Record Seven Saudi Players to Represent the Kingdom at 2025 PIF Saudi International as part of the WOW Festival, a highlight of the Riyadh Season 2025
The 2025 PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers is part of the WOW Festival sporting event taking place as part of Riyadh Season 2025. The combines golf, cars, and entertainment in one integrated experience
The continued rise of Saudi golf will be on full display this week, as seven Saudi players earn their place in the field for The tournament will take place from November 19-22, 2025, at Riyadh Golf Club, once again uniting some of the game’s biggest stars with the Kingdom’s top talent.
Othman Almulla, Faisal Salhab, Khalid Attieh, Saud Al Sharif, Shergo Al Kurdi and two amateurs, Prince Khalid Al Faisel and Khalid Alqunaibit will represent Saudi Arabia at this year’s tournament, marking another significant step in the Kingdom’s journey toward growing the game of golf.
Almulla, Saudi Arabia’s first professional golfer, has played a key role in driving the growth of golf across the Kingdom and continues to be a leading ambassador for the sport. Before turning professional in 2019, he made history as the first Saudi golfer to win the Qatar Open an amateur tournament and qualify for a professional event the 2008 Qatar Masters. He was also the youngest golfer to win the Pan Arab Amateur Golf Championship at age 21.
Two-time winner of the Saudi International and major Champion, Dustin Johnson is joined by Masters Champions Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed along with Open Champions, Louis Oosthuizen and Cameron Smith, former world No 1 Martin Kaymer and 2010 US Open Champion Graeme McDowell.
This year’s edition brings a new and exceptional twist, with the introduction of the WOW Festival — an immersive celebration combining world-class golf, luxury cars, and live music, offering a unique experience that blends sport, entertainment, and culture in one of the standout highlights of Riyadh Season 2025.
Golf Saudi’s vision is to be the catalyst for Saudi Arabia to become an exceptional golfing nation. Aiming to facilitate uptake and participation in Saudi Arabian Golf through delivering world class events such as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers, Golf Saudi also delivers world-class facilities, operational excellence, and implementation of best practices at their impressive portfolio of events.
Once again Golf Saudi’s PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers has attracted a stella family of co-sponsors including Riyadh Season and tournament partners SHG, GIB, Al Hammadi Hospitals Group, Saddik & Mohamed Attar and Rolex.
The tournament is the last of nine elevated events on The International Series calendar this season. The Asian Tour-sanctioned tournaments offer a direct pathway for players from all over the world onto the LIV Golf League. The champion of the season-ending International Series Rankings will secure a spot on the 2026 LIV Golf League roster.
This marks the second year the tournament will be held at Riyadh Golf Club, the home of Golf Saudi and is the Saudi capital’s premier golf course. Its par-72 championship course is set across 7,434-yards of undulating fairways and has played host to many of the Kingdom’s leading tournaments, including the Saudi Open presented by PIF, the Aramco Team Series Riyadh, and the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.
The PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers moved to the Asian Tour circuit in 2022 as part of a new partnership.
To purchase tickets for the PIF Saudi International powered by Softbank Investment Advisers, please visit www.saudiinternational.com.
For more information about the tournament and future Golf Saudi events, visit Golf Saudi.
For further information please contact:
Hiba Al Sabbagh
Michele Mair, IMG
About Golf Saudi
Golf Saudi facilitates uptake and participation in golf through the delivery of world-class facilities, operational excellence, and the implementation of industry best practice to position the Kingdom as an exceptional golfing nation. Combined with grass roots training and education programmes that introduce people to the game at the earliest opportunity and with the greatest ease, Golf Saudi is committed to delivering a dynamic national development programme that transforms the golfing landscape.
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About the Saudi Golf Federation
The Saudi Golf Federation is the governing body for golf in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, responsible for handicapping, the development of golf as a sport and for delivering national tournaments. Based in Riyadh, the Federation is a full member of the Council of National Golf Unions and is committed to fully developing the game for all its citizens and residents.
About The International Series
First introduced through a landmark investment with LIV Golf in the 2022 season, The International Series is a set of enhanced events on the Asian Tour schedule which offers elevated prize funds, world-class destinations, and a pathway to the LIV Golf League for golfers from all over the globe.
Now in its fourth year, The International Series has been held in locations across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East in a mix of established and emerging golf markets.
The 2025 schedule covers India, Macau, Japan, Morocco, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.
Over the past three seasons, events have also taken place in China, England, Scotland, Qatar, Oman, Thailand, Egypt and Vietnam.
About Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is celebrated as the most vibrant, youthful and diverse golf tour in the world. It is built on a reputation for intense competition on the course and warm camaraderie off it.
The Tour, which was launched in 2004, is responsible for looking after the best interests of over 350 members, representing 35 countries managing a year-long schedule of events across five continents.
Since 2022, The International Series has featured prominently. Consisting of 10 upper-tier events integrated into the schedule, the landmark initiative provides a pathway to the LIV Golf League via The International Series Rankings.
The Tour is the official sanctioning body for professional golf in the region and a member of the International Federation of PGA Tours.
Also, it is an affiliate of The R&A and all sanctioned events qualify for Official World Golf Ranking points.
It controls its television production and distribution through Asian Tour Media (a joint venture with IMG) which broadcasts to over 100 countries worldwide.
The Tour also operates the Asian Development Tour – the popular feeder circuit that nurtures the next generation of stars.
In 2018, it set up Asian Tour Destinations – an affiliate network with exclusive, world-class golfing venues across the region.
Rolex, Kweichow Moutai and Bluewater are the Tour’s three main partners.
The Tour is headquartered on Sentosa Island in Singapore, home to the award winning Sentosa Golf Club – a member of Asian Tour Destinations.
