Purse increase to $1million in Taiwan's Yeangder TPC

A huge money increase in the Yeangder TPC on the Asian Tour as organisers of the event have announced that the prize money for next year’s tournament will be increased to US$1million, which elevates it to the joint-richest golf event in Taiwan.

The tournament returned to the Asian Tour schedule in 2022, after a three-year absence due to COVID-19, with a prize purse of US$700,000, a significant rise from the previous purse of US$500,000 in 2019. While this season it was upped again to US$750,000.

Asian Tour’s key tournaments

“Our thanks go to the Yeangder Group and its Chairman Emmet Hsu for once again elevating the prize money for what is one of the Asian Tour’s key tournaments. Not only have we seen an elevation in the purse in recent years, but we’ve also seen a considerable effort made towards improving playing conditions at the host venue. The conditions this year were the best we have ever seen.” said Cho Minn Thant, the Asian Tour’s Commissioner and CEO.

“This means the Yeangder TPC will continue to play a decisive role in determining our Merit champion and final overall finishing places on the list.

“Chinese Taipei has long been one of the Asian Tour’s biggest supporters, through events like the Yeangder TPC and its many great players – past, present and future.”

The event boasts an international roll of honour winners list, with victories from the likes of Thailand's Prom Meesawat (2023 & 2014), Spaniard Carlos Pigem (2016) while Lu Wei-chih (2011) still remains the only local player to have won the event when it has been sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

Indian Gaganjeet Bhullar’s four-stroke success in 2012 remains the largest winning margin in the event’s history. While also on the Yeangder TPC trophy list are South African Shaun Norris (2015), Indian Ajeetesh Sandhu (2017), American John Catlin (2018) and Korean Yikeun Chang (2019).