Two years after its debut at the AIG Women’s Open, the LET Performance Institute has emerged as a blueprint for how elite women athletes can be supported on and off the course. Backed wholeheartedly by The R&A, the institute is now a cornerstone of player-wellbeing and development on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

From physiotherapy and strength & conditioning to breast-health screening and mental-fitness training, the LET Performance Institute is redefining what it means to perform at the top level.

And thanks to the backing of Golf Saudi, this world-class service now travels with the PIF Global Series—culminating next week at the Aramco China Championship (Nov 6-8) at Mission Hills Resort in China.

“We started small,” said Danny Glover, Chief Medical Officer at the Ladies European Tour. “But in just two years, the LETPI has grown into a multidisciplinary centre that provides our players with everything they need to perform, recover, and thrive.”

At each of the five PIF Global Series tournaments, the LET Performance Institute acts as a mobile hub offering physiotherapy, soft-tissue therapy, sports medicine and specialist support tailored exclusively to the women’s game.

Across the full 28-event 2025 LET calendar, health and medical services for players have been expanded to include specialists in fertility, menstrual health, nutrition and mental wellbeing.

At its core, the structure is textbook: early-week training and conditioning, followed by recovery and preparation during competition. The PIF Global Series events—funded by Golf Saudi—bring elite-level services through partnerships such as with Eleiko for strength & conditioning, and C‑11 Recovery.

“At the London event, we had our first purpose-built performance centre,” Glover added. “It had a full gym, physiotherapy suite, and mental fitness zone. The players loved it. That model, supported by Golf Saudi, is now our blueprint for future PIF Global Series events.”

“The London performance centre had a gym supported by Eleiko, the LET’s official fitness equipment supplier, as well as our physio services which meant that all our services could work together.”

Let’s be clear: the LET Performance Institute isn’t about last-minute band-aids or heroic comebacks. It’s about working progressively with the athletes to ensure steady gains in strength, performance, wellbeing and output. “What the institute tries to do is aim to have little wins every day to prevent us having those big losses,” Glover said.

“We’re seeing less of the over-use injuries and fatigue-type injuries that we saw three or four years ago. We can see the impact it’s having on the players, helping to manage their workload and tournament scheduling. Our services are delivering much more advice and maintenance services rather than putting out the fires of acute injuries.”

Perhaps the clearest proof came in the case of Charley Hull. When she injured her ankle ahead of the PIF Global Series event in London in August, the LET Performance Institute team stepped in immediately. Although she withdrew on the eve of the tournament, the care enabled her to return and finish second at the Aramco Houston Championship in September—and then claim her third LPGA Tour victory a week later.

“It’s hugely positive and encouraging that the players’ wellbeing and longer-term health is treated first and foremost by the LET’s Performance Institute,” Hull commented. “It helped me in the short term when I picked up my injury in London but it’s the fuller picture around players managing their schedule and strengthening which is really important too. It’s been a wonderful addition to the support services we enjoy.”

In one season alone, the institute across 25 tournaments provided 796 free physiotherapy and soft tissue sessions—a clear metric of demand and value. But beyond the numbers, the impact is unmistakable: fewer over-use injuries, quicker recoveries and higher engagement with holistic health.

The research engine behind the LET Performance Institute is equally important. Four UK-based PhD students have been sponsored across areas such as strength & conditioning, nutrition and breast health—critical steps in starting to close the gender-data gap in sports science, where less than 10% of existing research focuses on female athletes.

“Our aim is to make everything evidence-based,” Glover explained. “We’re developing new blueprints for training and rehabilitation, not based on men’s data, but on the real needs of female golfers.”

While the institute’s mission centres on the LET, its reach spans beyond competition. Through new fellowship opportunities for female practitioners, the LET Performance Institute is helping open doors for women in sports medicine, physiotherapy and conditioning.

“We want to give talented female practitioners opportunities to gain elite experience,” Glover said. “It’s about building pathways both for players and the professionals who support them.”

As the 2025 PIF Global Series draws its curtain in China, the LET Performance Institute’s presence at the Aramco China Championship stands as the culmination of two years of innovation.

For the players, it’s a tangible symbol of how far the women’s game has come—and how partnerships like that with The R&A and Golf Saudi are driving the evolution. “We’re proud of what’s been achieved,” Glover said. “But more importantly, we’re setting new standards. The LETPI is proving that when you invest in women’s sport with real commitment, the results speak for themselves.”