Golf Courses Vietnam: Sir Nick Faldo Opens Royal Long An Golf Courses in Vietnam
Golf Courses Vietnam
BLUEBELL TOURS VIETNAM – Sir Nick Faldo attended the Grand Opening of Royal Long An Golf & Villas. This is his newest golf courses in Vietnam to officially open 18 of what will be a 27-hole design in southern Vietnam just 50 Km from Ho Chi Minh City in the Long An Province.
This golf courses in Vietnam is an 18-hole Par 72 golf course comes in at 7,233 yards from the back tees and 5,424 yards from the forward tees to ensure the newest golf addition to Long An province can attract new golfers to enjoy golf tours in Vietnam. With a full driving range and short-game facility and the club house now fully operational, Royal Long An Golf Club is quickly becoming a new golf destination for residence of Ho Chi Minh looking to escape the city.
A vast integrated lake system was designed to capture storm and rainwater for irrigation while also ensuring the course would be elevated to ensure playable surfaces year-round. With lakes and bunkering being the courses main defenses, additional trees are being added to bolster the landscape as the site was a true blank slate.
Sir Nick Faldo said “finally seeing the course maturing is always a rewarding milestone, it takes tremendous vision to deliver a golf course on sites like this, seeing the forest through the trees is a unique ability when you have design challenges, some sites simply have golf holes, and you just need to find them, other sites have nothing, and you have to create playable golf. I like both styles of design they test your creativity in different ways.”
The third nine holes of this golf courses in Vietnam currently in the final stages of detailed design, with construction expected to start in 2024, is shaping up to be a tougher test than the first 18 holes, incorporating more water the final course will be a true test of accuracy and course strategy.
The Royal Long An Golf & Villas began construction just prior to the closure of international travel in 2020 and presented a unique challenge to Faldo and his design team, how to continue design and construction of the course from a remote isolated location.
“I have been coming to Vietnam since the mid 90’s, building golf course and hosting Faldo Series events in different provinces all aimed at expanding the game I love, taking the game of golf to new regions has be a passion of mine for decades, Royal Long An in Long An province is just a continuation of that dream” said Sir Nick, Vietnam has been a hot spot for golf development in recent years, the country is the Home of Sir Nick Faldo’s “Faldo Series Asia Grand Final” his global junior golf development league aim to provide girls and boys equal opportunity through the golf tours in Vietnam.
“I hope to see a Faldo Series qualifier here one day, this is a perfect venue for a Faldo Futures or Faldo Juniors event with boys and girls competing for an opportunity to reach a national, regional and global level of golf” Faldo continued.
A NEW GOLF COURSES IN VIETNAM BY FALDO DESIGN
About 50km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City with 1 hour and 30 minutes of travel, golfers can easily find a new experience with quality golf courses in Vietnam from the famous golf course design company Faldo Design of the legendary Sir Nick Faldo, who has invested a lot of brainpower to create diverse terrain and attractive greens, especially for the course.
The first impressive of this golf courses in Vietnam when coming here is the modern Clubhouse with an area of nearly 3000m2 including locker area, proshop and restaurant along with a small bar with luxurious and cozy design. The locker area is equipped with amenities like a jacuzzi and massage chairs, helping golfers fully enjoy relaxing moments after each match. In addition, the clubhouse also has 32 hotel rooms ready to welcome and serve golfers for long stays at this golf courses in Vietnam.
DIVERSE TERRAIN WITH MANY IMPRESSIVE HIGHLIGHTS
Blending with the vast space and typical terrain of the area here, the harmony in the arrangement of golf holes interwoven with the terrain of rivers and lakes, creates a very unique feature for Royal Long An Golf Club. In addition, the thoughtfulness and dedication of your caddies will help make your golf session more enjoyable and fulfilling for golf tours in Vietnam.
The fairway on the course is invested with Celebration Bermuda grass, one of the popular grasses for the fairway area to create better shots approaching the ball. The fairway is wide, with many sand traps and surrounding lakes. Choosing a target for the ball to lie firmly is a problem that needs to be calculated before teeing off. The appeal continues to lie in choosing the club that corresponds to each different goal, giving you more choices and making golf tours in Vietnam more interesting.
