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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Ladies International Moved to October

Gates stand locked outside the closed Manchester City Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, northern England, as the English Premier League soccer season has been suspended due to coronavirus, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

The first women´s professional golf tournament in Saudi Arabia has been rescheduled for Oct. 8-11 after it was postponed last month due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers have confirmed.

The Saudi Ladies International, which is part of the Ladies European Tour (LET), will be hosted at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club at King Abdullah Economic City with a purse of $1 million and is the first of its kind to be held in the kingdom.

"We have been extremely impressed by Golf Saudi´s commitment to working through the challenges and making this historic event happen," Alexandra Armas, LET CEO, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The tour has been on hold since the South African Women's Open finished on March 14, with the next scheduled event the Jabra Ladies Open at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France from June 18-20.

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