Saudi Ladies International

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PIF Saudi Ladies International
Tournament information
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Established 2020
Course(s)Riyadh Golf Club
Par72
Organised byGolf Saudi
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$5,000,000
Month playedFebruary
Current champion
Flag of Thailand.svg Jeeno Thitikul
Location map
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Riyadh GC
Location in Middle East
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Riyadh GC
Location in Saudi Arabia

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

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History

The inaugural tournament was first 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.

For 2025, the format was changed to that of the Aramco Team Series. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes and $0.5 million of the purse was allocated to a team event over the first two days. The 112-player field was made up of 62 LET players, 42 players from the top-300 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, and eight tournament invitations. [4] [5]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Venue
PIF Saudi Ladies International
2025 Flag of Thailand.svg Jeeno Thitikul 67-64-69=200−164 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee So-mi 675,000Riyadh GC
Aramco Saudi Ladies International
2024 Flag of Thailand.svg Patty Tavatanakit 66-70-69-65=270−187 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Esther Henseleit 750,000Riyadh GC
2023 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko (2)64-69-66-68=267−211 stroke Flag of India.svg Aditi Ashok 750,000 Royal Greens
2022 Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall 69-69-68-71=277−115 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Gustavsson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Napoleaová
150,000
2021 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko 67-70-63-65=265−235 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul 150,000
2020 Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen 67-68-71-72=278−10Playoff Flag of England.svg 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.
  4. "How Will The Format Work At The PIF Saudi Ladies International?". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  5. "LET Heads To Riyadh For Pif Saudi Ladies International". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 13 February 2025.