Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) has made a significant funding within the Girls European Tour (LET) to turn into the title sponsor of 5 girls’s golf occasions.
The occasions previously often known as the Aramco Staff Sequence have been rebranded because the PIF World Sequence and can happen in 5 nations throughout three continents in 2025. The tournaments will even function prize purses elevated from $1 million to $2 million.
The information comes on the heels of the $5 million prize purse for the PIF Saudi Girls Worldwide in February, which Jeeno Thitikul earned $675,000 for profitable. The occasion will stay intact for the 2026 season.
The 5 occasions comprising the PIF World Sequence are:
• PIF Saudi Girls Worldwide: Riyadh Golf Membership, Riyadh (Feb. 12-15)
• Aramco Korea Championship: New Korea Nation Membership, Seoul, South Korea (Friday to Sunday)
• PIF Championship: Centurion Membership, London (Aug. 8-10)
• Aramco Houston Championship: TBC, Houston (Sept. 5-7)
• Aramco Shenzhen Championship: Mission Hills, Shenzhen, China (Nov. 6-8)
The collective prize pool throughout all 5 occasions will attain $13 million.
Just like the PIF-backed LIV Golf League, every of the revamped LET occasions will function each staff and particular person competitions happening concurrently. For the staff competitors, captains will likely be appointed primarily based on the Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings and draft their groups.
“The brand new PIF World Sequence is one other large second for the LET, because it continues to develop and supply extra alternatives for gamers to play and win in superb occasions all over the world,” mentioned Golf Saudi ambassador Charley Hull, who’s ranked 14th on the earth. “Golf Saudi and PIF have confirmed to be actual recreation changers for girls’s golf, as soon as once more backing up their dedication to creating equal alternatives and elevating the bar for the gamers.
“I like taking part in both as a person or in a staff, so I can not wait to tee it up at collection occasions all year long and hopefully encourage an increasing number of younger individuals into golf all over the world.”
Along with LIV and the LET, PIF has not too long ago made vital investments within the ATP and WTA tennis excursions, together with serving because the naming companion for each organizations’ rankings techniques.
