ARAMCO SAUDI LADIES INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND

March 18, 2022

Salma Alghafees

Royal Greens Golf & Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Can you talk about yourself first.

SALMA ALGHAFEES: I'm Salma Alghafees. I'm 28. I enjoy sports but this is my first time to do golf. It's fun. I like it.

Q. Obviously you're practising golf for the first time. How do you feel about the sport? What do you most like about it?

SALMA ALGHAFEES: Well, I love that it's an open space kind of sport, and I love the support that is being given to nurture the sport here in Saudi, especially for this exercise for ladies. It's amazing. I worked here before, and I used to see the area but I never tried it before.

Q. Now you're a part of it.

SALMA ALGHAFEES: Yeah, and I think that's lasting.

Q. Do you find yourself maybe in a few months participating, learning more about golf, participating in a few of the golf events?

SALMA ALGHAFEES: Sure. I was working on archery and becoming professional, then I got busy and occupied with work, and I see golf joining the list of things that I want to --

Q. It's on your to-do list?

SALMA ALGHAFEES: Yes.

Q. Now you can do it; you live in KAEC, no?

SALMA ALGHAFEES: I don't live in KAEC, but I live north of here.

Q. So the club courses --

SALMA ALGHAFEES: They're amazing. They're amazing. I know this is a world-class --

Q. One of the best.

SALMA ALGHAFEES: It's amazing.

Q. Today is ladies' day. What do you think of the events happening today? What are you looking forward to? Will you attend the Q & A?

SALMA ALGHAFEES: It's happening afterward, so yes, inshallah, I'm attending it. This is the first time I think at a golf event but I work in the event industry so I get to be near everything, and you guys are doing amazing job. I love this.