Tournament information | |
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Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
Established | 2017 |
Course(s) | National Golf Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,014 yards (6,414 m) |
Tour(s) | Asian Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$300,000 |
Month played | April |
Final year | 2017 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 272 Shiv Kapur (2017) |
To par | −16 as above |
Final champion | |
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The Yeangder Heritage was a golf tournament on the Asian Tour. It was played for the first time in April 2017 at the National Golf Country Club in Taipei, Taiwan. Prize money was US$300,000. The tournament is an upgrade of the Ambassador ADT tournament played on the Asian Development Tour in 2015 and 2016. [1]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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2017 | ![]() | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
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