Taifong Open

Taiwan Glass Taifong Open
Tournament information
LocationChanghua County, Taiwan
Established2005
CourseTaifong Golf Club
Par72
Length7,109 yards (6,500 m)
ToursAsian Tour
Taiwan PGA Tour
Asian Development Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$500,000
Month playedMay
Current champion
South Africa Ian Snyman
Location map
Taifong GC is located in Taiwan
Taifong GC
Taifong GC
Location in Taiwan

The Taifong Open is a professional golf tournament held at Taifong Golf Club in Changhua County, Taiwan. First played in 2005, it was initially sanctioned by the local professional tour in Taiwan before becoming a jointly sanctioned Asian Development Tour event in 2014. The tournament was promoted to the Asian Tour schedule in 2023.[1][2]

The event has been played at Taifong Golf Club since its inception.[2] Chan Shih-chang holds the record for most wins, with victories in 2010, 2014 and 2018.[2] In 2026, South Africa's Ian Snyman won the tournament for his first Asian Tour title, finishing at 15-under-par and two strokes ahead of Santiago de la Fuente and Matthew Cheung.[3]

History

The tournament was first played in 2005, when Yeh Wei-tze became its inaugural winner. In its early years, the event was sanctioned by the Taiwan PGA Tour and was won by several Taiwanese golfers, including Chan Yih-shin, Lu Wei-chih, Lu Chien-soon and Chan Shih-chang.[1]

After a three-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2014 as a jointly sanctioned event on the Asian Development Tour and the Taiwan PGA Tour.[1] Chan won the 2014 edition, successfully defending the title he had won in 2010, and later won the tournament for a third time in 2018.[1]

The tournament remained on the ADT schedule through 2022 and was among the most lucrative events on that tour.[1][2] It was held as a local event in 2020 and 2021 because of travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Hung Chien-yao winning in 2020 and Lee Chieh-po winning in 2021.[1]

The event moved onto the Asian Tour schedule in 2023. Suteepat Prateeptienchai won the 2023 edition for his first Asian Tour title, then successfully defended the title in 2024.[2][4][5] Ekpharit Wu won in 2025, becoming the third consecutive Thai winner of the tournament since its promotion to the Asian Tour.[2]

Venue

The tournament is held at Taifong Golf Club in Changhua County, Taiwan.[3] The course has been the tournament's permanent home since the event was first played in 2005.[2] The course was designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Watanabe and opened in 1977.[2]

For the 2026 edition, the course was set up as a par-72 layout measuring 7,109 yards.[3]

Winners

YearTour(s)[a]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Taiwan Glass Taifong Open
2026 ASA, TWN South Africa Ian Snyman 273 −15 2 strokes Hong Kong Matthew Cheung
Mexico Santiago de la Fuente		 [3]
2025 ASA, TWN Thailand Ekpharit Wu 268 −20 2 strokes Taiwan Hung Chien-yao [6]
2024 ASA, TWN Thailand Suteepat Prateeptienchai (2) 266 −22 1 stroke Thailand Runchanapong Youprayong [7]
2023 ASA, TWN Thailand Suteepat Prateeptienchai 269 −19 4 strokes Malaysia Shahriffuddin Ariffin
Thailand Atiruj Winaicharoenchai		 [8]
Taifong Open
2022 ADT, TWN Taiwan Hung Chien-yao (2) 277 −11 5 strokes England Joe Heraty
Thailand Suteepat Prateeptienchai		 [9]
2021 TWN Taiwan Lee Chieh-po 273 −11 5 strokes Taiwan Hung Chien-yao [10]
2020 TWN Taiwan Hung Chien-yao 269 −19 9 strokes Taiwan Yeh Yu-chen [11]
2019 ADT, TWN Thailand Donlaphatchai Niyomchon 207[b] −9 2 strokes Taiwan Chang Wei-lun
Taiwan Tseng Tzu-hsuan
Thailand Atiruj Winaicharoenchai
Japan Daisuke Yasumoto		 [12]
2018 ADT, TWN Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (3) 275 −13 2 strokes United States Han Lee
Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil		 [13]
2017 ADT, TWN Thailand Pannakorn Uthaipas 275 −13 3 strokes Australia Marcus Both
Thailand Gunn Charoenkul
Taiwan Lin Wen-tang		 [14]
2016 ADT, TWN United States Johannes Veerman 210[c] −6 Playoff Taiwan Chang Wei-lun [15][16]
2015 ADT, TWN Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan 276 −12 1 stroke United States Casey O'Toole
Australia Jordan Sherratt		 [17]
2014 ADT, TWN Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (2) 212 −4 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Tung-shu
Taiwan Sung Mao-chang
Philippines Miguel Tabuena
Thailand Suppakorn Uthaipat		 [18]
2011–13: No tournament [19]
2010 TWN Taiwan Chan Shih-chang 206[b] −10 Playoff Taiwan Lin Wen-ko [20][19][21]
2009 TWN Taiwan Lu Chien-soon 280 −8 2 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Tung-shu
Taiwan Lu Wei-chih		 [22]
2008: No tournament [19]
2007 TWN Taiwan Lu Wei-chih 138[d] −6 Playoff Taiwan Chan Yih-shin [20][19][23]
2006 TWN Taiwan Chan Yih-shin 271 −17 [20][19]
2005 TWN Taiwan Yeh Wei-tze 273 −15 [20][19]

Notes

  1. ↑ ASA − Asian Tour; ADT − Asian Development Tour; TWN − Taiwan PGA Tour
  2. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  3. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to Typhoon Nepartak.
  4. ↑ Shortened to 36 holes due to Typhoon Pabuk.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History of the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open: Promotion material". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Taiwan Glass Taifong Open: Tournament Notes". Asian Tour. 6 May 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Taiwan Glass Taifong Open". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Suteepat wins maiden Asian Tour crown". Bangkok Post. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "A historic day for Suteepat in Taiwan". Bangkok Post. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Taiwan Glass Taifong Open". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Taiwan Glass Taifong Open". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "2023 Taiwan Glass Taifong Open: Suteepat finds his second home". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Hung Chien-yao wins Asian Development Tour's season-ending Taifong Open, Thailand's Suteepat Prateeptienchai tops final Order of Merit". Golf Matters. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  10. ↑ 2021台豐公開賽最終回 李玠柏一箭雙鵰：今年台巡第五冠+躍居賞金王 [2021 Taifong Open final round: Lee Chieh-po achieves two goals, fifth Taiwan Tour win of the year and rises to money-list champion]. Golf Digest Taiwan (in Traditional Chinese). 2 January 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  11. ↑ 2020 台豐公開賽洪健堯以九桿勝差勇奪冠軍 [2020 Taifong Open: Hung Chien-yao wins the title by nine strokes]. ALBA Golf (in Traditional Chinese). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Donlaphatchai reigns in weather-shortened Taifong Open". The Nation. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Home Hero Chan wins sixth ADT title at Taifong Open". Asian Development Tour. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Pannakorn savours maiden win at ADT Taifong Open". Sports247. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Thai Hotshot Pavit Surges Ahead as Weather-Shortened Taifong Open Moves into Final Round". The Nation. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  16. ↑ 台豐ADT最終輪 [Taifong ADT final round]. Golf Digest Taiwan (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Rattanon wins Taifong Open in style". Sports247. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Tim Clark rallied to win the Canadian Open on Sunday". Official World Golf Ranking. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 台玻台豐公開賽歷屆冠軍得主名單 [Taiwan Glass Taifong Open list of past champions] (PDF). Taiwan PGA (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  20. 1 2 3 4 TAIFONG OPEN 男子歷屆冠軍 [Taifong Open men's past champions]. Taifong Golf Club (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  21. ↑ 台豐公開賽 詹世昌延長賽奪冠 [Taifong Open: Chan Shih-chang wins title in playoff]. Liberty Times (in Traditional Chinese). 14 June 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  22. ↑ 台豐公開賽／盧建順捕鷹逆轉勝 [Taifong Open: Lu Chien-soon makes eagle to come from behind and win]. Liberty Times (in Traditional Chinese). 29 June 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  23. ↑ 台豐高爾夫公開賽第一回合／詹益信 抗風英雄 [Taifong Golf Open first round: Chan Yih-shin is the hero in the wind]. Liberty Times (in Traditional Chinese). 26 June 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
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