First played in 1987 and welcomed on to the Asian Tour schedule in 2000, the Mercuries Taiwan Masters is one of the region’s most established events.

Taiwan’s Lin Keng-chi claimed the title in 2000 and was the first of a succession of household names to raise the trophy and don the event’s famous Green Jacket.

Thaworn Wiratchant, Scott Hend, Steve Lewton, Gavin Green, Jaco Ahlers and Daniel Chopra are just a few of the stars whose names are inscribed on the trophy.

This year marks the 39^th time it has been staged and the 23^rd time it has been sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

Mr George Wong, chairman of Mercuries Group, is the driving force behind its success and true champion of Asian golf.

The tournament’s famous venue, Taiwan Golf and Country Club, is the oldest golf club in Taiwan. Founded in 1919 is considered to be the cradle of professional golf on the island nation.

Tournament Information

• Tournament: Mercuries Taiwan Masters
• Date: 25th – 28th September 2025
• Venue: Taiwan Golf & Country Club
• Par/Yards: 72 / 6,923 yards
• Purse: US$1million
• Defending champion: Jbe Kruger (RSA)
• Asian Tour leg: 12th
• Edition of tournament: 39th
• Total number of players: 128
• Format: Stroke play tournament over four rounds of 18 holes with a cut after 36 holes to leading 50 pros plus ties.
• Social media hashtags: #TimeToRise #MTM2025

Jbe Kruger all smiles after clinching the 2024 Mercuries Taiwan Masters.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: Sihwan Kim (2022), Jazz Janewattananond (2019), Scott Hend (2016)
• Nationalities: 25
• Top contenders: Suteepat Prateeptienchai (THA), Chieh-po Lee (TPE), Danthai Boonma (THA), Rattanon Wannasrichan (THA), Wang Wei-hsuan (TPE), Travis Smyth (AUS)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Suteepat Prateeptienchai (THA) #247
• Highest ranked player on 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Danthai Boonma (THA) #6
• Number of amateurs: 7
• Number of Chinese-Taipei players in the field: 42

Danthai Boonma.

Tournament Notes

• Danthai Boonma from Thailand is the highest ranked player on the Asian Tour Order of Merit in sixth place, helped much by a T4 in Korea two weeks ago and a runner-up at the International Series Morocco in July. He also finished T8 at the season opening Smart Infinity Philippine Open in January. He recorded a win on All Thailand Tour’s Singha Championship in early August as well as a runner up on the same tour two weeks earlier.
• Thailand’s Suteepat Prateeptienchai recently won his fourth Asian Tour title at the Mandiri Indonesia Open three weeks ago. Suteepat is always one of the favourites in Chinese Taipei having won three of his four titles here. At last week’s Yeangder TPC he finished T7 after holding the lead at the end of round one.
• Local hero Chieh-po Lee has been playing in the LIV Golf League all season, after earning his spot at the LIV Golf Promotions in Saudi Arabia last December. His best results on LIV this year have been a T12 in Hong Kong and a T13 in Chicago. Lee won the International Series Thailand last year during a stretch of events where he finished in the top-10 seven out of eight events. He finished tied second in the tournament in 2020 when it was held on the local tour because of Covid.
• Australian Travis Smyth posted yet another top 10 at last week’s Yeangder TPC, his fifth this season and third consecutive, after a T8 in the Shinhan Donghae Open two weeks ago. His best result this season so far has been a T3 in the Mandiri Indonesian Open in late August. In addition to the before mentioned events he also posted T10s in the International Series India presented by DLF and International Series Macau presented by Wynn.
• Wang Wei-hsuan of Chinese Taipei was T2 at last week’s tournament for his best Asian Tour result to date, his previous high mark had been a T7 at the 2022 Yeangder TPC. He won this tournament in 2020 when it was held on the local tour.
• Thailand’s Rattanon Wannasrichan was also T2 last week for his best result this season, after having previously posted a T7 at the recent Mandiri Indonesia Open. He should feel comfortable on the Tamsui layout this week as he finished T4 in the 2024 edition of the tournament, a week before winning the SJM Macau Open, and he was T8 in 2023.
• Lu Wen-teh from Chinese Taipei has the most wins in the tournament with four titles, having taken the trophy in 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008. Of players in the field this week, another local Lu Wei-chih has won the event three times, in 2005, 2011 and 2016.