PIF Global Series
Golf tournament
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The PIF Global Series, formerly known as the Aramco Team Series, is a professional women's golf competition that is part of the Ladies European Tour (LET), first played in 2020.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2020 |
| Tour | Ladies European Tour |
| Format | Individual and team event |
| Prize fund | $2,000,000 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 187 Alison Lee |
| To par | −29 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Charley Hull | |
The inaugural tournament was played as the Saudi Ladies Team International at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) by the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. It was the penultimate LET event of the 2020 season and followed the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.[2]
2021 saw the competition expanded to become the Aramco Team Series, with four tournaments to be held in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain and Saudi Arabia, each with a US$1 million prize fund.[3]
Format
The tournament is a team competition with a total of 26 teams (36 in 2020 and 2021), each team consisting of three professionals and one amateur.
A draft is used to form the teams for the tournament. The team captains are seeded based on the official Women's World Golf Rankings. In a random order, the captains select the first additional player to join their team. Each team is then randomly assigned an amateur player and another professional from the remaining field.
Scoring is on a "two-from-four" basis which sees the best two scores on each hole counted for the team competition. With this format, the amateurs may contribute to the result of the game. In addition, the professionals complete every hole and the score is used for the individual competition.[4]
For 2022, the format was amended so that teams compete over only 36 holes, the first two days of the tournament, with the final day exclusively for the 60 and ties who make the cut, to compete for the individual title. Also, instead of an 80/20 split, an equal split of the US$1,000,000 prize between the team and individual events was introduced.[5]
It was renamed the PIF Global Series in 2025, and purses doubled to $2m.[6]
Winners
Individual
| Year | Date | Location | Winner | Score | To Par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Ladies Team International | ||||||||
| 2020 | 12–15 Nov | KAEC, Saudi Arabia |  Emily Kristine Pedersen | 202 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Stephanie Kyriacou Luna Sobrón Galmés Anne van Dam | 25,000 |
| Aramco Team Series | ||||||||
| 2021 | 8–10 Jul | London, England |  Marianne Skarpnord | 206 | −13 | Playoff |  Atthaya Thitikul | 30,000 |
| 5–7 Aug | Sotogrande, Spain |  Alison Lee | 201 | −15 | 5 strokes |  Ashleigh Buhai | 30,000 | |
| 14–16 Oct | New York, U.S. | Charley Hull | 204 | −12 | 1 stroke | Nelly Korda | 30,000 | |
| 10–12 Nov | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Pia Babnik | 200 | −16 | 1 stroke |  Olivia Cowan | 30,000 | |
| 2022 | 12–14 May | Bangkok, Thailand |  Manon De Roey | 203 | −13 | 3 strokes |  Johanna Gustavsson | 75,000 |
| 16–18 Jun | London, England | Bronte Law | 210 | −9 | 1 stroke | Georgia Hall | 75,000 | |
| 18–20 Aug | Sotogrande, Spain | Nelly Korda | 203 | −13 | 3 strokes | Jessica Korda Ana Peláez Pauline Roussin | 75,000 | |
| 13–15 Oct | New York, U.S. | Lexi Thompson | 205 | −11 | 3 strokes |  Brooke Henderson Madelene Sagström |
75,000 | |
| 9–11 Nov | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Chiara Noja | 203 | −13 | Playoff[a] | Charley Hull | 75,000 | |
| 2023 | 16–18 Mar | Singapore | Pauline Roussin | 191 | −15 | 4 strokes | Danielle Kang | 75,000 |
| 19–21 May | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | Carlota Ciganda | 214 | −2 | 1 stroke |  Klára Spilková | 75,000 | |
| 14–16 Jul | London, England | Nelly Korda | 208 | −11 | 4 strokes | Charley Hull | 75,000 | |
| 6–8 Oct | Hong Kong |  Lin Xiyu | 135[b] | −11 | Playoff[c] |  Ko Jin-young | 75,000 | |
| 3–5 Nov | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Alison Lee | 187 | −29 | 8 strokes | Carlota Ciganda | 75,000 | |
| 2024 | 8–10 Mar | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | Alexandra Försterling | 204 | −12 | 3 strokes | Charley Hull | 75,000 |
| 10–12 May | Seoul, South Korea | Kim Hyo-joo | 206 | −10 | 3 strokes | Charley Hull | 75,000 | |
| 3–5 Jul | London, England |  Leona Maguire | 211 | −8 | 1 stroke | María Hernández | 75,000 | |
| 4–6 Oct | Shenzhen, China | Céline Boutier | 200 | −19 | 2 strokes | Lin Xiyu | 75,000 | |
| 1–3 Nov | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Charley Hull | 198 | −18 | 3 strokes | Nicole Broch Estrup | 75,000 | |
| PIF Global Series | ||||||||
| 2025 | 13–15 Feb | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Jeeno Thitikul | 200 | −16 | 4 strokes | Lee So-mi | 675,000 |
| 9–11 May | Seoul, South Korea | Kim Hyo-joo | 209 | −7 | 2 strokes |  Chiara Tamburlini | 225,000 | |
| 8–10 Aug | London, England | Laura Fünfstück | 209 | −10 | 1 stroke |  Daniela Darquea | 225,000 | |
| 5–7 Sep | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Nuria Iturrioz | 203 | −13 | 2 strokes | Carlota Ciganda Charley Hull | 225,000 | |
| 6–8 Nov | Shenzhen, China | Ruixin Liu | 203 | −16 | 3 strokes | Trichat Cheenglab Lin Qianhui Chiara Tamburlini Zeng Liqi | 225,000 | |
| 2026 | 12–14 Feb | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Charley Hull | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Casandra Alexander Akie Iwai | 750,000 |
| 3–5 Apr | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |  | | 600,000 | ||||
| 7–9 Aug | London, England | | | 300,000 | ||||
| 9–11 Oct | Seoul, South Korea | | | 300,000 | ||||
| 6–8 Nov | Shenzhen, China | | | 300,000 | ||||
- Noja won with a birdie on the second playoff hole.
- Reduced to 36 holes due to Typhoon Koinu.
- Lin won with a birdie on the second playoff hole.
Team
- (c) – Captain, (a) – Amateur
- Team Buhai won with a par on the first playoff hole.
- Team J. Korda won with a par on the second playoff hole.
- Team Pedersen won with an eagle on the second playoff hole.
- Team Garcia won with a par on the first playoff hole.
- Team Garcia won with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
- Team Nadaud won with a birdie on the third playoff hole.
- Played as the PIF Saudi Ladies International team event