a legend at Stanford University, capturing back-to-back NCA individual championships 2022 and 2023 and breaking Tiger Woods record for most collegiate wins with 12 titles in just 20 starts. Since 2018, the Cal Stanford Big Match has pitted both schools men’s and women’s teams head-to-head. The series is tied three to three through 2025. But this December, two of their brightest stars will unite for a much bigger stage that a compliment backed by results admiration for Ciang Swing is more than just friendly flattery. It’s a nod to one of golf’s most technically sound players. Jang spent 141 consecutive weeks at top the World Amateur Golf Ranking before turning pro in 2023. She immediately made history, winning the Mizuo America’s Open in her LPGA debut, the first player to do so since 1951. Since then, Jeang has continued to impress. She claimed her second LPGA victory at the 2024 Cognizant Founders Cup, setting a tournament record at 24 under par and went undefeated 400 at the 2024 Soulheim Cup. For Kim, his own resurgence in 2025 has been remarkable. He finished T2 at the WM Phoenix Open, then notched his first global win since 2018 at the FedEx Open to France, catapulting to a career best number 38 in the world. Off the course, Kim has become a social media favorite, boasting over 207,000 followers on X and earning a reputation as the PGA Tour’s best follow thanks to his sharp wit and candid takes. The Grant Thornton Invitational. Golf’s unique mixed format event. This year’s Grant Thornton Invitational promises to be a showcase of chemistry, creativity, and cross camaraderie. Jang returns for her second appearance. After a T9 finish alongside Sahi Thala in 2023, Kim will make his debut in the event. They’ll face a stacked field, including defending champions Patty Tavatonic and Jake Knap, inaugural winners Lydia Co and Jason Day, and headliners Nelly Corda and Denny McCarthy with a $4 million purse, split evenly between LPGA and PGA players. The event remains the only current mixed team tournament in professional golf, reviving a format not seen since the JC Penney Classic ended in 1999. Each day brings a different test. Friday scramble Saturday forsomes alternate shot Sunday modified fourball winning requires not just great golf but true partnership and by the look of Kim’s excitement he and Jang already have that in spades after all as Kim put it himself sometimes a cow bear and a Stanford tree really can get along especially when there’s a million dollars in bragging rights on the Fine.
