“2016 Party Golfers Ladies Open” will be held at National Golf Country Club from September 7th to 9th, 3 rounds 54 hole stroke-play with a total purse of NT3,000,000. 

This is the third consecutive year for Party Golfers Ladies Open, attracting from 6 countries totaling 95 entries, 80 professional players and 15 young amateurs to attend.  Champion will receive NT540,000 while second place will receive NT288,000. Top 50 and ties will make cut after two rounds.

Before the pro-am event, press conference was commenced in the morning at NGCC.  Attendees including Party Golfers Chairman Wu Hui-Zhen, CEO Lin Li-Zhen, former Chairman Huang Zhou-Chie, former Chairman Chen Guo-Yuan, NGCC General Manager Roy Wu, TLPGA President Liu Yi-Chen, TLPGA Tournament Director Lo Shu-Cheng and Players Representative Kuo Ai-Chen.

Chairman Wu Hui-Zhen emphasizes the need for private enterprises to step up to support Taiwan golf sport, since support from government is insufficient.  And, Party Golfers Ladies Open arises 3 years ago, when team members are inspired by TLPGA’s strong determination to join the UN of golf, Women World’s Golf Rankings (WWGR).  Now in the third year, we hope this tournament will keep going, attracting more enthusiasts to support ladies golf in Taiwan.” Said Chairman Wu.

CEO Lin Hui-Zhen recalls the journey as a incredible one.  Perfect teamwork is what pulled us through the 3 years.   “I feel honored to be a part of ladies golf movement.  Taiwan seldom has a sport that could compete internationally, and ladies golf is one of it.  And most important of all is that we continuously breed young talents each year.”  Said Lin.

The pro-am event was cut short due to heavy rain yet it did not affect the party golfers from having fun.  During the dinner banquet, CEO Lin announced that during tournament rounds any player who made hole-in-one will receive NT300,000 award.  In addition, Taiwanese pro players will receive NT5,000 bonus for each eagle made.

Tomorrow first round players will start respectively from both 1st and 10th tee.  First group tee off at 7:00am and last group tee off at 9:15am.

For the international entries, we have players from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and China. Notables are Saraporn CHAMCHOI who is now 3rd place at China Tour OOM and Chinese “Sweet Heart” Shi Yu-Ting who just won her first professional win at Zhu-Hai international Challenge Tour in March, performing as 2nd place at China Tour OOM.

Among Taiwan players, there’s 2015 OOM winner Kuo Ai-Chen and 2016 OOM current 1st place Lin Tzu-Chi; two winners this year Yeh Hsin-Ning and Chang Hsuan-Ping; current 2016 OOM 5th place Chen Yu-Ju, 7th place Chen Tze-Han and 9th place Yu Pei-Lin, all efforts will be made to keep the trophy in Taiwan. Furthermore, former amateur group champion Lai Yi-Ting with score equalling second place in professional group, is also look forward to better her performance this year.

Party Golfers Golf Team was founded since 2002, a team exquisite in lifestyle, having unique CIS and team song.  They never fall behind when devoting in charity.

In 2014, inspired by founder Kuo Tai-Chiang and TLPGA Liu Yi-Chen, Party Golfers golf team decided to support TLPGA on joining Women’s World Golf Rankings, this decision has since lifted Taiwan ladies golf internationally.  All the teammate in Party Golfers felt honored to be a contributor for TLPGA joining WWGR in July, 2014.

Nowadays, TLPGA Tour is one of the nine recognized tours in the world.  TLPGA has the right to certify tournament anywhere in the world and holds official records.  Taiwan players also benefit from gaining world ranking points.  Currently, TLPGA tour scale is the fifth largest worldwide preceded only by US, Japan, European and Korean tour.  Currently, 10 TLPGA members hold full card status in either LPGA, JLPGA or LET.  Party Golfers team expressed how honored they are to play a part in providing Taiwan players with valuable experience and better career opportunities.

Moreover, since the tournaments host or co-host by TLPGA became recognized by WWGR, the number of Taiwanese players listed in Rolex rankings leap from 28 to 50 players within 2 years and still growing. This July, Taiwan was second time invited to attend International Crown Cup as 5th seed in the world, and finished tied 3rd place; in August, top two Taiwanese players gained eligibility at Olympics in Rio and received good marks.

Party Golfers being the main sponsor for this tournament, 80% of sponsorship comes from teammates and the former chairmen made major contributions.  NGCC general manager Mr. Roy Wu also plays a big part in making this tournament possible, with his unconditional support over the three years.

The NGCC course is set at 6217 yards, located on the Miao-Li Huo-Yan Mountain slope. The views are extensive, overlooking Taiwan Strait.  18 holes are contoured according to natural slopes, with 72 even par.  On the course you may also encounter any of the 10 pieces of enormous sculptures by Master Yang Ying-Feng, perfectly blending the nature landscape with the beauty of art.

Since August, NGCC started to adjust green speed to championship level so that the top players could showcase their best performance during the tournaments; Moreover, the speed will get faster in order to meet international standards.  General Manager Mr. Roy Wu also pointed out that the bunkers have been enlarged this year, of which the players should be aware of.