• Tournament: Saudi Open presented by PIF
• Date: February 17-20, 2024
• Leg: Fifth event of 2024 season
• Edition: Fourth (Asian Tour 2023, Asian Development Tour 2022, local event 2021)
• Venue: Riyadh Golf Club (opened 2005)
• Low rounds recorded in previous editions: Chang Wei-lun (TPE) 63, Saudi Open 2023; Joshua Grenville-Wood (UAE) 62, Saudi Open 2022
• Purse: US$1million (first place US$180,000)
• Par/Yards: Par 71/ 7,246 Yards
• Field: 144
• Format: 72-hole stroke play event with cut made after two rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties
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FIELD BREAKDOWN (as of April 15)

• Order of Merit winners: Andy Ogletree (USA) 2023, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 2013, Scott Hend (AUS) 2016
• Nationalities: 33
• Past winners of tournament in the field: Denwit Boriboonsub (THA) 2023, Faisal Salhalb (KSA) 2021
• Top contenders: Denwit Boriboonsub (THA), David Puig (ESP), Henrik Stenson (SWE), John Catlin (USA), Andy Ogletree (USA), Peter Uihlein (USA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: David Puig (ESP) #108
• Highest ranked player on 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit: David Puig (ESP) #1
• No. of amateurs: 10
• No. of Saudi players in the field: 7

TOURNAMENT KEY NOTES + STORYLINES

• Thailand’s Denwit Boriboonsub will be trying to defend the title he won last December, which was his maiden Asian Tour victory. He has a tied third place finish in the Malaysian Open, which earned him a ticket to the Open Championship, and a ninth place in the International Serie Macau presented by Wynn as his best finishes of the season so far.
• Current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader David Puig of Spain will continue his quest to earn a Special Invitation to the PGA Championship, the second Major of the year in May. Currently ranked 108 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) a position inside the top 100 by the deadline should be sufficient. Puig won the Malaysian Open in February and finished runner up in the International Series Macau presented by Wynn in March.
• The 2016 Open Championship winner Henrik Stenson from Sweden finished second in this event last December and will attempt to go one better this time around the Riyadh Golf Club.
• Last year’s Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Andy Ogletree from the United States will be looking for a return to form after struggling in the early part of the LIV Golf League as part of Phil Mickelson’s HyFlyers GC team. In his last Asian Tour event the American finished tied 21^st at the International Series Macau presented by Wynn.
• After firing a third-round score of 59, the first sub-60 round in Asian Tour history, John Catlin of the United States captured the International Series Macau presented by Wynn last month in a dramatic play-off against Puig. Catlin is a five-time winner on the Asian Tour and will be looking to add to his total this week in his first outing at Riyadh Golf Club.
• 2013 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand will be hoping to capitalise on good form recently. He came close to winning the Porsche Singapore Classic on the DP World Tour, after losing to Jesper Svensson of Sweden in a play-off. His solid start to the year also includes a tied 14^th finish at the International Series Macau presented by Wynn and a tied 13^th in the Malaysian Open.
• American Peter Uihlein had a good start to his season by finishing tied second in the LIV Golf Las Vegas in February, just one stroke behind the winner Dustin Johnson. Uihlein also posted a sixth-place finish at the International Series Oman two weeks later.

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