World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul and second-ranked Nelly Korda head one of the strongest fields in women’s golf at this week’s Aramco Championship being staged at iconic Shadow Creek where the players are preparing for a ‘major championship’ challenge. The field tees off Thursday April 2nd.
With this $4 million event co-sanctioned by the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour (LET), every player in the top 20 of the Rolex Women’s World Rankings will tee it up in Thursday’s opening round, making this the strongest PIF Global Series field ever assembled.
For Thitikul, the sheer quality of the Tom Fazio-designed Shadow Creek layout marks out this week as a major challenge for the best players in the world.
“This is a major course setup,” said Thitikul, who won her eighth LPGA Tour career title at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February. “Every part of this golf course can give you something like a smile, but at a different part you can be so frustrated with it. So I think it’s surely for testing everything in your game, physically and mentally-wise.’
“Shadow Creek is a tough course in my perspective. It tests every part of my game and every part of everyone’s game. You have to be in the right spot for every shot that you have because if not, it can cost you a lot. Definitely you’re going to make misses out there, but I think patience is the key here.”
The PIF Global Series comprises five elite events across the Ladies European Tour, the season opening with the PIF Saudi Ladies International in Riyadh in February followed by the Aramco Championship in Las Vegas with events in other golfing powerhouse markets – London, Seoul and Shenzhen
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