Vietnam launches Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail
HANOI – South-east Asian golf travel comes of age this month with the launch of the Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail, and the region’s first comprehensive golfing itinerary.
The Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail (www.hochiminhgolftrail.com) pairs first-class golf with luxury hotel and resort accommodation. Like its namesake, the trail goes North to South.
It allows golfers to experience all the Trail’s cultural offerings and transport options through a partnership with the Exotissimo Travel Group.
Golfing stops on the Trail include:
• Chi Linh Star Golf Club, a dazzling 18 outside Hanoi and recent host to the Asian PGA Tour’s Carlsberg Masters, with another 18 on the way.
• Tam Dao Golf Resort, a new 18 in the cool highlands northeast of Hanoi, convenient to the airport.
• Dalat Palace Golf Club, the only wall-to-wall bentgrass course in Southeast Asia, laid out in the 1920s for Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam
• Ocean Dunes Golf Club, a wind-swept Nick Faldo design, a “tropical links” lapped by the South China Sea
• Dong Nai Golf Resort, a breathtaking, 27-hole track laid out by American Ward Northrup, whose design skirts a scenic chain of natural lakes
• Vietnam Golf & Country Club, home to 36 pristine, otherwise private holes just 20 minutes from downtown Ho Chi Minh City
• King’s Island Country Club, Hanoi’s oldest club and home to two 18s that play over some of the most diverse golfing ground in Southeast Asia.
“I don’t think anyone — even hardcore golfers with an international scope — have any idea how good the golf is here in Vietnam,” said Jeff Puchalski, the country’s first PGA of America professional, now the director of golf for both Dalat Palace GC and Ocean Dunes.
“People understand that Vietnam’s economy is booming. What most people don’t yet recognise is that the calibre of golf in Vietnam is world class.”
Golf course designers are lining to be part of Vietnam’s booming economic revival.
Greg Norman is designing a new course near Vung Tau, while Colin Montgomerie is molding a track from the sands of Danang’s China Beach. More than 20 additional golf projects are in some stage of development.
TRAIL NOTE: The Ho Chi Minh Trail itself was not a single track, but rather an elusive series of truck routes and footpaths that fanned out the length of the breadth of the country.
For more information or to book the Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail, contact Ms. Phi Thu Thuy at exotissimo@hochiminhgolftrail
Ian Jarrett
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