The Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2022 is scheduled to take place from August 29 to September 2 with its highlighting events being the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2022 and lots of interesting side activities.

The BRG Da Nang Golf Resort is ready to welcome professional golfers to attend the tournament. Photo: THU HA

Golfers are ready for the international professional tournament

A representative of the Tournament Organizing Committee said that the highlight of the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival is the Asian Development Golf Tournament, also known as the Danang Fantatiscity Championship, which is slated to take place in Da Nang from August 30 - September 2. The event will see the participation of 120 professional golfers who are invited by the host, the Asia Tour Company, along with 20 professional ones from Viet Nam plus 4 professional and amateur golfers who are nominated by the sponsors, promising to create amazing experiences for the audience.

In order to qualify for the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2022, international players must be members of the Asian Development Tour while Vietnamese professional players must be among the top 5 in VGA Tour earnings ranking for 2022 (VGA Tour established and managed by the Viet Nam Golf Association).

Eligble amateur players for the tournament must meet one of the following four criteria: being a member of the national golf team, ranked in the top 5 Vietnamese golfers in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), ranked in the top 3 winners at Viet Nam Amateur Open presented by T99 2022, crowned champions in the age-group categories of U15, U18 and U21 for men at the National Youth Open 2022 presented by T99 2022.

Based on these criteria, 9 out of 10 Vietnamese amateur players are eligible for the tournament, according to the event’s organisers. Data released by the Asia Tour Company shows that 74 out of 120 international golfers have till date registered for the tournament, and they are from such countries as Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, the US, Australia, the UK, and Switzerland.

Mr Mark Reeves, the Division Director of Golf Development and Property Business at BRG Group, said that the BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2022 will take place at Nicklaus Course of the BRG Da Nang Golf Resort. This venue is the first golf course in Viet Nam and Asia as a whole with the use of the Florida style embankments. The BRG Group has fully prepared to organise the tournament in the best possible manner, and invited foreign experts to check the quality of the golf course to ensure that the venue hosts sucessfully the tournament.

Da Nang People'’s Committee Vice Chairman Tran Phuoc Son (second, left) conducting an onsite inspection to the BRG Da Nang Golf Resort in order to make it ready for the 2022 Danang Golf Tourism Festival. Photo: THU HA

Well preparation for side activities

Mr Nguyen Xuan Binh, the Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Tourism said that apart from the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2022, there will be international seminars taking place from August 29 to 31 with the participation of many famous speakers who are domestic and international golf experts. The worshop discussions will focus on two identified themes of "Golf and Tourism" and " Sustainability in the Golf Industry”.

The golf tourism development strategy for Da Nang, and Viet Nam at large, foreign countries’ experiences to develop golf tourism, along with the potential and opportunities for the golf tourism development in Da Nang plus related matters will be highlighted at these seminars.

Apart from its highlighting event being the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2022, the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival will feature an array of exciting events. Included are the Pro-Am Prize taking place on August 30, golfing experiences and practices at golf courses in Central Viet Nam with free tours to Montgomerie Links Golf Club from August 25 to September 5, and free golf practices for children under 12 years old at the Laguna Lang Co Golf Club.

The city will also offer two tourism programmes to create amazing travel experiences for seminar speakers, representatives from golf travel and international travel agencies. Included are nature discovery tours, Sun World Ba Na Hills experience tour, ‘Da Nang by night tour’, plus cultural, food and tourism events with the aim of promoting Da Nang as an attractive travel destination to international friends who attend the tournament.

“Apart from the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2022, exchange tournaments will be also organized to increase the attractiveness of golf tours offered by golf clubs, contributing to promoting golf destinations as well as attracting domestic and international golfers in addition to targeting key golf tourism markets and attracting high-quality tourists," remarked Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh.

In its efforts to make the city ready for the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2022, the municipal Department of Tourism is joining efforts with the municipal Investment Promotion and Support Board, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, the municipal Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Authority of the Da Nang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Parks to work with the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) which is the host of international seminars on the golf industry and golf tourism. The intention is to introduce Da Nang’s investment climate to foreign investors in a bid to call for their investment in the city’s golf equipment manufacturing industry. Special attention is paid to ensuring the attractiveness of side activities to lure tourists, especially high-quality tourists to Da Nang. Importance is attachted to promoting the Festival in both domestic and international markets.

Reporting by THU HA – Translating by H.L