Hong Jianyao won his first Asian Tour victory and set the highest championship prize money in the history of Taiwanese men's professional tournaments

Hong Jianyao shared the championship glory with his wife and son. (provided by the conference)

[Reporter Liang Weiming/Reporting from Taipei] The 2026 Taiwan Masters and the 40th Sanshang Cup Golf Invitational Tournament have concluded at the century-old Taiwan Golf Club (Old Tamsui Course). The landowner hopes that Hong Jianyao will be the best. After making a 21-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, and with cheers from the audience, he narrowly missed his first Asian Tour victory by one stroke and won the highest championship prize of US$240,000 (approximately NT$7.44 million) in the history of Chinese golf tournaments.

"I did it! This is the best putt in my career, and it is also the most impressive putt that has withstood the strong pressure of everyone's expectations." Hong Jianyao said that he suffered bogeys on two consecutive holes and went from the lead to a tie. He was inevitably disappointed. However, his wife, the golf club, enlightened him in time and became the biggest contributor. He also told himself that if the last putt did not advance, at most he could fight again in a playoff. If he pushed, he would win, so he pushed more actively, and the result was a push. Hong Jianyao shot a one-under-par 71 in the fourth round, with a total of 280 strokes, beating Australian player Wade Ormsby with 281 strokes.

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This is Hong Jianyao’s first Asian Tour title in 14 years since 2013. It is also the first time that the Taiwanese player won the championship in 2022 after Zhan Shichang won the 36th Taiwan Three Merchants Masters Tournament in 2022. The 34-year-old said with a smile after the game, because He has won the Sanhua TPGA Championship at this golf course many times and is known as the "King of Sanhua". However, he has never been able to win the Taiwan Sanhua Masters Tournament held at the same golf course. So he was ridiculed. There is only one word difference, so why can't he always win? I finally won today, and I should be able to be called the "Three Business Kings".

The total prize money of this conference has been increased to US$1.2 million (approximately NT$37.2 million) for the first time, making it one of the tournaments with the highest total prize money in Taiwan’s men’s professional competition this year. The championship bonus has been increased to US$240,000, which is also a new record in the history of our country’s men’s professional competition.