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JEDDAH: When Welsh golfer Amy Boulden tees off at the $1m Aramco Saudi Ladies International, presented by Public Investment Fund at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City on Thursday morning, she will perhaps be more familiar with her surroundings than most of her rivals.

As an ambassador for Golf Saudi, she has visited the course three times in recent years, and appreciates both its challenges and aesthetics.

鈥淭he course is beautiful,鈥� Boulden said. 鈥淭he views are amazing. especially when you get round to the 15th and 16th holes. I鈥檇 say the most challenging parts are probably the greens. You鈥檙e going to have to be very specific where you鈥檙e hitting it.鈥�

Boulden, who joined the Ladies European Tour in 2014, has been to 抖阴短视频 on four occasions now and has taken part in initiatives in Jeddah and Riyadh to attract youngsters who until relatively recently could only have dreamed of such opportunities in women鈥檚 sports.

鈥淭his is my second year (being a Golf Saudi ambassador),鈥� the 27-year-old said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been an amazing partnership. We鈥檙e trying to promote golf, women鈥檚 golf, junior golf. When we come over here we do a lot of clinics. We came over in January for the men鈥檚 event, we did a lot of junior women鈥檚 clinics which is very cool to get people involved who had never been before.鈥�

The aim is to produce golfers from the region who can compete against the professionals who will be on show this week. Boulden already sees rising interest among young female golfers in the region.

鈥淲e saw last week in Dubai local golfers who played as amateurs at the team event,鈥� she said.

鈥淥ne of them had a lot of potential, I think she was only 16. I definitely see that the more we come to the Middle East and play and showcase women鈥檚 golf, the more we can inspire a generation to pick up a golf club and get involved.鈥�

The caliber of players on show this week will no doubt help to increase the popularity of the sport, with the likes of Solheim Cup heroes Georgia Hall and Charley Hull, championship winners Anna Nordqvist and Anne van Dam, and golfing legend Laura Davies all joining a stellar field.

Four-time major-winner Davies will be seeking a remarkable 86th professional title in a career where she has been named Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner seven-times and has represented Team Europe in 12 Solheim Cups.

鈥淭he Aramco Saudi Ladies International will be quite the watershed moment that allows us to bring the sport we love to a whole new audience in a way that I think blazes a trail for women and sportswomen in and out of 抖阴短视频,鈥� Davies said.

鈥淭he two events we鈥檒l be playing in 抖阴短视频 will be of great support to the women鈥檚 game and a morale boost to all the players after a stop-start 2020.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檙e taking women鈥檚 golf to a new frontier, both in terms of inspiring new women to give the sport a try and in helping expand the Ladies European Tour event calendar, so it鈥檚 a tournament I鈥檓 really excited to play in 鈥� at what looks like a fabulous golf course.鈥�

More than 100 professional golfers will take part in a tournament where the organizers have taken every step to ensure the safety of players and staff alike.

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Held within a bio-secure environment, the King Abdullah Economic City 鈥渂ubbles鈥� will be in place throughout the Saudi Ladies International taking place from Nov. 12-15, as well as $500,000 Saudi Ladies Team International, running from Nov. 17-19.

Across a three-week period, the bubbles will act as home to between 500 and 600 people, and the organizers will conduct more than 1,500 COVID-19 tests, including at least three each for the players, caddies and tournament staff.

Boulden says that the players view no longer see such measures as an inconvenience.

鈥淚t鈥檚 just the world we鈥檙e living in at the moment,鈥� she said.

鈥淥bviously we have to take all the safety precautions, which everybody involved in the tournament understands has to happen for the event to go ahead. I think we鈥檙e all used to it now, we鈥檝e been doing this since August.鈥�

Also due to COVID-19 restrictions, no spectators will be present on the course at the two Ladies European Tour events, but golf fans can catch the action via 14 global broadcasters across MENA, Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia, as well as behind-the-scenes content from the tournament鈥檚 digital channels.

For Boulden and her rivals, the absence of supporters becomes more pronounced at the end of the competition.

鈥淚 think you only really notice it on the final day, down the final stretch,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here isn鈥檛 the added pressure of having people watching, you definitely notice that little bit more. But it doesn鈥檛 take anything from the event, we鈥檙e all happy to be out here playing.鈥�

No doubt all the new fans, not to mention aspiring players that women鈥檚 golf has been picking up along the way, will be watching from their homes, too.