This year’s Saudi Aramco Women’s International Women’s Championship presented by the Public Investment Fund, one of the women’s tournaments on the European Tour, increased the total prize pool to $5 million, five times the total prize pool of the tournament. last year’s tournament.
International golfers will compete for a total number of prizes equal to the sum of the prizes of the Saudi Arabia Men’s International Championship presented by SoftBank Investment Consulting on the Asia Tour. This makes the Saudi Aramco Women’s International Tournament the third largest tournament on the European Women’s Tour in terms of prize money, with the winner receiving the title and receiving $750,000.
This increase is part of an ongoing collaboration between Golf Saudi and the European Women’s Tour as the tournament returns for the fourth year in a row and will take place at the Royal Greens Club and Stadium in the King Abdullah Economic City from February 16 to 19, 2023, featuring 120 elite international golfers.
Since the launch of the Saudi Aramco International Women’s Championship in 2020 and the launch of the Ladies First Club initiative, thousands of Saudi women and girls have gone to learn golf, with 1,000 women registered to learn golf within four days of launch. initiative. This was in line with the Kingdom’s ambitions and Vision 2030, which aims to increase sporting activity in Saudi society. By 2030, the Saudi Arabian Golf Club aims to attract more than a million people to the game of golf.