RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, LONDON and DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Golf Saudi has announced a multi-year commitment to The Championship in the UK, which will be co-sanctioned by the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour (LET) starting in 2027. The tournament will feature a $4 million prize fund and move to a summer date from July 19–25, 2027.
Alongside the tournament investment, Golf Saudi announced a multi-year partnership with the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, expanding its support across the full LET season.
Staged in London since 2021, The Championship will join both the LPGA Tour and LET schedules in 2027. The 2026 edition of the event was won by 17-year-old Anna Huang.
The newly announced partnership with the LET Order of Merit extends Golf Saudi’s backing across every week of the season. The season-long points race rewards consistency across the schedule, with the winner receiving a season-ending bonus.
Meanwhile, the PIF Global Series concludes at the end of the 2026 season after delivering 29 tournaments across three continents since 2021. The 2026 season finishes with events in Korea and China in October and November. Going forward, Golf Saudi’s tournament focus in the women's game will center on The Championship in the UK, the LET Order of Merit partnership, and local grassroots development.
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“We’re excited to add this championship to the LPGA Tour schedule alongside the LET. With a strong multi-year partner and top players from both tours in the field, this event will bring a lot of energy and give players another great opportunity to compete during one of the biggest stretches of the season.”
— Craig Kessler, LPGA Commissioner |
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“Golf Saudi has been an outstanding partner to the LET and has played a transformational role in creating opportunities for our players. We are delighted that Golf Saudi is continuing to invest in the Ladies European Tour. This investment represents a commitment to strengthening our entire organisation, supporting our players across the whole season, and enabling us to continue investing in the long-term growth and sustainability of the Tour. The LET is part of an essential pathway for new golfers, including those who will emerge from Saudi Arabia and across the Arab world in the coming years. As the game grows in the Kingdom and across the region, the LET provides an opportunity for those players to build their careers.”
— Tom Phillips, LET CEO |
The international investment connects directly to Golf Saudi's domestic initiative to expand participation from roughly 4,500 registered golfers today to more than 30,000 within five years.
In 2026, over 15,000 people signed up for lessons through Golf Saudi’s Go Golf program, with more than 4,000 currently on a waiting list. Women account for over 35% of those participants. To maintain player engagement, Golf Saudi is expanding its academies and engaging the LPGA Professionals program to train coaches, teachers, and facility managers.
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“Our ambition is for Saudi women and girls to see a future in golf – as players, coaches, and leaders. Championships like this give aspiring athletes a powerful sense of what is possible. Our responsibility at the Saudi Golf Federation is to connect that inspiration with opportunities to learn, compete, and progress, and to make sure women's experience and expertise inform the decisions that guide the sport. What we are building here is not seasonal, it is generational.”
— Abeer AlJohani, Vice President, Saudi Golf Federation |
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“Our mission is not only to bring more women and girls into golf, but to create the opportunities that keep them in the game. That means ensuring they have access to qualified instruction and coaching, along with meaningful opportunities to learn, play and compete.”
— Liz Cooper, Executive Director, LPGA Foundation & LPGA Professionals |
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“Our approach to women's golf is built around the growth of the game in the Kingdom – it is the foundation of everything we do and is how we create a sustainable return on investment and a return on impact. For us, the growth of the game is the growth of a whole industry. The players on this stage are the engines of that growth. Every girl who watches them and picks up a club is demand we can build a golf economy on. We have learnt a great deal over the past few years about what works, and our focus now is on investing intelligently and building the right economic model - one that makes the women's game commercially stronger and creates a pathway that lasts.”
— Noah Alireza, CEO of Golf Saudi |
