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Tournament information | |
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Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
Established | 2011 |
Course(s) | Miramar Golf Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,437 yards (5,886 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes, no cut |
Prize fund | US$2.2 million |
Month played | October/November |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 266 Inbee Park (2014) |
To par | −22 as above |
Current champion | |
Nelly Korda |
The LPGA Taiwan Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in Taiwan on the LPGA Tour. It debuted as the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship in 2011 at the Sunrise Golf & Country Club in Yangmei. It was the first LPGA tournament ever played in Taiwan. It moved to Miramar Golf Country Club in Taipei and was renamed to the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship in 2014.
The field is limited to 90 players who will play all 72 holes; however, there is a cut for LPGA season-long points championship purposes at the end of 72 holes of the top 40 and ties. Only the players who make this cut will earn points to qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.
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Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse (US$) | Winner's share |
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2022 | Canceled due to ongoing travel restrictions. [1] | ||||||||
2021 | Canceled due to ongoing travel, border restrictions, current health concerns on the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] | ||||||||
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] | ||||||||
2019 | 31 Oct – 3 Nov | Nelly Korda | United States | 66-67-65-72=270 | −18 | Playoff | Caroline Masson Minjee Lee | 2,200,000 | 330,000 |
2018 | 25–28 Oct | Nelly Korda | United States | 67-71-69-68=275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Minjee Lee | 2,200,000 | 330,000 |
2017 | 19–22 Oct | Ji Eun-hee | South Korea | 66-71-69-65=271 | −17 | 6 strokes | Lydia Ko | 2,200,000 | 330,000 |
2016 | 6–9 Oct | Jang Ha-na | South Korea | 69-69-62-71=271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Shanshan Feng | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2015 | 22–25 Oct | Lydia Ko | New Zealand | 69-67-67-65=268 | −20 | 9 strokes | Eun-Hee Ji So Yeon Ryu | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2014 | 30 Oct – 2 Nov | Inbee Park | South Korea | 64-62-69-71=266 | −22 | 2 strokes | Stacy Lewis | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2013 | 24–27 Oct | Suzann Pettersen | Norway | 68-69-73-69=279 | −9 | 5 strokes | Azahara Muñoz | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2012 | 25–28 Oct | Suzann Pettersen | Norway | 69-65-66-69=269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Inbee Park | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2011 | 20–23 Oct | Yani Tseng | Taiwan | 68-71-67-66=272 | −16 | 5 strokes | Azahara Muñoz Amy Yang | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
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2012 | Inbee Park | 64 (−8) | 3rd | Sunrise Golf & Country Club |
2014 | Mirim Lee | 62 (−10) | 2nd | Miramar Golf Country Club |
2014 | Inbee Park | 62 (−10) | 2nd | Miramar Golf Country Club |
2016 | Jodi Ewart | 62 (−10) | 3rd | Miramar Golf Country Club |
2016 | Jang Ha-na | 62 (−10) | 3rd | Miramar Golf Country Club |
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