Saudi Arabia's wealth fund now has a deal with an American golf league. The LPGA Tour has announced it will co-sanction a PIF Global Series event with the Ladies European Tour. The Aramco Championship will be played the first week in April at prestigious Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas. The purse will be $4 million.
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Charley Hull, of World team, tees off on the ninth hole during the semifinal against Australia team for the LPGA International Crown golf tournament at the New Korea Country Club in Goyang, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Nelly Korda hits from the third tee during the first round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Norton, Mass. Nelly Korda hits from the third tee during the first round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Norton, Mass. Charley Hull, of World team, tees off on the ninth hole during the semifinal against Australia team for the LPGA International Crown golf tournament at the New Korea Country Club in Goyang, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Charley Hull, of World team, tees off on the ninth hole during the semifinal against Australia team for the LPGA International Crown golf tournament at the New Korea Country Club in Goyang, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Saudi Arabia finally has a deal with American golf under an agreement announced Wednesday for the LPGA Tour to co-sanction a PIF Global Series event at prestigious Shadow Creek in Las Vegas next spring. The Aramco Championship will be held from April 2-5 at Shadow Creek with 120 players from the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour. The $4 million purse rates among the highest outside the majors.in July. He said the Aramco Championship “reflects exactly where we’re headed in building the global schedule for our tour.” “We often talk about routing, courses and purses, and this event checks every box,” Kessler said. “We also recognize that partnerships like this — built on LET’s longstanding collaboration with Golf Saudi and PIF — can help strengthen the women’s game on a global scale and elevate opportunities for our athletes.” The Aramco Championship is one of five tournaments that make up the series, which the Public Investment Fund rebranded this year while raising the prize money. It dates to a team concept in 2020. What started as the Saudi Ladies Team International was renamed the Aramco Team Series and has been a regular part of the LET schedule. The Aramco series has been held in the U.S. each year, starting with Glen Oaks in New York in 2021 and twice on courses owned by President Donald Trump in New York and Florida., and several LPGA players have competed in them. Charley Hull of England, who has membership on both tours, has won Aramco events twice and was runner-up five times. “We’ve had a strong relationship with Golf Saudi since 2020, and this next chapter — welcoming the LPGA to join us at Shadow Creek — highlights how far we’ve come in strengthening the global platform for women’s golf,” said Marta Figueras-Dotti, chair of the LET’s board of directors.signed a framework agreement with the PGA Tour and European Tour in June 2023 that ended their lawsuits and positioned PIF as an investor But that agreement was never finalized, the PGA Tour found a private equity investor in Strategic Sports Group and negotiations with PIF broke down afterThe PIF Global Series was different as Golf Saudi invested in the Ladies European Tour with a series of events that had the largest purses on the LET, though still well short of the majors. “Women’s golf continues to go from strength-to-strength and PIF has a strong track record of backing that growth and investing in the future of the women’s game,” Al-Rumayyan said in a statement provided by the LPGA. “Today’s announcement marks another significant milestone as we work closely with great partners at the LPGA and LET to introduce a co-sanctioned event as part of next year’s PIF Global Series. The future of women’s golf has never been brighter, on and off the course.” Kessler said while he expects some negative reaction, “I’ve been blown away by the support from the LPGA and LET boards.” He said he has spoken to dozens of players about the Las Vegas event. “The overwhelming sentiment was, ‘What took so long?’” The Aramco Championship is one of five tournaments in the PIF Global Series for 2026. The others are the PIF Saudi Ladies International on Feb. 11-14; PIF London Championship at Centurion Club outside London on Aug. 6-9; Aramco Korea Championship in South Korea on Oct. 8-11; and Aramco China Championship at Mission Hills on Nov. 5-8.Only the co-sanctioned event at Shadow Creek — which has hosted the Match Play on the LPGA since 2021 — will count toward the LPGA’s official money and its Race to CME Globe. This will be the fourth co-sanctioned event between the LPGA and LET, joining two majors and the Women’s Scottish Open.Doug Ferguson has been the AP’s golf writer since 1998. He is a recipient of the PGA Lifetime Achievement in Journalism award.
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