6-438: The term Saudi International may refer to: Saudi International (golf) Saudi International (squash) [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names This article includes a list of sports-related pages with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific sport article referred you to this page, you may wish to change
12-624: A Saudi government sovereign wealth fund. Established in 2019 as a European Tour event, it was the first European Tour event to be played in Saudi Arabia and was one of six European Tour events staged in the countries on the Arabian Peninsula . The event has drawn criticism due to the involvement of Saudi Arabia's government in the event, based on their record of human rights within the country and their ventures of sportswashing . This included paying large appearance fees to some of
18-755: The PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that is held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City , Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2019 as an event on the European Tour , in 2022, it became the flagship event on the Asian Tour with a new title sponsor, the Public Investment Fund (PIF),
24-476: The link to point directly to the intended sport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saudi_International&oldid=1006691586 " Category : Set index articles on sports Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Saudi International (golf) The Saudi International , currently titled as
30-606: The world's top players. The tournament ceased to be a European Tour event after the 2021 edition, and later that year it was announced that as a result, the PGA Tour would not allow their members to compete in future editions, with the European Tour expected to do the same. In September 2021, it was announced that it would become part of the Asian Tour 's schedule. This involved a ten-year deal starting in 2022, with an increased prize fund of US$ 5,000,000. In October, it
36-673: Was announced that the event would become the flagship event of the Asian Tour. In December, the PGA Tour revealed that they would grant their members releases to play in the event in 2022; on the condition that they committed to play in the AT&;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in some form in the following years. In January 2022, it was announced that the Saudi Public Investment Fund had become the new title sponsor of
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