The Taiwan Glass Taifong Open was promoted to the Asian Tour schedule in 2023, and has been a welcomed addition since.

It was first played in 2005 as part of the Taiwan PGA Tour but starting in 2014 it was jointly sanctioned with the Asian Development Tour (ADT).

One of the reasons why the tournament, with its permanent home at Taifong Golf Club, was promoted in 2023 was because of its long and successful history as a premier event on the ADT and Chinese-Taipei’s local circuit.

In all the years the event was sanctioned by the ADT it had the distinction of being the most lucrative on the schedule or, as was the case in 2022, the joint richest, and as such it was instrumental in determining the players that would graduate to the Asian Tour for the following seasons.

Chan Shih-chang and Suteepat Prateeptienchai are the only back to back champions, with Chan’s wins in 2014 and 2015 as part of the ADT schedule and Suteepat’s wins in 2023 annd 2024 after it was promoted to the Asian Tour. The tournament is co-sanctioned with the Taiwan PGA.

Lee Chieh-po.

• Tournament: Taiwan Glass Taifong Open
• Date: 13th – 16th November 2025
• Venue: Taifong Golf Club, Changhua, Chinese Taipei
• Par/Yards: 72 / 7,302 yards
• Purse: US$400,000
• Previous Winner: Suteepat Prateeptienchai (THA)
• Previous winning score: 266 (-22)
• Asian Tour leg: 18^th
• Total number of players: 123
• Format: Stroke play tournament over four rounds of 18 holes with a cut after 36 holes to leading 65 pros plus ties.
• Social media hashtags: #TimeToRise

Bio Kim.

Field Breakdown

• Nationalities: 24
• Top contenders: Lee Chieh-po (TPE), Suradit Yongcharoenchai (THA), Chan-shih Chang (TPE), Soomin Lee (KOR), Bio Kim (KOR), Steve Lewton (ENG)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Lee Chieh-po #484
• Highest ranked player on 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Soomin Lee #36
• Number of amateurs in the field: 1

Tournament Notes

• Local star Lee Chieh-po has been playing on the LIV Golf League this season after earning his ticket through the LIV Golf Promotions event in the end of 2024, with a T12 in Hong Kong and a T13 in Chicago as his best results. He had an outstanding season on the Asian Tour in 2024 finishing fourth on the Order of Merit after a win at International Series Thailand during a stretch of events where he finished in the top-10 seven out of eight events.
• Englishman Steve Lewton posted a T8 in the Jakarta International Championship last month for his best finish of the season and followed it up with a T20 in the International Series Philippines three weeks later after a rough start to his season. He is a two-time Asian Tour winner after winning the 2024 Mandiri Indonesia Open and the 2014 Mercuries Taiwan Masters.
• Chan Shih-chang from Chinese Taipei is a five-time winner on the Asian Tour and just posted his first top-10 of the season in the Moutai Singapore Open last week. He has won this tournament twice when it was part of the Asian Development Tour in 2018 and 2014.
• Korean Soomin Lee is arriving in great form fresh off a T3 in Singapore last week, his second International Series top-10 in threes weeks after a T9 at the International Series Philippines. Lee is a one-time winner on the DP World Tour having captured the 2016 Shenzhen International, and a five-time winner on the Korean PGA Tour, the latest one coming at the 2024 Hyundai Insurance KJ Choi Invitational.
• Fellow Korean Bio Kim also had a good week in Singapore last week finishing fifth, his best result on the Asian Tour this year. Kim is a one-time winner on the Asian Tour after winning the 2022 GS Caltex Maekyung Open, and he has won nine times on the Korean PGA Tour.
• Thailand’s Suradit Yongcharoenchai has had a good season after having to return to the Qualifying School at the end of 2024 to get his card back. He has won in Chinese Taipei before having captured the 2019 Mercuries Taiwan Masters for his lone Asian Tour title.
• This tournament is the last event to determine the field for the next week’s US$5million Saudi International presented by Softbank Investment Advisers, with many players making a last push to secure a place in the richest event on the Asian Tour. Entry criteria below:
• Leading 30 available players from the 2025 current Asian Tour Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) as of 17 November 2025
• Leading 10 available players from the 2025 current International Series Rankings (not otherwise exempt) as of 10 November 2025