Andy DevaneyThe PIF Global Series London stop produced the sort of winner golf tends to remember: 17-year-old Anna Huang, three shots clear overnight, pursued by Charley Hull and apparently untroubled by the inconvenience of being asked to close out a $2 million tournament.
Huang signed for a final-round 70, three under par, to finish 22 under at Centurion Club and collect the $300,000 winner’s cheque.
Anna Huang turns a lead into a statement
Wire-to-wire victories often look tidy once the numbers have been filed away. Sunday was less an exercise in tidiness than control.
Huang began the final round with a three-stroke advantage, which is enough to inspire confidence and just enough to invite every unpleasant thought a golfer can manufacture between breakfast and the first tee. The Canadian did not indulge them for long. Her three-under 70 kept the tournament in her hands as Hull, the local favourite, mounted a late challenge.
There was no collapse, no frantic rescue mission and no need for arithmetic gymnastics beside the 18th green. Huang finished at 22 under and had done exactly what leaders are supposed to do, which is simple to describe and rather harder to perform.
Charley Hull applies the pressure at Centurion Club
Hull’s pursuit gave the closing stretch its tension. A home favourite coming after a teenage leader is the sort of arrangement tournament organisers would happily order from a catalogue, if such a catalogue existed.
Yet Huang seemed to feed off the scale of the occasion rather than shrink from it.
“The crowds were really big, and it was really fun. I love playing in front of a lot of people, and it really hypes me up.”, said Huang.
That is not the language of a player desperate for peace and quiet. At 17, Huang already appears comfortable with the part of elite golf that cannot be practised on a range: noise, expectation and the knowledge that somebody very good is trying to take the trophy from you.
A fourth LET title — and a record at 17
The victory was Huang’s fourth Ladies European Tour title. More significantly, it made the Vancouver native the youngest player in history to reach four LET wins.
That is the detail that lifts this beyond a strong week in Hertfordshire. Young players win tournaments; occasionally, one starts accumulating them before most contemporaries have finished deciding what to do with their lives.
Huang’s age will dominate the headlines, understandably, but the manner of the win is more revealing. She led throughout, carried a three-shot advantage into Sunday and still produced a closing round under par while being chased by one of the crowd’s favourites. Precocity is entertaining. Composure tends to have a longer shelf life.
PIF prize money remains part of the wider story
The championship carried a $2 million prize fund, with Huang earning $300,000 for the win. The scale of the purse was also part of the event’s broader commercial message, with PIF’s investment in women’s golf prominent throughout the week.
Huang was unequivocal about the value players place on larger purses.
“It means so much to me because what the PIF has done for women’s golf in general is super spectacular. Raising the prize fund really helps us all out a lot and goes a long way, so we really appreciate it.”
The tournament also featured Golf Saudi and Saudi Tourism Authority activations promoting destinations including Shura Links and Diriyah, alongside discussions around female athlete health and community work involving the Muslim Golf Association.
Those elements sit beyond the scorecard, but they are increasingly part of how elite women’s golf is packaged, financed and expanded. The sporting test remains brutally straightforward: shoot the lowest number. The business around it is becoming considerably larger.
PIF Global Series heads next to Korea
The series now moves to East Asia, where the Aramco Korea Championship is scheduled for 8–11 October 2026 at New Korea Country Club in Goyang-si, near Seoul. The tournament is also set to offer a $2 million prize fund.
Huang will leave London with rather more immediate concerns: a trophy, a $300,000 cheque and the small matter of being the youngest golfer ever to reach four LET titles.
Seventeen is usually an age for collecting possibilities. Anna Huang is already collecting wins.
