 VIETNAM
On the way of a new invasion :
golf?
 at
Phan Thiet
Where to play
What to see
Where to stay Information
Bin
Thuan is a coastal province at about 200 kms north of Ho Chi
Minh City with about 200 kms of sandy beaches. Phan Thiet
is the county town one of the most ancient place in Vietnam
where the Chams, first inhabitants, settled and left some
towers reminding their presence, and where Ho Chi Minh has
been a young teacher.
Where
to play
The Ocean
Dunes Golf Club in Phan Tiet has been
designed by the three times Masters champion Nick Faldo in
the years 1996/98. "Ocean Dunes Golf Club is an outstanding
natural site with sand dunes, sea breezes, beach vegetation
and panoramic ocean vistas". said Faldo "We have
let the dunes determine the routing and the look of the golf
course. It should have the feel and the playability of the
early seaside courses, but with a tropical climate."
Located on
the seashore, in the northern outskirt of the quiet fishers'
city of Phan Tiet, Ocean Dunes Golf course lies in front of
and around the Novotel Coralia Hotel which opens its windows
on the beach. It features a 6,746-yard, par 72, golf course
which slaloms through the seaside dunes and coastal breezes
shape the course's day-to-day characteristics.
Nick Faldo
is coming every year for a follow up and implementation of
certain improvments on the course. He designed Ocean Dunes
golf in a way that makes it a playable course for high handicap
players who will enjoy the openness of its links-styling,
but also with exciting opportunities for more experienced
players who will appreciate the challenges posed by the ever-present
ocean breezes. In fact even if there is only a part of the
holes which are near the beach, winds are blowing every and
palmtrees indicate clearly the sense of the main ocean wind.
Out of the
winds, eight ponds offer water hazards to 12 holes while greens
of #9 and 12, and tees of #13 have beautiful direct look to
the beaches and their permanent white toped waves.
Ocean Dunes
course was ranked the #1 course in Vietnam in 1999 & 2000
by Golf Digest. The Asian Golfer gave the course a "A+"
rating, "one of the finest golf clubs of the world. The
hole-9, par 3, is one of the Best 500 Holes in the World (by
Golf Magazine - December 1999).
Sculpted out of the coastal dunes, along the Eastern Sea,
the Ocean Dunes Golf Club is the ideal respite from the demands
of daily life. Brilliant sun, windswept dunes and sea breezes
makes it one of the most exciting links style courses in the
region.
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Young women caddy
In front and around the Novotel
Palmtrees inclinate in th
sense of the oecean winds
Nick Faldo comes every year
Flower beds on hole 7
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