Vietnam! Inside the world’s next great golf destination
20/02/2019Over the past decade, in the distant wake of golf’s arrival in Japan and its more recent wildfire spread in Korea and China, a burgeoning monied class has given rise to a swelling population of Vietnamese golfers and triggered a starburst of course construction
‘Vietnam Golf Coast’ Forms to Create Unique Golf Destination
15/01/2019Seven signature designed golf courses in Central Vietnam are joining hands to form a new golf-specific destination marketing group, extending from the up-and-coming city of Da Nang to the foothills of Hue and shores of Hoi An.
Golf pro Mahoney’s ‘dream job’ in Vietnam
31/12/2018Mahoney is the director of golf at the King's Island Resort, a 54-hole complex near Hanoi, which includes the BRG Group's Nicklaus course, and he also helps the company in looking at potential sites for new golf projects.
Excellent golf awaits in Vietnam
31/12/2018Golf in Vietnam is especially intriguing. Though there are only about 40 courses throughout the country, and some of those tracks hold world-class distinction. The country is roughly the size of California, with Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in the southern part of the country. Nearly a third of the golf courses are located in the south.
Day wary of teen leader at Nicklaus event
01/06/2018Jason Day says he'll have to fight to keep pace with a "fearless" pack of young leaders at the US PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament that includes a teenaged former amateur star.
Should The Players ever officially become golf's fifth major?
09/05/2018This week's Players Championship has long been considered the fifth unofficial major of golf. He owns each year one of the strongest pitches of the PGA Tour according to the world rankings, and has a long list of elite winners.
Satoshi Kodaira: A new Japanese samurai in PGA Tour
07/05/2018The 28-year-old won the RBC Heritage and is now inside the world's top 30 - but who is Satoshi Kodaira?
The power of Vietnam’s golf industry
28/04/2018BRG Group chairwoman Madame Nguyen Thi Nga, known as a savvy and sharp-witted female investor and owner of numerous well-known golf courses across the country, talks about her insights and expectations for the development of the king sport in Vietnam over the coming years.
A look at the top 25 earners in PGA Tour history
20/04/2018In his weekly notes this week, Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press had two pretty intriguing points about career money earned in golf. The first involving a young Australian stud, and the second a two-time Masters champion. Here they are.
BRG Da Nang Golf Resort welcomes Asia’s first true bulkhead course
10/04/2018BRG Da Nang Golf Resort, a member of BRG Group, today has officially opened a new stunning course designed by the world's leading golf course Architects Nicklaus Design . Harmonized with the existing 18-hole Greg Norman course, a classic sand dune style, this new Nicklaus course promises to bring a completely different golf experience for golfers due to the wooden bulkheads that line many of the Tees, Fairways and Greens.
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