https://www.scmp.com/rss/516165/feed The Aramco Team Series is a professional women’s golf competition that is part of the Ladies European Tour, first played in 2020. It has five tournaments a year, with the 2023 stops in Singapore, West Palm Beach, London, Hong Kong and Riyadh. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Josh Ball Josh Ball Women’s golf has moved another step closer to its own version of LIV, with the revamped Aramco Team Series getting a new name, more money and a global schedule that takes in the UK, United States and China. Gone are the amateurs, with teams of professionals also competing for an individual prize over three rounds. This week, that involves the likes of defending team champion Danielle Kang, last year’s individual winner Kim Hyo-joo, Bronte Law and Hong Kong’s Ginnie Ding battling it out at the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3309553/hong-kongs-ginnie-ding-super-excited-be-part-womens-liv-golf-series?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3309553/hong-kongs-ginnie-ding-super-excited-be-part-womens-liv-golf-series?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 May 2025 10:30:09 +0000 Excitement, anticipation and a certain amount of expectation will be flowing through Ginnie Ding’s veins when she steps onto the first tee in Morocco on Thursday. The 22-year-old will start her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour in the Lalla Meryem Cup, the next step in a two-year journey that has taken her from college golfer to fully fledged professional. And with a 30-tournament season ahead, Ding, the first Hongkonger to earn full LET status, wants to make a fast start to life on tour... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3297355/ladies-european-tour-ding-achieves-first-hong-kong-eyes-passport-bigger-things?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3297355/ladies-european-tour-ding-achieves-first-hong-kong-eyes-passport-bigger-things?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:30:08 +0000 The Ladies European Tour is returning to mainland China for the first time in more than seven years, with Mission Hills Resort in Shenzhen hosting the fourth event of the Aramco Team Series. And officials expect some of the country’s biggest names to take part in October, with Janet Lin Xiyu back to defend the individual title she won in Hong Kong at the same stage of the series last year, when Typhoon Koinu battered the city. Also lined up for the three-day competition, which sees amateurs play... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275853/aramco-team-series-mission-hills-host-years-fourth-event-janet-lin-yin-ruoning-field?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275853/aramco-team-series-mission-hills-host-years-fourth-event-janet-lin-yin-ruoning-field?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Aug 2024 01:00:13 +0000 Away from the soggy headlines announcing the premature end of the Aramco Team Series’ stop in Hong Kong, and Janet Lin Xiyu’s monster putt to win a two-hole play-off, Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching was quietly going about her best finish in months. The Hongkonger has struggled for the past two years on the LPGA Tour, and said at times she had been “feeling very helpless out there”, with missed or barely made cuts the rule not the exception. According to several of those close to her, things had become... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237915/urgent-phone-call-turned-around-my-career-golfer-tiffany-chan-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237915/urgent-phone-call-turned-around-my-career-golfer-tiffany-chan-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:45:10 +0000 Typhoon Koinu wrecked the closing round of the Aramco Team Series golf tournament on Sunday, and also put paid to horse racing at Sha Tin, the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open and domestic football. With the storm barrelling towards the city, moving to within 90km (56 miles) in the afternoon, the Observatory raised the No 8 warning at 12.40pm. Officials were given advanced warning of the decision though, meaning golf and racing were cancelled early on, while the Hong Kong Football Association... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237222/typhoon-koinu-disrupts-hong-kong-tennis-open-and-sha-tin-racing-aramco-golf-event-settled-dramatic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237222/typhoon-koinu-disrupts-hong-kong-tennis-open-and-sha-tin-racing-aramco-golf-event-settled-dramatic?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Oct 2023 11:52:46 +0000 Hong Kong amateur John Hyun said his main focus at the Aramco Team Series had been trying “not to mess it up” for the professionals he was playing alongside – holing the winning putt probably qualifies as not doing so. Hyun’s net birdie on the par-4 18th on Friday took Kristyna Napoleaova’s team to a combined 31-under-par, a shot clear of Trichat Cheenglab’s group, with Nuria Iturrioz’s side in third at 29-under. It was the first time in ATS history that an amateur holed the decisive putt, and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237184/aramco-team-series-hong-kong-amateur-hyun-seals-win-napoleaova-pro-so-happy-she-doesnt-care-about?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237184/aramco-team-series-hong-kong-amateur-hyun-seals-win-napoleaova-pro-so-happy-she-doesnt-care-about?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:45:48 +0000 Ko Jin-young has her eyes on a hall-of-fame career and adding another two or three majors to her collection, but this week in Hong Kong she is chasing “the honour” of a first win on the Ladies European Tour. The South Korean got her bid to take the Aramco Team Series title off to a flawless start on Friday, carding an eight-under-par 65 at Hong Kong Golf Club. Anne van Dam was alone in second on six under, with Spain’s Nuria Iturrios a shot further back in third on the individual leader... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237115/aramco-team-series-south-koreas-ko-jin-young-targets-hong-kong-title-add-glittering-cv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237115/aramco-team-series-south-koreas-ko-jin-young-targets-hong-kong-title-add-glittering-cv?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:43:42 +0000 Fresh from battling each other to a standstill in an enthralling Solheim Cup two stars from Europe and one from the US have been added to field for next week’s Aramco Team Series event in Hong Kong. American sensation Rose Zhang has had quite a year already, bursting onto the scene as an amateur before winning the Mizuho Americas Open, her first LPGA tournament as a professional. The 20-year-old was just the eighth player since 1992 to win on their first professional start, joining the ranks of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3235982/aramco-team-series-solheim-cup-stars-ciganda-hedwell-and-golf-sensation-zhang-added-hong-kong-field?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3235982/aramco-team-series-solheim-cup-stars-ciganda-hedwell-and-golf-sensation-zhang-added-hong-kong-field?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:33:12 +0000 The Volvo China Open will return in November as the eighth stop in the International Series. Taking place at Shenzhen’s Hidden Grace Golf Club the week before the Hong Kong Open, the China tournament completes the 10 elevated events planned for this season. It will be the first time the Asian Tour has been to mainland China since 2019, when it co-sanctioned the tournament with the then European Tour. During Covid the event took place in 2020 and 2021 as part of the domestic tour, when it was won... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3234349/volvo-china-open-returns-asian-tour-international-series-event-vu-added-stellar-field-aramco-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3234349/volvo-china-open-returns-asian-tour-international-series-event-vu-added-stellar-field-aramco-team?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Sep 2023 04:10:30 +0000 Chinese star Muni He will play in October’s Aramco Team Series event, joining compatriot Janet Lin Xiyu for the tournament at Hong Kong Golf Club. Known for her captivating style on the course and prominent social media presence, He is also a regular competitor on the LPGA Tour. It will be the 24-year-old’s second appearance in the ATS, having previously finished in a tie for seventh at the tournament in Spain in 2021. “I’m looking forward to it, to be competing in Hong Kong, and I’m excited to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3232043/chinese-star-muni-he-play-aramco-team-series-event-hong-kong-min-woo-lee-headline-macau-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3232043/chinese-star-muni-he-play-aramco-team-series-event-hong-kong-min-woo-lee-headline-macau-open?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:55:01 +0000 One of China’s biggest golfing stars will be in Hong Kong in October for the Aramco Team Series event, as elite women’s golf returns to the city for the first time since 2019. Janet Lin Xiyu, ranked 13th in the world, will headline the fourth stop in this year’s ATS, which has already seen the likes of Nelly Korda, Charley Hull and Nicole Garcia play in events in Singapore, Florida and London. Lin has established herself as one of the most consistent players in women’s golf in recent times,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3231141/aramco-team-series-chinese-star-janet-lin-headline-hong-kong-stop-team-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3231141/aramco-team-series-chinese-star-janet-lin-headline-hong-kong-stop-team-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:32:13 +0000 Before the start of the Aramco Team Series London tournament, champion Nelly Korda was asked if winning with a team or individually gave her more satisfaction. The American shrugged before simply replying “winning is winning”. There are some who may have taken that response as evidence of a characteristic her men’s compatriots have occasionally been accused of in the build-up to a Ryder Cup, namely that they are fine alone but do not play well with others. Korda is not of that ilk. Certainly the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227927/aramco-team-series-nelly-korda-returns-winning-ways-centurion-club-hits-stride-ahead-major-tests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227927/aramco-team-series-nelly-korda-returns-winning-ways-centurion-club-hits-stride-ahead-major-tests?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:49:52 +0000 Nelly Korda took a healthy five-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the individual competition at the Aramco Team Series London after battling wind and rain to produce one of her “best rounds of the year”. The American star put together a near-flawless round of 69 at Centurion Club on Saturday, to move to nine-under-par for the tournament, with Nicole Garcia on four-under after a second successive round of 71. A day after her stunning round of 68, Charley Hull struggled in conditions that led... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227869/aramco-team-series-korda-produces-best-round-year-take-charge-centurion-club?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227869/aramco-team-series-korda-produces-best-round-year-take-charge-centurion-club?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:17:10 +0000 Most golfers would implode after taking 10 on a par 5 early in their first round, Charley Hull went completely the other way at the Aramco Team Series London event on Friday. The 27-year-old bounced back from a quintuple bogey at the 474-yard sixth hole to finish at five-under-par and in a share for the lead with Nelly Korda at a drenched Centurion Club. Hull rattled off eight birdies in the next 12 holes, starting at the seventh, and said she never lost her confidence, despite the struggles... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227795/aramco-team-series-confident-hull-bounces-back-after-quintuple-bogey-grab-share-lead-london?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227795/aramco-team-series-confident-hull-bounces-back-after-quintuple-bogey-grab-share-lead-london?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:09:02 +0000 It would be hard to find a better example of the stark contrast between the riches in men’s and women’s golf than in the events at the Centurion Club outside Hemel Hempstead. Fresh off the back of hosting LIV Golf London last week, when 45,000 spectators reportedly streamed through the gates and Cameron Smith walked away with a winner’s cheque for US$4 million, the Aramco Team Series starts on Friday, with significantly fewer people and far less cash. Another Saudi Arabia-back three-day event... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227493/aramco-team-series-law-calls-greater-exposure-london-stop-highlights-disparity-between-men-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227493/aramco-team-series-law-calls-greater-exposure-london-stop-highlights-disparity-between-men-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jul 2023 22:30:21 +0000 While Hong Kong argues about building houses on the only golf course in the city capable of staging elite events, two of the women’s games biggest stars have signed up to play in the Aramco Team Series stop in London Nelly Korda and Leona Maguire will be part of the field at the Centurion Club next month, in the third ATS tournament of the season. The fourth edition of the series, which is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, will take place in Hong Kong in October. Korda, currently... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3223953/aramco-team-series-korda-and-maguire-join-stellar-field-london-third-stop-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3223953/aramco-team-series-korda-and-maguire-join-stellar-field-london-third-stop-season?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:07:35 +0000 Hong Kong will still have the capacity to hold international golf tournaments even after the government takes back part of a course for public housing, the city’s leader has said. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday also said the administration was “ready and willing” to lend the site to golf tournament organisers after taking back the 32 hectares (79 acres) of land in September. Lee’s remarks followed a warning the previous day from the organiser of a Saudi Arabia-backed golf... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3223894/hong-kong-can-still-handle-big-golf-events-even-after-land-fanling-course-taken-back-city-leader?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3223894/hong-kong-can-still-handle-big-golf-events-even-after-land-fanling-course-taken-back-city-leader?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:59:34 +0000 Hong Kong risks losing the chance to host a Saudi Arabia-backed golf tournament if it presses ahead with building public housing on a section of its oldest course, the event organiser has warned. The city is scheduled to host the Aramco Team Series (ATS) in October, but championship director of the tournament Vicky Jones said it might be moved to another city if the facility changed significantly. “The Hong Kong Golf Club is currently the only venue in the city that has the facilities to stage... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3223788/hong-kong-risks-losing-out-hk548-million-economic-benefits-golf-event-if-it-builds-housing-citys?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3223788/hong-kong-risks-losing-out-hk548-million-economic-benefits-golf-event-if-it-builds-housing-citys?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:31:57 +0000 The Aramco Team Series opened up for its third season last week in Singapore, with world No 1 Lydia Ko headlining the field. A tournament that places amateurs alongside professionals for two rounds, before the professionals battle it out on Saturday for the individual title, it has a prize fund of US$1 million on each of its five stops, making it one of the most lucrative competitions on the Ladies European Tour. A total of 26 amateurs, men and women, are invited to take part and the Post’s Josh... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3214044/teeing-professionals-aramco-team-series-highlights-gap-between-best-and-rest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3214044/teeing-professionals-aramco-team-series-highlights-gap-between-best-and-rest?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Mar 2023 01:00:14 +0000 Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported earning US$161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists. The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022, with sanctions limiting the sale of Moscow’s oil and natural gas in Western markets. Aramco also hopes to increase its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3213275/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-makes-record-us161-billion-profit-highest-publicly-listed-firm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3213275/oil-giant-saudi-aramco-makes-record-us161-billion-profit-highest-publicly-listed-firm?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:54:24 +0000 Hong Kong will host three major golf events this year, with the Ladies European Tour bringing its co-sanctioned Aramco Team Series to the city in October. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu revealed the addition of the tournament to an already packed golfing schedule, which includes two Asian Tour events, during a gala dinner in Riyadh, where he has been meeting Saudi Arabia officials at an investment forum. During his speech on Sunday evening, the city’s leader hailed the “new level” of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209243/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-reveals-aramco-team-series-ladies-golf-event-coming-city-during-gala-saudi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209243/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-reveals-aramco-team-series-ladies-golf-event-coming-city-during-gala-saudi?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:00:11 +0000