Golf

A corner of Academy Golf Course. — Photo thethao.netViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Academy Golf Course of the Els Performance Golf Academy (EPGA) has been nominated for an award for world’s best par 3 golf course in 2019. The Academy Course at Ecopark, Hà Nội, will compete for the title with Bukit Pandawa (Indonesia), Cromwell (England), Cumberwell Park (England), The Turtle Hill (Bermuda) and Zhang Lianwei (mainland China). The World Golf Awards, which were launched since 2014, are considered the most prestigious award of world golf industry. The result of all categories will be announced at the end of this year, after seven months of voting online.    The Course was opened in September of 2017 and was founded and designed by South African golfer Ernie Els. At the beginning of March, EPGA and Việt Nam Golf Association signed a contract to develop golf in Việt Nam. This association promises to aid young … [Read more...] about Việt Nam nominated in the best golf courses list of the world

FLC Golf Links Sam Son will host one of Vietnam's biggest ever events, the FLC Homes Golf Tournament 2019, in October. (Photo from organisers)   Hanoi (VNA) - The FLC Homes Golf Tournament 2019 will have a huge prize fund of 100 billion VND (4.3 million USD) this year, according to the organisers. Prizes will include four European-styled villas and 16 luxury cars. This year's event is expected to attract 1,200 athletes competing at the FLC Golf Links Sam Son in central Thanh Hoa province from October 10-13. Players will be divided into three groups for men based on their handicaps and one category for women. “Golf has a lot of potentials and is developing strongly in Vietnam. We hope the tournament will be a good start for us to continue organising other annual events,” said Nguyen Hoai Son, General Director of FLC Homes Company./. VNA … [Read more...] about Golf tournament offers prize money of 4.3 million USD

Trần Thanh Hải, chairman of NutiFood, and Greg Norman, former golfing great and Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador for 2018-21 sign a deal in HCM City to promote the former’s coffee products and Vietnamese coffee culture globally. — VNS Photo Xuân HươngViet Nam News HCM CITY — NutiFood Nutrition Food JSC has signed up Greg Norman, a legendary golfer and Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador for 2018-21 to globally promote its coffee products and Vietnamese coffee culture. Under an agreement they signed in HCM City on Wednesday, they will establish a joint venture named Greg Norman and NutiFood in the US in the next three to six months. NutiFood will be responsible for research into and production and distribution of coffee products while Norman will allow the joint venture to use his brand name, images and logos with his name on NutiFood’s coffee products. The joint venture will open a chain of coffee stores, where … [Read more...] about Nutifood signs deal with golf legend to promote Vietnamese coffee culture

  FLC Golf Links Sầm Sơn will host one of Việt Nam's biggest ever events, the FLC Homes Golf Tournament 2019, in October. — Photo from organisers HÀ NỘI — The FLC Homes Golf Tournament 2019 will have a huge prize fund of VNĐ100 billion (US$4.3 million) this year, according to the organisers. Prizes will include four European-styled villas and 16 luxury cars. This year's event is expected to attract 1,200 athletes competing at the FLC Golf Links Sầm Sơn in Thanh Hoá Province from October 10-13. Players will be divided into three groups for men based on their handicaps and one category for women. “Golf has a lot of potentials and is developing strongly in Việt Nam. We hope the tournament will be a good start for us to continue organising other annual events,” said Nguyễn Hoài Sơn, FLC Homes Company's general director. — VNS … [Read more...] about Golf tournament offers prize money of $4.3m

  Trophies of the Tiền Phong Golf Championship 2019 which will be organised next month. - Photo tienphong.vn HÀ NỘI — About 180 athletes will compete in the one-day Tiền Phong Newspaper Golf Championship 2019 on October 26 at the BRG Kings Island Golf Resort in Sơn Tây, Hà Nội. Golfers, who will be divided in different groups based on their handicaps, will play for total prize-money of VNĐ7 billion (US$301,000) at the 18-hole Kings Course and Lakeside. Among the prizes, there are four Hole-in-One awards available, coming with four luxury cars worth VNĐ5 billion along with a purse of VNĐ200 million each. As well as the championship title, there are also prizes on offer for the top three of each group, Nearest to the Pin, Longest Drive, Nearest to the Line, Eagle and Albatross. The championship organisers will also use part of the competition fee to donate to the Việt … [Read more...] about Golfers to compete at Tiền Phong Golf Championship