By Ntokozo Magongo
MBABANE – Sky is the limit for local professional golfer Nobuhle Dlamini as she is part of the 104 golfers to tee-off in the lucrative sponsored Aramco Korea Championship.
The three rounds tournament to be played from Friday to Sunday (May 9th to 11th, 2025) has a prize fund of $2,000,000 (About E36.5 million) on offer. The tournament comes after a three-week break, by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Dlamini have already entered for the tournament, according to the ladieseuropeantour.com. Dlamini is part of the 104 players from 33 nations to compete in both the Team and Individual competitions.
New Korea Country Club is once again on hosting duties after the picturesque track staged last year’s Aramco Team Series event.
The ladieseuropeantour.com added that like previous Aramco Team Series events, the newly named Aramco Korea Championship will feature the Team and Individual competitions running alongside one another over the first 36 holes.
The field of 104 players will be split into 26 teams. One of those teams will be comprised of four South Korean amateurs, with the other 25 teams split into teams of four professionals.
In the Team competition, offering a prize fund of $500,000 (About E9 million), the best two gross scores from the four players on each hole will count towards their side’s overall score.
After a cut of the top-60 players has taken place following 36 holes of action, the final day will focus purely on the Individual competition. The winner will be crowned on May 11.
About the tournament:
Dates: May 9th – 11th, 2025
Rounds: (Three) 3
Prize Fund: US$2,000,000 (About E36.5 million)
Course Name: New Korea Country Club
City: Seoul
Country: South Korea
Par: 72
