{"id":411800,"date":"2026-01-14T07:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/411800\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:21:10","slug":"2026-taiwan-foxconn-ladies-golf-tournament-returns-with-new-branding-record-us2-million-purse-japan-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/411800\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Taiwan Foxconn Ladies Golf Tournament Returns With New Branding, Record US$2 Million Purse, Japan Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">TAIPEI, Jan. 14, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The\u00a0LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) and the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers&#8217; Association are thrilled to announce the &#8220;2026 Taiwan Foxconn Ladies Golf Tournament&#8221; on the official circuit of JLPGA for this year, bringing Asia&#8217;s most lucrative women&#8217;s golf tour to Taiwan for the first time in nearly half a century and an elite line-up of athletes vying for a record US$2 million purse.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2861364\/2026_Taiwan_Foxconn_Ladies_Golf_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"400\" width=\"399\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/><\/a>     <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Stepping up the game, the competition \u2013 re-branded from Foxconn TLPGA Players Championship of the past two years \u2013 will see the return of title sponsor Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the world&#8217;s largest electronics manufacturer and leading technological solutions provider, and special sponsor for the first time, Japanese technology powerhouse SoftBank Corp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Producing topflight golfers, including Hisako Higuchi and Ai Miyazato, the JLPGA was a sweet spot for Taiwan&#8217;s own golf legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpga.or.jp\/en\/members\/info\/1000185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ai-yu Tu;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ai-yu Tu<\/a>, who once swept 71 championships and was a 7x money-title winner on the JLPGA Tour, accumulating over 110 wins in her career and inducted into the Japanese Golf Hall of Fame. Ms Tu is a special advisor for the 2026 Taiwan Foxconn Ladies Golf Tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">TLPGA Chairwoman Huang Pi-hsun said: &#8220;Ms Tu&#8217;s glorious achievements on the JLPGA Tour have been a source of pride for Taiwan. I am grateful for Foxconn&#8217;s support, which has allowed this dream tour to return to Taiwan after 48 years, giving young players a stage to challenge the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">JLPGA Vice President Takako Matsuo said: &#8220;Over the past two years, we have witnessed TLPGA and Foxconn successfully taking the game to an elite playing level. As one of Asia&#8217;s flagship tournaments this year, we very much look forward to bringing Japanese players to Taiwan in March for high-level competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The total purse is the second-highest in the JLPGA Tour for 2026 and another record for the Foxconn-sponsored tournament since it was inaugurated in 2024. Originally established as a players championship, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honhai.com\/en-us\/press-center\/press-releases\/latest-news\/1507\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:competition;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">competition<\/a> has set itself apart with its exceptional ranking points, substantial prize money, and elite sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The 2026 Taiwan Foxconn Ladies Golf Tournament will be held March 12-15 at the Orient Golf &amp; Country Club in Taoyuan. Follow the action and stay updated through the tournament&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FoxconnTLPGA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and on Foxconn&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foxconn.tw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">About TLPGA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tlpga.org.tw\/en\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">About Foxconn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honhai.com\/en-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Cision\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/> Cision      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">View original content to download multimedia:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/2026-taiwan-foxconn-ladies-golf-tournament-returns-with-new-branding-record-us2-million-purse-japan-tour-302660762.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/2026-taiwan-foxconn-ladies-golf-tournament-returns-with-new-branding-record-us2-million-purse-japan-tour-302660762.html;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/2026-taiwan-foxconn-ladies-golf-tournament-returns-with-new-branding-record-us2-million-purse-japan-tour-302660762.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAIPEI, Jan. 14, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The\u00a0LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) and the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers&#8217; Association are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[217808,64,63,32713,755,29991,217807,215020,116092,85,11069],"class_list":["post-411800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ai-miyazato","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-foxconn","tag-golf","tag-golf-tournament","tag-japan-ladies-professional-golfers39-association","tag-jlpga","tag-jlpga-tour","tag-sports","tag-taiwan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}