Golf course development is experiencing a “eureka moment” in Vietnam with a sudden burst of new golf courses currently in development or being planned for launch.
Leading this new wave of dynamic growth in one of Asia’s most exciting economies is the multi-faceted Hanoi-headquartered BRG Group. Helmed by the visionary Madame Nguyen Thi Nga, reportedly the wealthiest women entrepreneur in Vietnam, the BRG Group has declared open its newest golf course, the Legend Hill Golf Resort.
The new golf course, located just 30 minutes away from the capital city of Hanoi has been built on a historic site known as Soc Son District made famous throughout Vietnam by Saint Giong, renown as one of the “four Vietnamese religious immortals”. As a mark of respect to this legendary hero, the new golf course has been appropriately named after the Vietnamese legend.
At the official opening ceremony on August 9, BRG Group’s chairman Madame Nga said, “The launch of this new golf course is the realization of a vision to offer golfers a unique and world class facility and I am proud to declare that the original vision has been realized and in many ways, it has exceeded all of our expectations.”
The Legend Hills Golf Resort will go down the annals of golf history as Asia’s first “twin-green” golf course that offers golfers an opportunity to play36-holes on an 18-hole configuration. With the opening of this course, the BRG Group is now positioned as Vietnam’s premier golf course operator. It already operates the award-winning Kings’ Island Golf Resort in Hanoi and the BRG Ruby Tree Golf Resort in the port city of Haiphong.
The launch of the Legend Hills Golf Resort also marks a very significant partnership between the BRG Group and the Nicklaus Design Group, arguably the biggest and most dynamic golf business in the world. This partnership will see both organisations working together to help develop new golf courses, golf resorts and golf academies throughout Vietnam.
The first project, the Legend Hills Golf Resort is Nicklaus Design’s first major golf course in Vietnam and commenting on this show-case development, Paul Stringer, president of Nicklaus Companies for the Asia Pacific region said “Legend Hills is very special and unique in that it has been designed to offer a variety of strategic hole combinations that can be played in one 18-hole round.” He went on to add, “We have created two separate green complexes playing from one primary landing zone on each hole and from our perspective the twin greens add interest, challenge, and a unique design feature to the golf course.” According to Stringer, the Legend Hill Golf course has water, strategically placed bunkers, and is a beautiful environment in which to play golf.
The launch of this new golf course also heralds a “strategic alliance” between the BRG Group and Nicklaus Design that will see the development of business initiatives that will go well beyond golf course design. It will cover a wide range of other golf-related business opportunities that will be focused on developing Vietnam into a truly world-class venue for quality golf and to also help develop the country into a major force in international golf.
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