” Heading to the tournament in Saudi Arabia.
The European Women’s Professional Golf (LET) Aramco Saudi Ladies International (total prize money of $5 million) was held on the 31st (Korean time) in addition to world No. 1 Lydia Ko (New Zealand), Lexi Thompson (USA), Jeon In-ji, Daniel Kang (USA) It was announced that 13 winners of major tournaments on the LPGA Tour would participate. 스포츠토토
The tournament will be held at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia for four days from the 16th of next month. This is the third LET competition in the 2023 season. Given that there is no LPGA Tour event held during the same period, it is natural for famous players who play on the LPGA Tour to participate. However, a large number of players who did not participate in the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the opening match of the 2023 season LPGA tour held earlier, are included in the list, giving the feeling of the actual opening match of women’s golf in the 2023 season. Among the 120 participants, in addition to Jeon In-ji, there are many Korean players who are active on the LPGA Tour, such as Kim Hyo-joo, Lee Jung-eun6, and Ji Eun-hee. Sponsored by Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company, this tournament has increased its prize money five times this year from last year’s $1 million. It is the same amount as the Saudi International, the first tournament of the Asian Tour 2023 season that opens this week. The winning prize alone is $750,000, which is half of the total prize money of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the opening game of the 2023 LPGA Tour. Considering that the total prize money of general LPGA Tour tournaments is around 2 million dollars, it can be said that major players have entered the fight to win huge prize money.
The United States and Europe are criticizing the tournament’s record-breaking prize money increase as a means to clear up allegations of women’s human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. But the contestants don’t seem to care. “Equal pay in golf has been something we’ve all wanted for a long time,” Thompson said. It is very encouraging that the prize money has increased significantly to match the level of the men’s competition.”