Taiwan’s Lin Tzu-Chi (林子麒) won the TLPGA & Royal Open 2016 on Sunday in style, and in snow, after a bogey-free final-round 71 to finish at 1-under 215. The Sunday at the Royal Kuan-Hsi Golf Club is a monumental day of TLPGA Tour history with flakes of snow flying, which has never happened in any TLPGA tournaments.

This is already Lin’s fourth professional victory and first on the TLPGA Tour, rewarding her NT$1.2 million. She captured her maiden win on the LPGA Futures Tour in 2011, and the second and third both came in 2013 when she played on the China LPGA Tour.

“I am really happy that I can secure the win for my Taiwanese fans and friends. They had high expectation on me because in the past three years, the tournaments were all won by foreign players,” said Lin. “It’s a big breakthrough for me as well. This is my first TLPGA Tour victory.”

An unprecedented cold wave hit Taiwan on Saturday and reached its peak on Sunday. The high temperature only went up to 4 degrees Celsius and at one low point it was just 1 degree. “It’s extra special because it was actually snowing. This almost never happens in Taiwan so I was super excited. I even came with mom earlier today to watch the snow,” Lin said, eyes beaming. “It was so great to start a round so happily like this, and even better I won it. The idea of winning in the snow is just amazing and romantic!”

Contrast to the more reserved approach Lin took in the freezing weather, her overnight co-leader and the 2016 Hitachi Ladies Classic winner Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul tried to heat up the pace from the beginning. The ambitious plays rewarded her a one stroke lead at the turn after making four birdies and two bogeys, however, on the back nine, she could not reproduced the high form and ended up with two bogeys that sent Lin to the top.

Muangkhumsakul had one final chance from 10 feet on the 18th green to level the game, but missed, finishing with even-par 72 and three-round total of 216. The runner-up prize is worth NT$600,000.

“She was really aggressive the whole way, playing really well and making many birdies on the front nine,” said Lin of her playing partner Muangkhumsakul. “But I was being very patient and she made just a little more mistakes than I did on the back. That made the difference.”

Lin has been rehabilitating from a bulging neck disc last summer and it hasn’t yet appeared to be fully recovered, which is why Lin is taking a more hold-back approach into the game now. “I didn’t really aim at a win, especially since it was so cold, I didn’t want to injure my neck again so I kind of played safe. But luckily, playing safe, controlled golf is probably the best strategy in extreme conditions like what we had these two days.” The tournament has provided more than eight-hundred warmer pads for players and staffs throughout out the weekend.

One of Lin’s goals in the 2016 season will be to win the Japan LPGA Tour membership on her third attempt.

Chang Hsuan-Ping (張瑄屏) carded 70 on Sunday to finish solo third at 217, winning a NT$360,000 pay check.

Thailand’s Wannasiri Sirisampant used her 6-iron to ace the 166-yard 3rd, finishing with a final-round 69, the low round of the day, to rise from T15 to solo fourth. She is the biggest winner of the special prizes provided by event partner United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC).

The three low-round winners for NT$50,000 were all from Thailand. Other than Sirisampant , Nontaya Srisawang and Pennapa Pulsawath set the record on Day 1 & 2 respectively. There were three players winning a NT$20,000 eagle prize each, including also Sirisampant, Huang Pei-Wen (黃珮雯), and Jang So-Young.

Pan Yen-Ling (潘彥伶) of Taiwan scored three consecutive birdies in both the first round and the third round, earning her a NT$20,000 bonus cash. Sixteen other players each got NT$10,000 as well for scoring three or more consecutive birdies in one single round. For each of the last 20 birdies (and at the end 23 including ties), NT$5,000 was given, which was in total NT$115,000.

Beijing native Shi Yu-Ting (石昱婷), who is the first TLPGA Tour official member from China, shot 72, finishing in a tie for fifth with Chien Pei-Yun (錢珮芸). In all five TLPGA tournaments Shi has entered, she finished in the top 5.

The low amateur honor went to Hung Jo-Hua (洪若華), who registered a 54-hole total of 224, finishing in a tie for 22nd on the overall leaderboard.