2025 CHAU-SHI Series
Da Jia Charity Open
Final Round
2025/7/5
The fourth stop of the 2025 CHAU-SHI Series—the Da Jia Charity Open with a total purse of NT$3 million—concluded its final round today (July 5) at CCK Golf Club in Taichung. Starting the day with a two-shot lead, Huang Yi-tseng remained steady, carding a 4-under-par 68 with five birdies and one bogey. He finished at 21-under 267 for the tournament, winning by four strokes and capturing his first Taiwan Tour title along with the NT$500,000 champion’s prize.
The 29-year-old Huang said, “I’m so happy I did it! (finally winning on the Taiwan Tour).” After turning pro in 2018 and winning four Challenge Tour events, this marks his first career victory on the Taiwan Tour. He gave special thanks to his family, Yungtay Group, TaylorMade, Linkou Golf Club, and TPGA Chairman Chen Jung-hsing.
Ho Chin-hung shot 68 and Chang Che-yu posted 70. Both finished tied for second at 17-under 271, each receiving NT$205,000 in prize money.
Japan’s Ryo Noro shot a 71 to take solo fourth place at 272.
Fellow Japanese player Ryunosuke Watanabe fired a 65 to win the SOCH Furniture | Diandiansleep low round prize of NT$10,000. He finished tied for 13th at 11-under 277.
Chen Yi-tung (66), Shen Wei-cheng (68), and Liu Yu-jui (72) all finished at 273, tied for fifth.
The only amateur to make the cut, Chen Liang-yu, shot a 69 in the final round to finish at 5-under 283, earning the tournament’s low amateur honors and tying for 30th on the professional leaderboard.
This event was personally title-sponsored by Mercuries Group Honorary Chairman Wong Chau-shi, with the Da Jia Charity Association serving as the title host, organized by the PGA of Taiwan (TPGA), and co-organized by CCK Golf Club.
During the awards ceremony, Da Jia Charity Association executive director Wu Liu-he remarked that the players demonstrated outstanding skill and determination despite the extreme heat. This marks the first time the Association has title-hosted a Taiwan Tour event. Wu expressed hope that the tournament will help more people recognize the value and depth of professional golf, while the Association continues organizing events to support underserved communities. The Association plans to title-host the event again next year.
Huang Yi-tseng’s pre-round strategy was to decide whether to attack pins based on their difficulty, and he executed the plan well. Though his 33 putts were the most in four rounds, he hit every green in regulation and capitalized on birdie chances, including two on par-5 holes. With five birdies and one bogey, he never allowed closest pursuers Ho and Chang to catch up, maintaining a steady two- to three-stroke lead and parring his way to victory down the stretch.
He described his start: on the par-4 1st hole, he left himself 52 yards after the drive and hit it close to make birdie—“like taking a calming pill,” he said. He added an 18-foot birdie putt on the 5th and finished the front nine with four birdies for a 32. On the back nine, he added one more birdie and one bogey for a 36. Neither Ho nor Chang could close the gap.
Huang previously won four ThreeBond Challenge Tour titles—2019 Oriental Rising Star, 2020 Southern Taiwan, 2022 Ming An, and 2024 Fuhsing. Today, he fulfilled one of his 2025 goals by claiming his first Taiwan Tour title. Having started golfing at age 12, Huang has 17 years of experience and trained at Linkou Golf Club.
He said the biggest improvement this week was his mental approach. When things didn’t go right—whether a missed putt or a poor swing—he didn’t complain like in the past. “This week I didn’t let frustration build up. I just focused on completing each putt. That was my best performance this week!”
Huang also mentioned this was his third straight tournament across the Taiwan Strait. So far in 2025, he has played six China Tour events, with his best finish being T-12 at the Chongqing Open in mid-May. His goals for the year include finishing in the top 30 on both the Taiwan and China Tour money lists (top 60 in Taiwan secures playing status; top 40 in China retains the tour card), and passing the Asian Tour Q-School later this year.
The Da Jia Charity Association is a legally registered, non-profit nationwide foundation that promotes charity and public welfare with the philosophy of “sharing others’ hunger and rescuing others’ peril.” It unites generous individuals—both donors and volunteers—to support social welfare and moral education, care for disadvantaged groups and elderly living alone, provide essential and emotional support to children in need, and assist with public-interest projects and welfare programs run by the government or other institutions.
The CHAU-SHI Series was launched by Wong Chau-shi, a founder of Mercuries. In 2021, as the Taiwan Tour saw reduced events and prize money due to the pandemic, Wong personally stepped in to sponsor six tournaments with NT$2 million each, totaling NT$12 million and laying the foundation for the 2021 season. Now in its fifth consecutive year under the same format and funding, the Series has grown from eight events in 2024 to ten in 2025, increasing the total TPGA schedule to 20 tournaments.
The Series also includes a special end-of-season bonus: the money leader receives NT$200,000 from Hung Lin Construction Chairwoman Lin Kuo-er, along with an invitation to the following year’s Mercuries Taiwan Masters.
The final two rounds of this tournament were recorded and edited into 60-minute highlight shows, which will be broadcast at 4 p.m. on July 15 and 16. Fans can watch on the TPGA Facebook page, VL Sports, and YouTube. Tournament updates are also available via the TPGA website, LINE platform Golfourit, LINE Today, and Yahoo Sports.
