PIF Saudi International

Tournament information
Location	King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
Established	2019
Course(s)	Royal Greens Golf & Country Club
Par	70
Length	7,010 yards (6,410 m)
Organized by	IMG
Tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$5,000,000
Month played	February
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Dustin Johnson (2019) 261 Abraham Ancer (2023)
To par	−19 as above
Current champion
Abraham Ancer
Location Map
Royal Greens G&CC Location in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi International, currently titled as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that is held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2019 as an event on the European Tour,^[1] in 2022, it became the flagship event on the Asian Tour with a new title sponsor, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), a Saudi government sovereign wealth fund.^[2]

History

Established in 2019 as a European Tour event, it was the first European Tour event to be played in Saudi Arabia and was one of six European Tour events staged in the countries on the Arabian Peninsula. The event has drawn criticism due to the involvement of Saudi Arabia's government in the event, based on their record of human rights within the country and their ventures of sportswashing. This included paying large appearance fees to some of the world's top players.^[3]

The tournament ceased to be a European Tour event after the 2021 edition, and later that year it was announced that as a result, the PGA Tour would not allow their members to compete in future editions, with the European Tour expected to do the same.^[4][5] In September 2021, it was announced that it would become part of the Asian Tour's schedule. This involved a ten-year deal starting in 2022, with an increased prize fund of US$5,000,000.^[6] In October, it was announced that the event would become the flagship event of the Asian Tour.^[7] In December, the PGA Tour revealed that they would grant their members releases to play in the event in 2022; on the condition that they committed to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in some form in the following years.^[8]

In January 2022, it was announced that the Saudi Public Investment Fund had become the new title sponsor of the event.^[2]

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)
PIF Saudi International
2023	ASA	Abraham Ancer	261	−19	2 strokes	Cameron Young	5,000,000	1,000,000
2022	ASA	Harold Varner III	267	−13	1 stroke	Bubba Watson	5,000,000	1,000,000
Saudi International
2021	EUR	Dustin Johnson (2)	265	−15	2 strokes	Tony Finau Justin Rose	3,500,000	572,778
2020	EUR	Graeme McDowell	268	−12	2 strokes	Dustin Johnson	3,500,000	583,330
2019	EUR	Dustin Johnson	261	−19	2 strokes	Li Haotong	3,500,000	583,330