Huge Field Confirmed For Ladies Aramco Team Series London Event

The first event of the Aramco Team Series takes place at Centurion Club on 8th July, with the likes of Lexi Thompson and Georgia Hall set to tee it up

Innovative Aramco Team Series Set For London Debut
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The first event of the Aramco Team Series takes place at Centurion Club on 8th July, with the likes of Lexi Thompson and Georgia Hall set to tee it up

Huge Field Confirmed For Ladies Aramco Team Series London Event

US star Lexi Thompson will headline a packed field in the upcoming $1m Aramco Team Series event in London.

2018 Women's British Open champion Georgia Hall along with Swedish double-major winner Anna Nordqvist and Denmark’s 2020’s LET Race to Costa del Sol champion Emily Kristine Pedersen have also confirmed their participation.

The Aramco Team Series – London is the first of five 2021 Ladies European Tour (LET) events sponsored by Aramco.

The three-day event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans, on July 8 and offer amateur players the chance to play on the pro tour alongside some of the biggest names in women’s golf.

Huge Field Confirmed For Ladies Aramco Team Series London Event

Lexi Thompson headlines the field at Centurion Club

It is the first of five Aramco-sponsored events scheduled for 2021, taking place in the UK, Spain, the USA and Saudi Arabia.

They include the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande (August 5 to 7), Aramco Team Series - New York (October 14 to 16) and Aramco Team Series – Jeddah (November 10-12).

The Jeddah event will take place just days after the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund, being held from November 4 to 7.

Each Aramco Team Series tournament will see 36 captains lead teams of four players, who together will compete to shoot the lowest combined score over three days of golf.

All teams will feature three LET players paired through a unique draft system, in which captains choose one player and are randomly assigned another.

2018 Women's British Open champion Georgia Hall will also tee it up in the brand new $1m event

The fourth member of each team will be an amateur golfer – a position open to all golfers in the UK for the Aramco Team Series - London through the tournament’s world-first Team Up competition.

That means it could fall to an amateur golfer to hole an LET tournament-winning putt to secure prize money for the professional players, a feat unique to world golf.

In addition to the team competition, professional players will compete for the lowest individual score over the weekend, for which there is a $200,000 prize up for grabs from the overall pot.

Huge Field Confirmed For Ladies Aramco Team Series London Event

Centurion Club hosts the first of five events in the Aramco Team Series

2014 ANA Inspiration champion and 11-time LPGA Tour winner Lexi Thompson, who at the age of 12 became the youngest golfer ever to compete in the US Women’s Open in 2010, said: “It is really exciting to have not only a brand-new format of event to look forward to, but to have another big event on the LET schedule in the UK. It’s a place I love to visit and play golf, so I can’t wait to get going in July.”

Ladies European Tour CEO Alexandra Armas added: “To the LET, the Aramco Team Series – London and the subsequent team events are a massive moment of elevation for the women’s game, and to have a field as strong as we do is fantastic.

“As a Tour, we are always more than happy to do things a little differently – take risks, try new things and mix up the way we play and experience golf. That’s certainly what the Aramco Team Series – London promises to do.

“The action at Centurion will open an exciting new chapter in women’s golf and one we see as playing a massive role in the continued growth of the game.”

The format of the team events was first trialed in November 2020 at the Saudi Ladies Team International, which was won by Danish star Pedersen and her team of South Africa’s Casandra Hall, Michele Thomson of Scotland and amateur golfer, Matt Selby.

European Solheim Cup hero Georgia Hall played in that event and is excited about the format becoming a regular feature on the LET.

She said: “It’s a really great addition to the Tour that I think most of us can’t wait to get playing in. It’s a new format and it’s different – and will only be a force for good in women’s golf.

“Investment like this is fantastic to see and to be able to take the game to new venues around the world and inspire the next generation of young golfers is a really wonderful thing to be part of. Starting in London will, for me, make it extra special.”

For amateurs, the Aramco Team Series - London will offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play in an official Tour event. At each Aramco Team Series event, one player will be recruited through a social media competition called Team Up.

Amateur golfers have the chance to prove their on-course credentials by uploading a video to social media using the hashtag #ATSTeamUp, showing they have what it takes to play in an actual LET event.

For more information on Team Up, visit aramcoteamseries.com/en-us/team-up.

Ahmed Al-Subaey, Vice-President of Marketing, Sales and Supply Planning at Aramco, said: “We are thrilled to be backing events that we believe have the potential to shake things up and truly elevate women’s golf internationally, and spur it in Saudi Arabia. When the concept was first introduced to us, we saw it as a natural fit for our investment into world sports and our continued support of women’s sport.

“It is our honour to be title sponsors of the Aramco Team Series – London, and the other three Ladies European Tour events we will support this year, and we look forward to being there every step of the way as women’s golf continues to grow and expand its reach throughout the world.”

The Aramco Team Series - London will take place from July 8 to 10 at Centurion Club, near London. Scott Evans, Managing Director of Centurion Club said: “Centurion Club are looking forward to welcoming the Golf Saudi team and hosting another innovative event in the Aramco Team Series.”

The tournament will adhere to COVID-19 protocols, as well as local and government guidelines.

For more information, visit aramcoteamseries.com

Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

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