YANGON, Myanmar (Dec. 5, 2019) — “Of the many golf courses I have seen in the world, Pun Hlaing Golf Club has to be in the top five. It reminds me of Augusta, Georgia”. So said golfing legend Gary Player back in 2002. Of course, he may have been patting himself on the back when...
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Bluffs Takes Steps to Put a Tiger In Vietnam’s Junior Golf Tank
HO TRAM, Vietnam (November 12, 2019) — Vietnam’s top rated club, The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip, is aiming to help launch young Asian talent along the same path as Tiger Woods and Jordan Speith when it hosts the nation’s first ever Junior Golf Tour of Asia (JGTA) event. The Greg Norman-designed track, rated #35 in...
Laguna Lands Two Hotels on Condé Nast Traveler Leaderboard
LANG CO, Vietnam (October 21, 2019) — GOLF courses all over Asia are often anchored by a great hotel. Until now, however, no club could boast of having not just one, but two of the region’s highest rated resorts within a well-struck iron shot of the clubhouse. Such a scenario has just come to pass...
The Bluffs Hits Its Big Five On a High
HO TRAM, Vietnam (August 13, 2019) — Anniversaries, traditionally, are a time for reflection. But Vietnam’s top rated golf course, The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip, is is fixed on the future as it celebrates its 5th birthday this year. Since opening in 2014, the Greg Norman-designed course has helped raise the bar for the game...
Sir Nick Bestows Signature Design Status on Laguna Golf Lăng Cô
Lăng Cô, Vietnam (May 17, 2019) — LAGUNA Golf Lăng Cô, the award-winning golf component at the Laguna Lăng Cô integrated project in Central Vietnam, has become the first fully operational course in the world to be elevated into a new elite category by its designer Sir Nick Faldo. The British legend, a six-time major...
Golfasian Globalizes Vietnam Golf Coast
LANG CO, Vietnam (April 18, 2019) – Asia’s leading golf tour company, Golfasian, has joined the push to promote Central Vietnam as one of the region’s foremost places for play. The Thailand and Vietnam-based operator signed a strategic partnership with Vietnam Golf Coast: a destination marketing organization that links six of the area’s best signature...
Water Buffalo Eat Up Nick Faldo Design
LANG CO, Vietnam (March 4, 2019) – One of Vietnam’s leading golf layouts, Laguna Golf Lang Co, is staying at the top of its maintenance game by utilizing the talents of a very special group of greenkeepers: a family of water buffalo. As every superintendent worth his or her salt will tell you, prime conditioning...
Laguna Golf Lang Co Joins Forces With Top Clubs In Vietnam Golf Coast
LANG CO, Vietnam (Jan. 21, 2019) – Laguna Golf Lang Co is one of the golf clubs leading the charge as part of a freshly launched destination marketing effort geared towards cementing Central Vietnam’s status as one of Asia’s leading places for play. The new DMO, named Vietnam Golf Coast, was inaugurated at an official...
Cam Ranh Scores Major Win at Asian Golf Awards
CAM RANH, Vietnam (Dec. 7, 2018) – One of Vietnam’s newest golf courses, KN Golf Links – Cam Ranh, made a stellar debut at the 2018 Asian Golf Awards in Thailand recently, winning the prize for Best New Golf Course in Asia Pacific. On Oct. 27, the Greg Norman-designed KN Golf Links officially opened in...
Double Success for Ho Tram Strip At World Golf Awards
HO TRAM, Vietnam (Nov. 8, 2018) — One of Vietnam’s top rated integrated golf resorts, the Ho Tram Strip, has added to its impressive awards haul, notching a notable double at the annual World Golf Awards in Spain. At a lavish ceremony held at the Malaga Club in Andalucia, the acclaimed, multi-billion-dollar project’s hotel, The...