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
United States Alison Lee

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]

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]

Winners

Individual

YearDateLocationWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Saudi Ladies Team International
202012–15 NovKAEC, Saudi ArabiaDenmark Emily Kristine Pedersen202−142 strokesAustralia Stephanie Kyriacou
Spain Luna Sobrón Galmés
Netherlands Anne van Dam
25,000
Aramco Team Series
20218–10 JulLondon, EnglandNorway Marianne Skarpnord206−13PlayoffThailand Atthaya Thitikul30,000
5–7 AugSotogrande, SpainUnited States Alison Lee201−155 strokesSouth Africa Ashleigh Buhai30,000
14–16 OctNew York, United StatesEngland Charley Hull204−121 strokeUnited States Nelly Korda30,000
10–12 NovJeddah, Saudi ArabiaSlovenia Pia Babnik200−161 strokeGermany Olivia Cowan30,000
202212–14 MayBangkok, ThailandBelgium Manon De Roey203−133 strokesSweden Johanna Gustavsson75,000
16–18 JunLondon, EnglandEngland Bronte Law210−91 strokeEngland Georgia Hall75,000
18–20 AugSotogrande, SpainUnited States Nelly Korda203−133 strokesUnited States Jessica Korda
Spain Ana Peláez
France Pauline Roussin
75,000
13–15 OctNew York, United StatesUnited States Lexi Thompson205−113 strokesCanada Brooke Henderson
Sweden Madelene Sagström
75,000
9–11 NovJeddah, Saudi ArabiaGermany Chiara Noja203−13Playoff[lower-alpha 1]England Charley Hull75,000
202316–18 MarSingaporeFrance Pauline Roussin191−154 strokesUnited States Danielle Kang75,000
19–21 MayFlorida, United StatesSpain Carlota Ciganda214−21 strokeCzech Republic Klára Spilková75,000
14–16 JulLondon, EnglandUnited States Nelly Korda208−114 strokesEngland Charley Hull75,000
6–8 OctHong KongChina Lin Xiyu135[lower-alpha 2]−11Playoff[lower-alpha 3]South Korea Ko Jin-young75,000
3–5 NovRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaUnited States Alison Lee187−298 strokesSpain Carlota Ciganda75,000
20248–10 MarUnited States75,000
10–12 MaySeoul, South Korea75,000
3–5 JulLondon, England75,000
4–6 OctAsia75,000
1–3 NovRiyadh, Saudi Arabia75,000
  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

YearDateLocationWinnersScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-upRef
Saudi Ladies Team International
2020 12–15 Nov KAEC, Saudi Arabia Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen (c)
South Africa Casandra Hall
Scotland Michele Thomson
England Matt Selby (a)
392 −40 1 stroke Belgium Manon De Roey (c)
England Eleanor Givens
Denmark Linette Littau Durr Holmslykke
Egypt Ahmed El-Mehelmy (a)
[6]
Australia Stephanie Kyriacou (c)
Slovenia Pia Babnik
France Manon Gidali
United Arab Emirates Abdulwahed Al Qasem (a)
Aramco Team Series
2021 8–10 Jul London, England Germany Olivia Cowan (c)
Germany Sarina Schmidt
India Diksha Dagar
England Andrew Kelsey (a)
397 −41 3 strokes Norway Marianne Skarpnord (c)
Sweden Frida Gustafsson Spång
Spain Carmen Alonso
England Christopher Pinsent (a)
[7]
5–7 Aug Sotogrande, Spain South Africa Ashleigh Buhai (c)
South Africa Stacy Lee Bregman
England Hayley Davis
Spain Ignacio Morillo (a)
397 −35 Playoff[lower-alpha 1] Sweden Linnea Ström (c)
Sweden Jenny Haglund
France Agathe Sauzon
Italy Alessandro Anzelmo (a)
[8]
14–16 OctNew York, United StatesUnited States Jessica Korda (c)
Germany Karolin Lampert
Sweden Lina Boqvist
United States Alexandra O'Laughlin (a)
391−41Playoff[lower-alpha 2]Germany Sophia Popov (c)
England Hayley Davis
Argentina Magdalena Simmermacher
United States Cody Crowell (a)
[9]
10–12 NovJeddah, Saudi ArabiaDenmark Emily Kristine Pedersen (c)
England Hannah Burke
Finland Krista Bakker
Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al Subaey (a)
381−51Playoff[lower-alpha 3]Wales Lydia Hall (c)
Wales Becky Brewerton
Brazil Luiza Altmann
United States Victor Green (a)
[10]
202212–13 MayBangkok, ThailandAustralia Whitney Hillier (c)
Thailand Chonlada Chayanun
Finland Krista Bakker
Thailand Pattanan Amatanon (a)
257−313 strokesArgentina Magdalena Simmermacher (c)
France Charlotte Liautier
Sweden Isabella Deilert
Thailand Sirapob Yapala (a)
[11]
16–17 JunLondon, EnglandSouth Africa Nicole Garcia (c)
United States Kelly Whaley
Norway Madelene Stavnar
England Mia Baker (a)
265−27Playoff[lower-alpha 4]Finland Ursula Wikström (c)
Sweden Julia Engström
Spain María Hernández
Belgium Laurent Dhaeyer (a)
[12]
18–19 AugSotogrande, SpainUnited States Jessica Korda (c)
Finland Noora Komulainen
Czech Republic Tereza Melecká
England Malcolm Borwick (a)
255−331 strokeFrance Pauline Roussin (c)
Czech Republic Jana Melichová
Thailand Mim Sangkapong
Spain Ana Luisa Hernández (a)
[13]
13–14 OctNew York, United StatesSweden Johanna Gustavsson (c)
Sweden Jessica Karlsson
Germany Karolin Lampert
United States Jennifer Rosenberg (a)
264−241 strokeUnited States Nelly Korda (c)
France Celine Herbin
Finland Noora Komulainen
United States James Rawson (a)
[14]
9–10 NovJeddah, Saudi ArabiaSouth Africa Nicole Garcia (c)
South Africa Casandra Alexander
Czech Republic Tereza Melecká
Morocco Sonia Bayahya (a)
259−29Playoff[lower-alpha 5]Austria Christine Wolf (c)
Scotland Laura Beveridge
United States Virgin Islands Alexandra Swayne
Saudi Arabia Raghdah Alessawi (a)
[15]
202316–17 MarSingaporeAustria Christine Wolf (c)
South Africa Casandra Alexander
England Eleanor Givens
Japan Katsuko Blalock (a)
260−281 strokeFrance Pauline Roussin (c)
Spain Nuria Iturrioz
Germany Patricia Isabel Schmidt
Singapore Jared Tang (a)
[16]
19–20 MayFlorida, United StatesFrance Pauline Roussin (c)
Spain Nuria Iturrioz
England Trish Johnson
England Michael Bickford (a)
263−252 strokesSouth Africa Casandra Alexander (c)
England Gabriella Cowley
France Emma Grechi
United States Jason McCarty (a)
14–15 JulLondon, EnglandEngland Georgia Hall (c)
Scotland Kylie Henry
Wales Lea Anne Bramwell
England Michael Austick (a)
268−241 strokeEngland Charley Hull (c)
England Hayley Davis
Sweden Isabella Deilert
England Teddy Sheringham (a)
[17]
6–7 OctHong KongCzech Republic Kristýna Napoleaová (c)
Germany Laura Fünfstück
Argentina Magdalena Simmermacher
South Korea John Hyun (a)
261–311 strokeThailand Trichat Cheenglab (c)
Austria Christine Wolf
Czech Republic Jana Melichová
Hong Kong Arianna Lau (a)
[18]
3–4 NovRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaSpain Carlota Ciganda (c)
Czech Republic Sára Kousková
Italy Alessandra Fanali
Saudi Arabia Lujain Khalil (a)
245–433 strokesUnited States Alison Lee (c)
Switzerland Kim Métraux
India Gaurika Bishnoi
United States Chris Thomas (a)
[19]
20248–9 MarUnited States
10–11 MaySeoul, South Korea
3–4 JulLondon, England
4–5 OctAsia
1–2 NovRiyadh, 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

References

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  2. "Saudi Arabia to host LET events". Golf Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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