The Asian Tour is headed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the PIF Saudi International powered by Softbank Investment Advisers will take place from November 19th to 22nd. This is the richest tournament of the season, boasting a prize pool of $5,000,000. It has attracted the attention of nearly all the LIV Golf players, who will be the favorites, and Stefano Mazzoli will also be playing.
On the Riyadh Golf Club course, the high-quality field includes Joaquin Niemann, a 27-year-old from Santiago, Chile, who dominated the 2025 Arab Super League with five victories; Americans Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Matthew Wolff, and Peter Uihlein; South Africans Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, and Dean Burmester; Spaniards Sergio Garcia and David Puig; Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell; Englishmen Tyrrell Hatton and Paul Casey; German Martin Kaymer; Australians Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman; Indian Anibarn Lahiri; Japanese Jinichiro Kozuma; and Mexicans Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz.
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There are, however, many other regular competitors who could alter the pre-season predictions. The top 15 players in the rankings will participate, starting with Japan's Kazuki Higa, No. 1, Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent (No. 2), and the Philippines' Miguel Tabuena (No. 3). Also on the radar are Thailand's Rattanon Wannasrichan (No. 4), Sadom Kaewkanjana (No. 7), and Poom Saksansin (No. 8), Japan's Yosuke Asaji (No. 5), who won the previous Moutai Singapore Open, Australia's Wade Ormby (No. 9), and the United States' Ollie Schniederjans (No. 10), the latter two being reserves in the LIV Golf Championship. Also in the top ten is the aforementioned Ortiz (No. 6).
Stefano Mazzoli, 28 years old from Segrate (MI), 58th in the order of merit, after having won the 'card' for the DP World Tour (eighth in the HotelPlanner Tour ranking) is aiming to keep the one on the Eastern circuit in 2026. Committed on two fronts, in the previous eight appearances he has won on seven occasions, with an eighth place (Jakarta International Championship. And this is all.
