JEDDAH: With 48 of the world’s best golfers set to battle it out at the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah presented by Roshn this weekend, three former champions of the Saudi International are aiming to recreate past glory at the famed Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.
Dustin Johnson, the newly minted 2022 LIV Golf Individual Champion, won the Saudi International on the same course in 2019 and 2021, while Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell claimed victory in 2020 and American star Harold Varner III secured the 2022 title in February this year with a thrilling eagle putt on 18.
All three are part of the field as LIV Golf makes its Middle East debut in King Abdullah Economic City, Jeddah, from Oct. 14-16.
McDowell, a member of the Cleeks GC team, said: “It’s a really good golf course. The way the wind blows here, you have to hit a lot of different shots.