ThreeBond Elite Challenge Tour
Pro-Am Press Release
2025/11/21
The 2025 ThreeBond TPGA Challenge Tour — ThreeBond Elite Challenge Tour, with a total purse of NT$1 million, concluded successfully yesterday at Taipei Golf Club. Today (21st), the one-day 18-hole Pro-Am event was held, followed by the awards banquet and the ThreeBond Challenge Tour year-end awards ceremony for the Money Leader and top three players. This year’s Money Leader title was claimed by Hsieh Ting-wei, who received the NT$500,000 bonus sponsored by Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Chairman Lin Jui-chang.
Katsuyuki Uematsu, President of ThreeBond Hong Kong Co., Ltd., stated during the Pro-Am dinner and awards ceremony that ThreeBond will continue supporting and title-sponsoring the ThreeBond Challenge Tour next year, marking the 12th consecutive year.
This year's Money Leader, Hsieh Ting-wei, is a rookie professional playing his first season on both the ThreeBond Challenge Tour and Taiwan Tour. He captured two titles—at the opening event at Banchih Flower and at the 8th event, the Yeangder Challenge. He currently ranks 12th on the Taiwan Tour season-long money list, showing an outstanding debut season.
Tsai Kai-jen and Lee Jui-shen finished second and third, respectively, on the year-long money list, earning NT$300,000 and NT$200,000 in additional bonuses. Tsai Kai-jen won one title at the 7th event, the Advanced Challenge, while Lee Jui-shen claimed two victories—at the 3rd event, the Around Taiwan Challenge, and the 6th event, the Fu Hsing Challenge.
The total prize money earned by the top three players in the 2025 ThreeBond Challenge Tour season-long money rankings is as follows:
1st: Hsieh Ting-wei — NT$556,999
2nd: Tsai Kai-jen — NT$472,895
3rd: Lee Jui-shen — NT$430,500
Today’s Pro-Am featured 24 professionals paired with 80 amateur participants, using a New Scramble scoring format. The group consisting of TPGA President Chen Jung-hsing, along with guests Hsu Yen-pu, Tu Chien-hua, and Lin Chih-keng, combined for a 14-under-par 58 to win the team championship. The three guest amateurs each received a ThreeBond MIZUNO golf bag.
Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Chairman Lin Jui-chang continued his sponsorship this year for both the Taiwan Tour and ThreeBond Challenge Tour Money Leader awards, and again contributed NT$500,000, NT$300,000, and NT$200,000 to the top three finishers in the season-long rankings for both tours—totaling NT$2 million. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Taiwan Fu Hsing has provided these bonuses.
Since its inception in 2015, the ThreeBond Challenge Tour has completed 96 tournaments over 11 seasons. Fourteen corporate partners have served as title sponsors for individual events, and 27 golf courses have hosted tournaments, providing a strong platform for Taiwan’s young players to develop year after year and progress toward competing at higher levels on the Taiwan Tour.
In addition to Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial, long-term title sponsors of the ThreeBond Challenge Tour over the past 11 years include the Yeangder Group, Bolwell Group, Chengguanyuan Golf Range, and Advanced Group. Long-time cooperating host venues include Banchih Flower, Hsin Yi, Ta Kang Shan, Kaohsiung, Taipei, and The Royal Kuan-Hsi Golf Club—key contributors to the long-term success of the tour.
The Yeangder Group has been a strong pillar of support for Taiwan golf since 2015. From 2015 to 2021, Yeangder title-sponsored three Challenge Tour events each year, significantly enriching the tour schedule. Beginning in 2022, as the number of Challenge Tour events increased, Yeangder adjusted to sponsoring two Challenge Tour events per year, continuing to the present.
From the Yeangder Junior Cup, ThreeBond Yeangder Challenge, Ambassador ADT Open, to the Yeangder TPC Championship, the Yeangder Group has consistently supported golf at all levels, helping cultivate many outstanding players who continue to shine on the course.
