HO TRAM, Vietnam (Jan. 17, 2018) — The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip has retained its status as one of Golf Digest’s best golf courses in the world — only now it is 39 places higher than it was in 2016, when the planet’s most widely-read golf publication released the follow-up to its inaugural ‘World 100...
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Bali’s Bukit Pandawa Named ‘World’s Best Par-3 Course’
BALI, Indonesia (Nov. 29, 2017) — The newest golf venue in Bali is already the best par-3 course in the world. That’s a distinction Bukit Pandawa Golf & Country Club now holds after last Saturday’s World Golf Awards ceremony in southeastern Spain. The year-old layout won ‘World’s Best Par-3 Course 2017’ at the red-carpet event,...
Ba Na Hills Named Asia’s Best Course at World Golf Awards
DANANG, Vietnam (Nov. 28, 2017) — For the second year in a row, Ba Na Hills Golf Club has earned a prominent place on one of the biggest stages in world golf. On Saturday, the Luke Donald design on the outskirts of Danang won ‘Asia’s Best Golf Course’ at the 2017 World Golf Awards in...
Vietnam Shines Bright at Asian Golf Awards
DANANG, Vietnam (Nov. 20, 2017) — If the 18th Asian Golf Awards was a round of golf, it would have been a near-perfect one for Vietnam. Not only did the country — and Danang, in particular — host the prestigious event for the first time ever last Thursday night (Nov. 16), representatives of its golf...
Ba Na Hills Golf Club Wins National Award
DANANG, Vietnam (Nov. 1, 2017) — The only golf course in the world designed by former top-ranked player Luke Donald is the best new layout in Vietnam. That was the message delivered yesterday to Ba Na Hills Golf Club when it won ‘Best New Course 2016-2017’ at the annual Vietnam Golf Magazine Awards ceremony in...
Ba Na Hills Golf Club Hosts 2nd Annual IMG Trophy
DANANG, Vietnam (Oct. 19, 2017) – For the second time in three months, the ‘World’s Best New Golf Course’ has hosted a prestigious tournament. On Oct. 15, Ba Na Hills Golf Club served as site of the 2nd Annual IMG Trophy, an 18-hole stroke-play competition that attracted 124 players from around the country. The day-long...
Asian Tour Heads Back to Ho Tram
HO TRAM, Vietnam (Sept. 26, 2017) — Officials at The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip have announced that the Asian Tour will return to Vietnam’s most acclaimed golf facility in 2018 and 2019. The Ho Tram Players Championship will take place Dec. 6-9 next year, and then again at some point the following season. In 2015, the links-style layout...
Central Vietnam Gains On Top Golf Spots
DANANG, Vietnam — The growing interest in central Vietnam’s potential to become the world’s next great golf destination was on display earlier this week, when the first of two major golf conferences scheduled for Danang this year took place in and around the budding beach resort. The 6th Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) attracted a...
New Golf Course In Bali Up For Global Award
BALI, Indonesia — Less than a year since breaking onto Bali’s golf scene with a course unlike any other in Southeast Asia, Bukit Pandawa Golf & Country Club is in the running for a significant international award — ‘World’s Best Par-3 Course.’ The imaginative collection of 18 championship-standard one-shotters on the southernmost tip of Bali...
Golf Legend Coming To Vietnam — Again
LANG CO, Vietnam — The first of three prestigious golf events to be held at Laguna Lang Co over a five-month stretch takes place Nov. 10-13, when the 2nd Annual Laguna Golf Classic is staged at the only Sir Nick Faldo-designed course in Vietnam. Hosted by Faldo, who designed the lauded links-style layout and is...