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Shin Ji-ae and Yang Hee-young face off in a battle of pride in Saudi Arabia.
On the 15th (local time), they will compete at the Riyadh Golf Club (par 72) in Saudi Arabia in the Ladies European Tour (LET) Aramco Ladies International. The tournament is sponsored by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). Golfers from Europe, the United States, and Asia will compete for the top spot with a total prize money of 5 million dollars (approximately 6.7 billion KRW).
World ranking 16th Shin Ji-ae and 15th Yang Hee-young stand out the most. Both players are aiming to participate in the Paris Olympics this August. If they break into the top 15 in the world rankings, they can step onto the Olympic stage they have dreamed of. Shin Ji-ae finished as runner-up at the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Big Open that ended on the 4th but was unable to improve her world ranking. This is because many top-ranked players did not participate in the Big Open, so the ranking points Shin Ji-ae received were not significant.
Yang Hee-young finished tied for 22nd at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the opening event of the 2024 LPGA Tour season, but was cut off at the next event, the Drive On Championship, resulting in an unsatisfactory outcome. Ahead of the LPGA Tour’s ‘Asian Swing,’ starting next week with the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament, she needs to change the momentum at the Saudi tournament.
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The Saudi tournament is an opportunity to accumulate ranking points. Last year’s winner Lydia Ko (New Zealand) is absent, but Lexi Thompson (USA), who has won 11 times on the LPGA Tour, world No. 8 Charley Hull (England), No. 19 Ayaka Furue, and No. 26 Yuka Saso (both from Japan) will participate. From Korea, Sung Yu-jin and Lim Jin-hee, who debuted on the LPGA Tour this year, are on the entry list. Hong Jeong-min, who secured a conditional LPGA Tour card along with a full LET seed, will also compete. Yoon Ina, a member of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, will join as well.
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