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Aramco Saudi Ladies International

Aramco Saudi Ladies International
Tournament information
LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Established2020
Course(s)Riyadh Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$5,000,000
Month playedFebruary
Current champion
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit

The Aramco Saudi Ladies International is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET), first played in 2020.[1]

The inaugural tournament was played in Saudi Arabia at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City by the Red Sea. It was the penultimate regular LET event of the 2020 season and marked the first time professional lady golfers played competitively in the country. It was followed the week after by the Saudi Ladies Team International, a team event that would later evolve into the Aramco Team Series.[2]

For the 2023 tournament, the prize money increased from $1 million to $5 million, giving parity with the men's Saudi International for the first time.[3] In 2024, for its fifth installment, the tournament moved to the Riyadh Golf Club in Riyadh.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
Venue
2024 Thailand Patty Tavatanakit 66-70-69-65=270 −18 7 strokes Germany Esther Henseleit 750,000 Riyadh GC
2023 New Zealand Lydia Ko (2) 64-69-66-68=267 −21 1 stroke India Aditi Ashok 750,000 Royal Greens
2022 England Georgia Hall 69-69-68-71=277 −11 5 strokes Sweden Johanna Gustavsson
Czech Republic Kristýna Napoleaová
150,000
2021 New Zealand Lydia Ko 67-70-63-65=265 −23 5 strokes Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 150,000
2020 Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen 67-68-71-72=278 −10 Playoff England Georgia Hall 150,000

See also

References

  1. ^ "Seven Scots set to tee up in first women's golf event in Saudi Arabia". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Saudi Arabia to host LET events". Golf Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Saudi Ladies International winner will claim equal prize money to men". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 9 November 2022.