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Launched next month at the inaugural Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by the Public Investment Fund, the new "Ladies First Club" de Golf Saudi will offer a free membership that includes golf lessons, access to the driving range and full 18-hole courses on three different courses. It will be open to all Saudi women, with initial membership capped at 1 registrations.

All players registered in the program will be designated as "Ladies First Member" at Riyadh Golf Club, Dirab Golf Club or Royal Greens Golf & Country Club of King Abdullah Economic City's (KAEC), depending on their location.

Membership will include a digital educational package "Introduction to golf", which will offer monthly seminars describing the main aspects of golf for beginners. Each of the three golf courses will also host a golf course once a month. "Ladies First", led by a professional, which will end with an initiation on the course for all participants and the possibility of playing an 18-hole course.

All club members will then continue to have full access, with the top XNUMX players in the program being offered full membership throughout the year on the course of their choice.

Majed Al Sorour, CEO of Golf Saudi, said: “The Ladies First Club will be a club like no other. This is our most exciting initiative to date to grow the formidable game of golf across Saudi Arabia and it is the perfect way to celebrate the historic nature of the Kingdom's very first women's golf tournament, the 'Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by the Public Investment Fund. "

Mr. Sorour continues: “Golf is growing in Saudi Arabia and we remain committed to our goals. We are already seeing a steady increase in interest from female golfers and we hope the Ladies First Club will help us achieve this level. "

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Of course, the Ladies First Club will also offer a series of additional social opportunities, including invitations to social matinees with activities like Pilates, yoga, bridge and other social and wellness activities. All registrants will also receive discounts at restaurants and stores at all three golf clubs and have access to discounted full membership options upon completion of the program.

Maha Haddioui is the first and only Arab golfer to have participated in the Ladies European Tour to date. She will participate in the two Saudi events next month.

She said: “Any means of making it easier for women to participate in golf has my support - and the program that Golf Saudi has created with the Ladies First Club is a fantastic idea. In my experience, there is no better way to open the sport to new female golfers than to make it fun, inclusive and social. This initiative is all of that. "

Amateur golfer Sara Salhab, 27, regularly plays golf with friends at Dirab Golf Club, having been involved in the sport since her childhood.

She said: “The Ladies First Club is a great idea because it creates a platform to take women's golf to the next level, providing the professional help needed and creating a community that will allow players to thrive, so I think it's great. "

“Golf is a really great sport that works both your mind and your body - and you're out in the green, which is great, especially here. I really like this sport. More women should play because it's so healthy, you can be outdoors and it's a social activity which - with the Ladies First Club - is more accessible than ever. "

The Ladies First Club will officially launch during the preparation week for the Aramco Saudi Ladies International tournament presented by the Public Investment Fund, which runs from November 12 to 15 - two days before the Saudi Ladies Team International, which will see teams from four golfers compete against each other for a share of the $ 500 endowment, November 000-17.

Women who wish to join the club will be able to do so through the Golf Saudi website as early as the week the historic events begin.

For more information on Ladies First Club, Golf Saudi and Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF and Saudi Ladies Team International.
For more information www.golfsaudi.com/en-us/ladies-international

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