REUTERS: Saudi Arabia will host professional golf tournaments for women for the first time ever in November at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Jeddah.
It will be followed by the Nov. 17-19 Saudi Ladies Team International, in which professionals will team up with amateurs and compete for a purse of US$500,000. "We are extremely excited to be part of history in bringing the first-ever professional women's golf event to Saudi Arabia and we are thankful to their commitment to deliver not one but two tournaments, in what has been a difficult year for golf," LET CEO Alexandra Armas chief said.Women's rights are a contentious issue in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's most gender-segregated nations.
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