Aramco Team Championship kicks off in Shenzhen, China

Shenzhen, China, will host the Aramco Team Championship Series presented by the Public Investment Fund from October 4 to 6, 2024.

The tournament, which will be held at the Mission Hills Resort, is part of the Women’s World Golf Championship Series, organized by Golf Saudi in cooperation with the Ladies European Tour, and aims to empower women’s golf globally, especially in the Asian region.

The tournament features a system that combines team and individual competitions, with 28 teams competing, each of which includes three professional players, in addition to an amateur player, all of whom contribute to the team’s final result, while the total prize money amounts to one million dollars, divided equally between the team and individual competitions. This innovative system that combines teams and individual competitions is one of the distinctive features of the Aramco Team Championship Series, as it gives amateurs a unique opportunity to compete alongside professional players at the highest level.

The tournament will see the participation of a group of professional female golf stars, led by the world-ranked player, Celine Boutier, who is participating in the Aramco Team Championship Series for the first time in her career. Boutier, who has six professional titles, including winning a major championship title at the “Evian Championship 2023”, hopes to achieve her first victory this season after her recent participations in the Paris 2024 Olympics and the Solheim Cup, where she finished in 18th place. In addition to Boutier, the tournament will feature a host of world-class players including Xiu Lin, winner of the Aramco Team Championship Series in Hong Kong 2023 and bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, alongside US Tour star Moni He, Anna Nordqvist, winner of three majors and vice-captain of Team Europe at the Solheim Cup, and world No. 4 and major winner Ronning Yen, as well as stars such as Alison Li, Angel Yen and Manon De Roux from the Ladies European Tour. The tournament will also feature a host of Saudi Golf and Aramco Team Championship Series ambassadors, including Allison Lee, winner of the 2021 and 2023 Aramco Team Championship Series in Sotogrande, and Angel Yin, winner of a US Tour tournament in China. The list also includes Anne Van Dam, who finished 20th in the 2024 AIG Ladies Open, Bronte Low, winner of the 2022 Aramco Team Championship Series in London, and Oliva Kwan, winner of the 2021 Aramco Team Championship Series in London. The Shenzhen tournament is part of the Aramco Team Championship Series presented by the Public Investment Fund, which consists of five tournaments held annually in different global cities. It was held this year, with previous tournaments held in Tampa, Korea and London, and the series is scheduled to conclude in Riyadh from October 31 to November 2, 2024.