History will be made next week when the Asian Development Tour stages its first event in Saudi Arabia.
The PIF Saudi Open, which is being held from December 8-10 at Riyadh Golf Club, will see players competing for a prize fund of $200,000. Participation in the tournament will be open to ADT members, as well as professional and amateur players in the Middle East and North Africa who are registered with a golf club.
The tournament is a result of Golf Saudi entering a 10-year partnership with the Asian Tour, which has also resulted in the PIF Saudi International powered by Softbank Investment Advisers become the opening event on the Asian Tour’s annual calendar.
The PIF Saudi Open will also see the participation of a raft of up-and-coming players from the Gulf states and Arab countries, in addition to Saudi Arabia’s growing home talents from the national team.
Majed Al Sorour, Deputy Chairman and CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation and Golf Saudi, said: “All of us at both the Saudi Golf Federation and Golf Saudi are incredibly excited about next week’s seventh edition of the PIF Saudi Open. Each and every year we host the tournament, it gets bigger and better.
“I am especially proud of how each edition provides Saudi and Arab golf players the opportunity to participate in a top tier competition in their home country and be able to not only develop their skill levels but also to test themselves and go head-to-head against players from different countries in the Middle East, North Africa and now the Asian Development Tour in a competitive environment.”
Al Sorour continued: “By hosting tournaments such as the PIF Saudi Open, we hope to encourage and facilitate greater uptake in the game and offer our elite golfers the chance to compete against the very best. So, thanks must go to our strategic partners the Asian Tour for helping us to achieve that aim, as their involvement will mean the strongest player field in the PIF Saudi Open’s history.”