“This type of commitment to women's golf is really amazing at this time”
Golf Digest Middle East|October 2020
WELSH STAR AMY BOULDEN HAS HAILED SAUDI ARABIA’S ABILITY TO DOUBLE-DOWN ON ITS HISTORIC LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR STOP
KENT GRAY
“This type of commitment to women's golf is really amazing at this time”

Given how quickly the year has spiralled out of control for golf events around the world, it would have been easy for Saudi Arabia to give up on plans to host its historic women’s event and reset for 2021. Welsh star Amy Boulden says the Ladies European Tour’s (LET) membership are indebted the Kingdom have not only avoided such a fate but doubled down on their commitment to the women’s game.

The Saudi Golf Federation and Golf Saudi have announced what is being billed as a “landmark LET golf week” next month. It will be headlined by the US$1 million Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF from November 12-15 and followed two days later at Royal Greens Golf Club near Jeddah by a three-day teams event.

The November 17-19 Saudi Ladies Team International will involve a ProAm component and bring the total purse for the week to $1.5 million.

This story is from the October 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

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