Taiwan LPGA Tour

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Taiwan LPGA Tour
Sport Golf
Founded2003
PresidentYi-Chen Liu
Country Taiwan
Headquarters Taipei
Official website tlpga.org.tw/en

The Taiwan LPGA Tour is a professional golf tour for women organized by the Taiwan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association (TLPGA).

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History

The Taiwan Professional Golf Association (TPGA) formed a "Ladies Committee" that organized three small golf tournaments for the golf ladies in 2000. The following year the committee became independent from the TPGA and was renamed the Taiwan Ladies Professional Golf Association (TLPGA). [1] The longest running tournament is the TLPGA & Royal Open which was founded in 2002 and takes place annually at the Royal Golf Club. The Taiwan LPGA Tour was launched in 2003 and the Order of Merit was first implemented in 2006.

Cooperation

In 2011, the TLPGA began a cooperation with the Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) and several tournaments including the TLPGA & Royal Open, the Hitachi Ladies Classic and the Taifong Ladies Open appeared on the LAGT schedule, and since 2015 the reverse is true for the Hong Kong Ladies Open. In 2016, TLPGA co-sanctioned two tournaments, the Florida's Natural Charity Classic and Chico's Patty Berg Memorial, with the Symetra Tour. That year the TLPGA total purse grew to TWD 199 million. Since 2017, TLPGA co-sanctions the Japan Taiwan Friendship Udon-Ken Ladies Golf Tournament with the LPGA of Japan Step Up Tour, and beginning in 2019 TLPGA and LPGA of Korea co-sanctions the Taiwan Women's Golf Open with a purse of US$800,000. [1]

Starting in 2011, Taiwan also hosts the LPGA Taiwan Championship, an LPGA Tour event with a purse of US$2.2 million. [2]

WWGR

In 2014, TLPGA received official recognition from the Women's World Golf Rankings, and performances on the Taiwan LPGA Tour carry WWGR points like the eight other major women's tours (LPGA, JLPGA, KLPGA, LET, ALPG, China LPGA Tour, Symetra Tour and LET Access Series). [3]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was first launched by the TLPGA in 2006. From 2006 to 2011, it was based on points. Beginning in 2012, it is based on prize money, denominated in New Taiwan dollars. [4]

YearWinnerPoints
2006 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yvonne Weng
667
2007 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yu-Chuan Tai
493
2008 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Huei-Ju Shih
655
2009 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsiu-Feng Tseng
942
2010 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsien-Hua Chen
861
2011 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pei-Lin Yu
949
YearWinner NT$
2012 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Teresa Lu 4,460,000
2013 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ya-Huei Lu 1,981,538
2014 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pei-Yun Chien 3,524,823
2015 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ai-Chen Kuo 2,932,332
2016 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Candie Kung 2,255,160
2017 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Min Lee 3,038,241
2018 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yu-Ju Chen 2,585,203
2019 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pei Ying Tsai 4,204,254
2020 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yu-Ju Chen 2,784,100
2021 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wu Chia-Yen Wu 4,903,850
2022 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ya-Chun Chang 3,618,392
2023 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Ya-Chun Chang 2,929,241

Source: [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "History". TLPGA. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "About Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship". Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Taiwan LPGA brings Taiwan to the world". Taiwan NGO. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Ranking". TLPGA. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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