BRG Kings Island Golf Resort on the outskirts of Hanoi is arguably the most scenic course in North Vietnam. Getting to the course is by the uniquely Vietnamese way of boat, as the Lakeside Course spans two islands and a peninsula lying in a reservoir. Views are spectacular, with the majestic mountain range as a stunning backdrop to the man-made lake, while the Red River Valley stretches into the distance. It’s no surprise that water, in numerously varied ways, is a central feature on 13 of the 18 holes around the gently sloping terrain of the Lakeside Course. Many of the hidden greens require accurate carries over the lake or swampy terrain; as with the par 5, 13th hole, where the tee shot has to clear a gorge. The 7th hole, another par 5, will most certainly intrigue with its double dogleg from an elevated tee. The Mountain View course design takes maximum advantage of the ambience of the waterside setting, distant mountains and surrounding trees.
Guarded by a front bunker, the signature par 3, 8th hole is a carry over water to a green that cants diagonally back to front, providing for many challenging hole locations. Another hole of interest is the 12th, a dogleg right par 4 with bunkers grouped at the bend to prevent all but long hitters from cutting the corner. Big hitters hoping for a short iron in, have to nail one straight over the bend to avoid being caught by a fairway bunker on the left. The 54 holes layout at King’s Island challenges and excites all levels of players. The Kings Course is the newest golf course opened in 2018, designed by Jack Nicklaus II. The front nine makes its way through the natural woodland with numerous challenging holes, while the back nine offers a superb challenge surrounded by beautiful large lakes. Wide fairways with intricate bunker complexes characterize each hole. This course is concluded with a special par-3 19th hole that plays from a tee above a rock waterfall to an island green.
Designer:
Robert McFarland (Lakeside Course), Pacific Coast Design (Mountain View Course) Jack Nicklaus II (Kings Course)
Holes / Par / Yardage:
54 holes, par 72 / Lakeside 18 holes par 72 (6,516 yards) / Mountain View 18 holes par 72 (6,963 yards) / Kings 19 holes par 72 + 3
Established:
1993
Distance:
50 min / 45km from Hanoi center
Green / Caddy Fee:
Lakeside VND2,950,000 weekday, VND3,960,000 weekend. Mountain View VND3,050,000 weekday, VND4,050,000 weekend. Kings VND2,800,000 weekday, VND3,800,000 weekend Inclusive of green fee, caddy and shared golf cart Golf Cart : VND850,000
Facility: Accommodation, Restaurants, Massage, Spa, Sauna, Fitness, Swimming Pool, Riding
The BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort is the first golf course in Vietnam to be designed by Jack Nicklaus’ course design company. Located in the vicinity of the Soc Song Hills, this quality 18-hole layout features interesting twin greens on every hole, creating and variety of endless combinations for play. Shaped and contoured alongside mountain slopes and lakes, this unique course is set up to create a memorable round.
Designer:
Nicklaus Design (USA)
Holes / Par / Yardage:
18 holes par 72 / 7,068 yards
Established:
2015
Distance:
17km North from Noi Bai International Airport
Green / Caddy / Buggy Fees:
VND2,990,000 Weekday, VND4,455,000 Weekend inclusive of green fee, caddy and shared golf cart
Facility:
Clubhouse, Pro Shop, Restaurant, Driving range, Pro shop, Locker rooms
Chi Linh Golf Club is located in a valley surrounded by hills and lush forests. The course is built around a large natural lake with several tee shots required to carry water hazards, and some island greens. The signature par 5 18th Hole is tough playing 600m long with bunkers to contend with on both left and right of the fairway. This course has some championship pedigree having hosted the Carlsberg Vietnam Masters back in 2004.
Designer:
Independent Golf Course Services (Australian)
Holes / Par / Yardage:
27 Holes / Par 72 / 7,038 yards
Established:
2003
Distance:
91km East from Noi Bai International Airport
Green / Caddy / Buggy Fees:
VND1,900,000 weekday, VND3,054,000 weekend inclusive of green fee, caddy and shared golf cart
Facility:
Clubhouse, Restaurant, Practice area, Pro shop, Lockers, Sauna
Opened in August 2017, FLC Ha Long Bay Golf Club has been a favorite destination of both domestic and international golfers. This 18-hole championship course offers world-class golfing and tranquil scenery. Located at an altitude of more than 100m above sea level, this is the only golf course in Vietnam with a view that embraces the magnificent Halong Bay, offering a unique experience that is rarely found anywhere else. The course stretches about 6,800 yards from the top and about 6,300 yards from the white tee. There are five par-3 holes, three of which offer 180-degree panorama view over Halong Bay, with two others featuring as the symbolic hole 7 of the Pebble Beach, California. Each hole is picturesque and artistic, letting you contemplate the gorgeous scenery of the UNESCO World Heritage site. While the focus is on playability and scenery, there are a variety of challenges to test the skills of even the most seasoned golfers. Recently, FLC Ha Long Bay Golf Club has surpassed series of rigorous criteria to be voted as “Outstanding Golf Course of the Year” at Vietnam Golf Awards 2019.
Designer:
Schmidt Curley
Holes / Par / Yardage:
18 holes
Established:
2017
Distance:
20 mins from Halong Bay
Facility:
Accommodation, Restaurants & bars, Convention center, Spa
Located up north, Hanoi Golf Club is the only Japanese managed golf course in all of Vietnam. Open for play in November 2006, it is 18 holes that have been strategically designed with trademark Japanese attention to detail over a vast 108 hectares of gentle, sloping terrain. The founding goal was to build a world-class championship golf course on the hillsides of North Hanoi, and at a lengthy 7,301 yards, what Hanoi Golf Club has today is a solid mature course beautiful to behold and a challenge to play. A course not to be overlooked, as most vacationers to Vietnam are surprised by this golfing gem.
Designer:
Susumu Fujitwara
Holes / Par / Yardage:
36 holes par 72 / 7,301 yards
Established:
2006
Distance:
35km from Hanoi center
Green / Caddy Fee:
VND1,550,000 weekday, VND2,890,000 weekend inclusive of caddy fee
Facility:
Restaurant, Lounge, Jacuzzi, Spa, Sauna
Play a round at one of Hanoi’s best-loved courses, the Long Bien Golf Course. Designed by renowned golf architects Nelson and Haworth, this 27-hole course runs alongside the Dong Nai River, in the heart of Hanoi. While the course doesn’t play long, the deep fairway bunkers, rows of palm trees and the streams and lakes that meander through much of the course, create plenty of excitement.
Designer:
Nelson & Haworth
Holes / Par / Yardage:
27 Holes / A & B- Par 36, C- Par 35 / A 3,635 yards, B 3,448 yards, C 3,083 yards
Established:
2014
Distance:
29km South from Noi Bai International Airport
Facility:
Clubhouse, Restaurant, Driving range, Pro shop, Locker rooms, Jacuzzi, Conference room
With 54 holes, Phoenix Golf Resort is the largest golf facility in Vietnam and second largest in Asia after Mission Hills China. From the clubhouse, the view is spectacular as the limestone outcroppings which frame and come into play on many of the holes resemble those seen in famous Halong Bay. With American, Korean and Japanese design input, its three courses makes use of severe fairway and green undulations as well as clever routing through and around the unique-looking limestone cliffs. Perhaps the most visually appealing of the three, and the longest at 7,486 yards, is the open links-styled Champion Course.
The Phoenix Course is the original and more mountainous layout by Ron Fream which gets the most play and is a good test of skill for any level of golfer. While the spectacular Japanese designed Dragon Course has wider and friendlier fairways that will appeal to the higher handicapper or those gunning for a career round. A well thought out design that flows seamlessly, some holes are tricky and calls for accurate approaches into the greens.
The front-nine may well leave you speechless in its dramatic splendor and intensity. The inward-nine also contains many beautifully crafted, testing and immaculately presented holes like the long par-4 18th with a deep watery ravine protecting the front left of the green, as tough a closing hole as they come.
Designer:
Ronald Fream, Lee Hee-cheol, Dachigawa Hiromitsu
Holes / Par / Yardage:
54 holes par 72 / 7,214 yards / 7,486 yards / 7,281 yards
Established:
2005
Distance:
1 hour / 40 km from Hanoi center
Green / Caddy Fee:
VND2,205,000 Weekday, VND2,625,000 Weekend inclusive of caddy fee
Facility:
Accommodation, Massage, Restaurants, Sauna, Swimming Pool
Play 18-holes at the Sky Lake Resort & Golf Club, a premier golfing and lifestyle destination managed by IMG. There are two contrasting 18-hole PGA championship standard courses. The Sky Course which is open to the public for play capitalizes on the natural beauty of the landscape with subtle elevations, with generous fairways and greens. The Lake Course that is a members-only course weaves its way around the Van Son Lake and was rated the most challenging course by the Vietnam Golf Association in 2012.
Designer:
Bori Golf Design
Holes / Par / Yardage:
18 Holes / Par 72 / Sky 7,311 yards, Lake 7,557 yards
Established:
2012
Distance:
60km Southwest from Noi Bai International Airport
Facility:
Clubhouse, Restaurant Swimming pool, Fitness center, Spa, Outdoor Onsen bath, Meeting rooms
Located high in the mountains, Tam Dao Golf Course enjoys a cooler climate and the modern resort style golf course plays through a series of lakes and streams, making it one of the most scenic Hanoi golf courses. The course, with its immaculate fairways and generous undulating sized greens, beautifully winds itself through the natural terrain of the National Park lowlands. The key to scoring well at Tam Dao Golf Course are the approach shots, many of which are to elevated and well-guarded greens.
The best hole on the course starts off the round; the par 5, 1st is unique in that it requires either a layup short of a water hazard some 200 yards from the green, or for long hitters to go for the green in two. However, there is a large tree fronting the left of the green to catch out shots that don’t manage to clear its top branches. Equally challenging is the 11th hole, a short par 4 playing to an elevated island green with a closely mown fringe flanked by water on all sides.
Anything but accuracy on the approach finds a watery grave. Other memorable holes include the dog leg par 5, 10th and the beautiful uphill par 3, 2nd hole. Once again, both require good approaches to avoid tricky lies and hazards around the greens. With double cut fairways, white sand bunkers, and close cut greens and fringes, Tam Dao Golf Course is a real treat to play.
Designer:
IMG
Holes / Par / Yardage:
18 holes par 72 / 7,169 yards
Established:
2007
Distance:
1 hour 15 min / 68km from Hanoi center
Green / Caddy Fee:
VND1,155,000 weekday, VND2,100,000 weekend Golf Cart : VND630,000
Facility:
Accommodation, Massage, Restaurants, Sauna, Spa, Swimming pool, Fitness
Van Tri Golf Club was the first private golf property in Vietnam and has been in operation since 2007. Laid out on relatively flat terrain, the golf course presents a challenging variety of well-maintained, predominantly pine-lined holes. A mix of greens, fairway, bunkers combined with several water hazards offers the real challenge to the 18-hole championship course. The unique characteristics of each hole require golfers to carefully calculate each stroke in order to have the most appropriate approach. Designed by the famous architect Peter Rousseau, this remarkable golf course has received many notable awards, such as “Vietnam’s Best Design Golf Course”, “Vietnam’s Most Eco-friendly Golf Course”, “Vietnam’s Best Par 4 Course (Hole #8)”. Van Tri Golf Club has also won the title of “Best Maintained Course” in 2015.
Designer:
Peter Rousseau
Holes / Par / Yardage:
18 holes par 72
Established:
2007
Distance:
25 mins from Hanoi International Airport
Facility:
Accommodation, Restaurants & kiosk, Pro shop, Spa
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