Vietnam Golf Package

Tan Son Nhat Golf Course is a public golf course located 4 kilometers from the center of Ho Chi Minh City and one of Saigon's most popular courses. Built across 156 hectares, the 36-hole course borders the Tan Son Nhat Airport – the busiest in Vietnam.

Nelson & Haworth Golf Course Architects designed a top course out of the surrounding flattish land. Significant earth mounding, many water hazards, large bunkers, and undulating greens characterize every hole. Paspalum turf used on the tees, fairway, rough, and greens ensure top year-round playing conditions. The Saigon golf course is a modern city layout, and Vietnam's most populated city's skyline is viewable from practically every hole.

As well as being the most convenient to play in the city, the course conditioning is consistently great during both dry and wet seasons.  Offering four nines is a considerable advantage when it comes to course maintenance and playability. Each nine is equally challenging and well-maintained.

Course A plays away from the clubhouse and in an area designated for apartments, villas, and an on-site hotel. Course B, C, and D all start at the clubhouse. C and D Courses are more demanding off the tee, whereas A and B Courses require more strategic play than length and accuracy. The par-5's play long and mainly into the wind. Avoid the greenside bunkers on the par-3's for scoring opportunities. All the greens have extreme undulation and, while on the slow side, are still good fun to play.  The fairway bunkers can be pretty problematic, but an errant tee shot deserves to be penalized.   

Standout holes on each nine include hole six on the A Course. The par-4 has water all down the left side and fairway bunkers placed at landing areas. Strategy is important as a perfect drive is needed to reach a green that slopes front to back.  Hole three on the B Course is a short par-4 with a fairway bunker and a dogleg fairway to the left.  It's preferable to lay back off the tee and have a full club into the smallish sloping and well-protected green.  The final hole on the C Course is a reachable downwind par-5. Two solid shots get on the green. However, avoid the bunkers 230 yards off the tee and the creek fronting the green. The best hole on Course D is the fifth. This par-3 plays over water, ensuring any mishit is wet. The undulated green is tricky, especially if putting from a different tier as the pin.

The Tan Son Nhat clubhouse is one of the largest in Asia and can accommodate golfers and large banquets, weddings, and other official functions for up to 5,000 guests at a time. The on-site restaurant serves tasty Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, and western dishes at very reasonable prices, with Korean dishes as the specialties.

One of the interesting features at Tan Son Nhat is night golf. Play carries on past midnight and might be a good way to settle bets or as an alternative to the Saigon nightlife.

Other faculties, including a pro shop, driving range, chipping and putting areas, locker rooms, and changing areas, are all first-rate. Tan Son Nhat Golf Club runs under the supervision of the Vietnam Ministry of Defense. Golf carts are mandatory and relegated to cart paths only, although prices are reasonable, and golfers can still walk the fairways while caddies drive. Speaking of caddies, they are all male army recruits with an excellent service mindset, though limited English skills.

Anyone golfing in Saigon should have a hit at Tan Son Nhat.  High-quality golf courses close to town are a rarity these days and won't be around forever.

The Long Thanh Golf Club offers 36 holes in the former rice paddies and scenic countryside surrounding Saigon. The Ho Chi Minh City golf course is located 30 kilometers north of the city on a bluff with unobstructed views of the Vietnamese capital.

Ba Na Hills Golf Club is 25 minutes inland from Danang, Vietnam, near the foothills of the cable car station leading to Bana Hills. The IMG managed Da Nang golf course is the first Luke Donald-designed course in Asia and the world.

Ba Na Hills Vietnam is laid out in several valleys of the surrounding mountain ranges. The Ba Na Hills mountain course has a diverse mix of natural topography and vegetation. The holes at higher elevations have nice vantage points with spectacular views of the valleys below.

The site has a fair amount of elevation change and many natural features like large hardwood trees and streams that meander through several holes.  At 7,858 yards in length, the par-72 golf course provides a balance of challenge and enjoyment for golfers of all skill levels. The varying lengths of each hole and different lies resulting from the rolling hills and elevations changes ensure the use of various shots throughout the 18 holes.

The front nine holes form a traditional parkland course surrounded by pine forests—the back nine play along and up-and-down the surrounding hills with many blind shots and doglegs. Needless to say, these holes are the more dramatic and challenging ones.

Bunkering at Ba Na Hills Danang is unique, with long grass around the edges and the face of each hazard. The sand is only partly visible from the tees and fairway approach shots. The greens are angled from the fairways and only slightly undulated. There is a good variety of pin positions and approach shots.

Some of the most memorable holes are the 4th and 5th. They are both par-5, but only #4 is reachable in two. The long #5 starts with carry-over water followed by two well-struck long irons or hybrids to reach the protected green regulation. The 10th hole is an easy par-4 that plays upwards to one of the highest points on the golf course. There is an excellent photo opportunity from the green. The par-3 12th goes the opposite way downhill and is also one of the most picturesque places at Ba Na Hills.

First-class facilities at Ba Na Hills include a modern contemporary designed clubhouse, grass driving range and practice areas, and a well-stocked pro shop. The restaurant offers panoramic views of the golf course and serves a wide range of dishes, with the Vietnamese selections being by far the best on the menu.

Being managed by IMG, Ba Na Hills Golf Club operates to international standards.  All 18 holes are floodlit, which detracts from the otherwise natural beauty but does allow golfers who have a late start to finish their rounds.

Hoiana Shores Golf Club is the first Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects (RTJ II) golf course in Vietnam. Forty-five minutes south of Danang International Airport and 8 kilometers south of the Hoi An Ancient Town UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hoiana Shores plays through dunes along the Vietnamese coastline. The town is known as 'The City of Lanterns,' and fittingly, lanterns instead of flags top the pins at Hoiana.

Laguna Lang Co Golf Club, nestled in central Vietnam near Lang Co Bay and a pristine 3-kilometer beach, offers a par-71 course designed by Sir Nick Faldo. Hosting the annual finals of the Faldo Series Asia, it attracts players of all levels. With its stunning ocean views, majestic mountain backdrop, and diverse terrain, including rice paddies and streams, each hole presents a unique challenge.

Located at an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level, Thanh Lanh Valley Golf & Resort has a cool climate all year round, with an average temperature of 18-25 degrees Celsius. Perfect golf conditions make the two-hour drive from Hanoi worth the effort. A bypass road connecting Tam Dao, Thanh Lanh, and Dai Lai golf areas makes several excellent golf clubs easily reachable.

Located 45 kilometers from central Hanoi, Sky Lake Resort & Golf Club comprises two contrasting 18-hole courses – the Sky Course and the Lake Course. Sky Lake Resort & Golf Club, in 2015, won awards as both the best championship course in Vietnam and the 5th best course in Vietnam., making the resort the only Hanoi golf club to receive such notoriety. Korean architect Mr. Ahn Moon Hwan of Bori Golf designed all 36-holes.