LPGT aces shoot for TLPGA breakthrough

MANILA, Philippines — A determined 20-player contingent from the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour shoots for an elusive first victory on the Taiwan LPGA Tour (TLPGA).

The Filipinas, along with three Korean LPGT regulars, head into the NT$5 million Party Golfers Ladies Open, unfolding Nov. 19 at the Lily Golf and Country Club in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu, brimming with confidence and quiet urgency.

At the forefront is Daniella Uy, whose joint fourth-place finish in the 2019 edition remains the best performance by an LPGT campaigner in the event. She will spearhead a deep and battle-tested roster featuring this season’s LPGT leg winners Chanelle Avaricio, Princess Superal, Mafy Singson and Florence Bisera.

For the Filipinas, a win on Taiwan soil has been agonizingly close but remains elusive. Superal tied for 16th in the first co-sanctioned LPGT-TLPGA event in 2018, while Uy’s near-podium finish in 2019 left her just three shots shy of local winner Yu Ling Hsieh.

Pauline del Rosario carried the Philippine flag with back-to-back top-10 finishes – joint sixth in 2023 and tied for eighth last year.