Saudi Aramco Golf and Golf Federation Vice Chairman and CEO Majed Al Surour indicated that the Saudi Aramco Championship Series for Teams will return on a larger scale with the launch of the Championship Series in a second edition to be held at the Thai Country Club in Bangkok from 12 to 14 May 2022.
He expressed his satisfaction with the expansion of the series to the Asian continent, in particular to Thailand, which is one of the fastest growing areas of golf, returning the tournament as an opportunity to show the development of women’s sports, emphasizing that promising players have a unique opportunity presented in contact with the elite players of the European tour for women in a different system under the eyes of the World Golf arena.
In this regard, it has been confirmed that three Thai female golfers will take part in the Saudi Aramco 2022 AD Team Championship Series, where world No. 14 ranked international star Pati Tawatanakit will compete in the championship for the first time. series, as confirmed by Arya Yotanugarn, a former world number one. The two-time Grand Slam champion will take part in the highly anticipated $1 million prize pool event and will be joined by her sister, second-ranked Muria Jotanugarn at No. 42, as well as several Asian players to be announced later. .
Last year’s Saudi Aramco Tag Team Championship featured the world’s fifth-placed 2021 Costa del Sol title holder from Thailand, Ataya Titicol, who narrowly lost in a championship play-off match in London.
Notably, the Bangkok Championship will be the first stop of the Saudi Aramco Team Championship Series, followed by a series of tournaments at Centurion Club London (June 16-18) and La Reserva. Club” in Sotogrande, Spain (August 18-20), including New York from (October 13-15), and the stadium will be determined later, before the end of the series in the Kingdom, in particular the “Royal Greens Stadium and Club”. in Jeddah (November 9-11) with a total prize pool of up to $5 million “$1 million per tournament”, which greatly contributes to an exceptional year of the Women’s European Tour in terms of the number of tournaments and total prize money presented on throughout its history.
