World No. 3 Cameron Smith will highlight the field for the fifth playing of the PIF Saudi International next month in the Kingdom.
Smith is set to join defending champion Harold Varner III and the top-30 ranked players on the Asian Tour at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Feb. 2-5, with more players to be confirmed in the coming weeks.
“It’s always good to play in a world-class field, I am looking forward to taking on some familiar faces and also competing with the best that the Asian Tour has to offer,” said Smith via a release. The event offers a $5 million purse and is sponsored by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund as well as SoftBank Investment Advisers, a growth equity firm.
Past champions of the Golf Saudi event include Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell and Varner, three players who have all joined LIV Golf.
The event will be the same week as the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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