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]

Aramco Team Series
Tournament information
Established2020
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
FormatIndividual and team event
Prize fund$1,000,000
Tournament record score
Aggregate187 Alison Lee
To par−29 as above
Current champion
Germany Alexandra Försterling

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 edit

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]

Winners edit

Individual edit

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, United States   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, United States   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, United States   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, United States   Alexandra Försterling 204 −12 3 strokes   Charley Hull 75,000
10–12 May Seoul, South Korea 75,000
3–5 Jul London, England 75,000
4–6 Oct Asia 75,000
1–3 Nov Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 75,000
  1. ^ Noja won with a birdie on the second playoff hole.
  2. ^ Reduced to 36 holes due to Typhoon Koinu.
  3. ^ Lin won with a birdie on the second playoff hole.

Team edit

Year Date Location Winners Score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up Ref
Saudi Ladies Team International
2020 12–15 Nov KAEC, Saudi Arabia   Emily Kristine Pedersen (c)
  Casandra Hall
  Michele Thomson
  Matt Selby (a)
392 −40 1 stroke   Manon De Roey (c)
  Eleanor Givens
  Linette Littau Durr Holmslykke
  Ahmed El-Mehelmy (a)
[6]
  Stephanie Kyriacou (c)
  Pia Babnik
  Manon Gidali
  Abdulwahed Al Qasem (a)
Aramco Team Series
2021 8–10 Jul London, England   Olivia Cowan (c)
  Sarina Schmidt
  Diksha Dagar
  Andrew Kelsey (a)
397 −41 3 strokes   Marianne Skarpnord (c)
  Frida Gustafsson Spång
  Carmen Alonso
  Christopher Pinsent (a)
[7]
5–7 Aug Sotogrande, Spain   Ashleigh Buhai (c)
  Stacy Lee Bregman
  Hayley Davis
  Ignacio Morillo (a)
397 −35 Playoff[a]   Linnea Ström (c)
  Jenny Haglund
  Agathe Sauzon
  Alessandro Anzelmo (a)
[8]
14–16 Oct New York, United States   Jessica Korda (c)
  Karolin Lampert
  Lina Boqvist
  Alexandra O'Laughlin (a)
391 −41 Playoff[b]   Sophia Popov (c)
  Hayley Davis
  Magdalena Simmermacher
  Cody Crowell (a)
[9]
10–12 Nov Jeddah, Saudi Arabia   Emily Kristine Pedersen (c)
  Hannah Burke
  Krista Bakker
  Ahmed Al Subaey (a)
381 −51 Playoff[c]   Lydia Hall (c)
  Becky Brewerton
  Luiza Altmann
  Victor Green (a)
[10]
2022 12–13 May Bangkok, Thailand   Whitney Hillier (c)
  Chonlada Chayanun
  Krista Bakker
  Pattanan Amatanon (a)
257 −31 3 strokes   Magdalena Simmermacher (c)
  Charlotte Liautier
  Isabella Deilert
  Sirapob Yapala (a)
[11]
16–17 Jun London, England   Nicole Garcia (c)
  Kelly Whaley
  Madelene Stavnar
  Mia Baker (a)
265 −27 Playoff[d]   Ursula Wikström (c)
  Julia Engström
  María Hernández
  Laurent Dhaeyer (a)
[12]
18–19 Aug Sotogrande, Spain   Jessica Korda (c)
  Noora Komulainen
  Tereza Melecká
  Malcolm Borwick (a)
255 −33 1 stroke   Pauline Roussin (c)
  Jana Melichová
  Mim Sangkapong
  Ana Luisa Hernández (a)
[13]
13–14 Oct New York, United States   Johanna Gustavsson (c)
  Jessica Karlsson
  Karolin Lampert
  Jennifer Rosenberg (a)
264 −24 1 stroke   Nelly Korda (c)
  Celine Herbin
  Noora Komulainen
  James Rawson (a)
[14]
9–10 Nov Jeddah, Saudi Arabia   Nicole Garcia (c)
  Casandra Alexander
  Tereza Melecká
  Sonia Bayahya (a)
259 −29 Playoff[e]   Christine Wolf (c)
  Laura Beveridge
  Alexandra Swayne
  Raghdah Alessawi (a)
[15]
2023 16–17 Mar Singapore   Christine Wolf (c)
  Casandra Alexander
  Eleanor Givens
  Katsuko Blalock (a)
260 −28 1 stroke   Pauline Roussin (c)
  Nuria Iturrioz
  Patricia Isabel Schmidt
  Jared Tang (a)
[16]
19–20 May West Palm Beach Florida, United States   Pauline Roussin (c)
  Nuria Iturrioz
  Trish Johnson
  Michael Bickford (a)
263 −25 2 strokes   Casandra Alexander (c)
  Gabriella Cowley
  Emma Grechi
  Jason McCarty (a)
14–15 Jul London, England   Georgia Hall (c)
  Kylie Henry
  Lea Anne Bramwell
  Michael Austick (a)
268 −24 1 stroke   Charley Hull (c)
  Hayley Davis
  Isabella Deilert
  Teddy Sheringham (a)
[17]
6–7 Oct Hong Kong   Kristýna Napoleaová (c)
  Laura Fünfstück
  Magdalena Simmermacher
  John Hyun (a)
261 –31 1 stroke   Trichat Cheenglab (c)
  Christine Wolf
  Jana Melichová
  Arianna Lau (a)
[18]
3–4 Nov Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   Carlota Ciganda (c)
  Sára Kousková
  Alessandra Fanali
  Lujain Khalil (a)
245 –43 3 strokes   Alison Lee (c)
  Kim Métraux
  Gaurika Bishnoi
  Chris Thomas (a)
[19]
2024 8–9 Mar Tampa, Florida, United States   Pauline Roussin (c)
  Céline Herbin
  Meghan MacLaren
  LuJain Omar Khalil (a)
260 –28 1 stroke   Charley Hull (c)
  Kelsey Macdonald
  Pia Babnik
  Alexandra O'Laughlin (a)
  Alice Hewson (c)
  Emma Spitz
  Hayley Davis
  Barry Hyde (a)
10–11 May Seoul, South Korea
3–4 Jul London, England
4–5 Oct Asia
1–2 Nov Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(c) – Captain, (a) – Amateur
  1. ^ Team Buhai won with a par on the first playoff hole.
  2. ^ Team J. Korda won with a par on the second playoff hole.
  3. ^ Team Pedersen won with an eagle on the second playoff hole.
  4. ^ Team Garcia won with a par on the first playoff hole.
  5. ^ Team Garcia won with a birdie on the first playoff hole.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Seven Scots set to tee up in first women's golf event in Saudi Arabia". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Saudi Arabia to host LET events". Golf Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Aramco Team Series and LET Go Global". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Three Things To Look Out For At The Aramco Team Series – London". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Team Captains Make Their Picks Ahead Of Aramco Team Series – Bangkok". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Scoreboard – The Saudi Ladies Team International (Team)". LET Tour Information Centre. OCS Sport. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Results 2021 Aramco Team Series – London". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Team Buhai Triumph In Playoff As Lee Wins Individual Event In Sotogrande". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ Jackson, Keith (17 October 2021). "Aramco Team Series: Jessica Korda wins team event, Charley Hull claims individual crown". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Team Pedersen Win After Playoff As Babnik Secures Individual Title In Jeddah". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Team Hillier Victorious As Tavatanakit Holds Two-Shot Individual Lead In Bangkok". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Law Wins Individual Title With Monster Eagle Putt As Team Garcia Triumphs At Aramco Team Series – London". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Team Jessica Korda Triumphs At Aramco Team Series Sotogrande". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Team Gustavsson Victorious As Lexi Thompson Holds One-Shot Individual Lead In New York". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Chiara Noja and Team Garcia Triumph in Playoffs at Aramco Team Series – Jeddah". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Team Wolf Victorious As Three Tied At The Top In Individual Standings In Singapore". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Team Hall Secure One-Shot Victory in London". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Team Napoleaova Victorious As Ko And Lin Lead Individual Standings In Hong Kong". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Team Ciganda Victorious In Riyadh As Alison Lee Makes History". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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