England’s Charley Hull is hoping to continue her impressive record at Riyadh Golf Club in the Ladies European Tour season-opening event.
The four-time LET winner will be teeing it up at the 2026 PIF Saudi Ladies International which is being held in Saudi Arabia from 11-14 February. A field of 120 players representing 32 nationalities will be taking part in the 72-hole stroke play competition.
Hull, who sits at number five in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, has an impeccable record around Riyadh Golf Club securing the Aramco Team Series Presented by PIF – Riyadh Individual title here in 2024 alongside three top-10 finishes.
“I like how you can be quite aggressive around here,” she said. “It’s quite a scoreable golf course. It’s a fun track to play. I’ve got a few good memories around here, so every time I come back it makes me smile and I just enjoy it.
“You can play aggressively. If you hit it out of line, you’re on the sand. On the 15th last year, I was in the waste bunker on the left and I hit it to 10-feet. That was an unbelievable shot, and I don’t know how I hit it there.”
This is the seventh edition of the PIF Saudi Ladies International and the third time the event is being played at Riyadh Golf Club. With a prize fund of $5 million up for grabs, Hull believes the course is in its best-ever condition.
She explained: “The golf course is a lot lusher and lot greener than we’ve had before. It takes a golf course a few years to settle in, and I feel like this golf course has really settled in now and you’re starting to get a character to this golf course. This is definitely the best I have seen this golf course. It’s nice to be back here and see it grow into itself.
“The support of Golf Saudi has put us on a bigger stage and having the $5 million event is bringing more eyes. It’s pretty cool to have an equal prize fund with the men, that’s really important. I remember the first time I came out here, in the Pro-Am there were no girls on the driving range and now there are quite a few.”
Hull tees it up on Wednesday at 7.56 am (local time) alongside China’s Muni He and 2024 PIF Saudi Ladies International champion Patty Tavatanakit from Thailand.
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