The Aramco Team Series (part of the Ladies European Tour) starts this week. Huge money is at stake, given that the main sponsor is the Public Investment Fund, located in Saudi Arabia. One of the participants, Anna Nordqvist, reacted to the criticism.
“As a woman, we can’t just take opportunities for granted and it’s been really nice to see the LET growing over the last couple of years,” Nordqvist said, as quoted by nationalclubgolfer. There are many talents in the world of golf who will have the opportunity to show their full potential.
This is their ideal chance for that. “It has a lot of good talent out there and just seeing more and more tournaments being added to the schedule, and those that are out there growing, and so Aramco certainly has been a big factor in growing the women’s game.
That’s what’s really important for women’s golf – to get opportunities because there’s so much talent all over the world”.
Aramco’s impact
She emphasized that with the arrival of Aramco, women’s golf reached a higher level and became much more popular.
Also, with the arrival of Aramco, other female golfers also got a chance to show their talent. “If you look at the LET, I feel there hasn’t been enough events for a lot of the girls to even be a professional golfer all year round.
They have to sometimes pick up a job in the winter to be able to play as a pro and I think that’s unfortunate because there is so much talent but there just hasn’t been enough opportunities. So I feel like ever since Aramco came in on the LET, a lot of those tournaments have grown and certainly you are seeing more players being able to live their dream as a golf professional. I think that’s very important”.
