Lee Trevino, the six-time Major winner, has fashioned the East course at Vietnam Country Club with more generous fairways than the tighter West course...
Overall rating





Lee Trevino, the six-time Major winner, has fashioned the East course at Vietnam Country Club with more generous fairways than the tighter West course...

Vietnam (East)
Vietnam Golf & Country Club was the first 36-hole golf facility in Vietnam. Located close to the centre of Ho Chi Minh City in a massive 300-hectare, wooded tract of land, which includes a lakeside residential development, tennis courts and swimming pool. Vietnam Golf & Country Club is perhaps fair to claim recognition as Vietnam’s premier golf facility.
The West course opened first in 1994 and was designed by Taiwanese architect Chen King Shih. The following year the West hosted the Vietnam Open and then again in 1997. But, as good as the West course is (and we may feature it on the Top 100 website in the future), it has been overshadowed by the Lee Trevino-designed East course, which opened for play in 1997.
The six-time Major winner has fashioned the East course with more generous fairways than the tighter West, but with cleverly positioned bunkering, plenty of water and large undulating Bermuda greens it is a serious challenge. With a standard configuration of four par fives, four par threes and ten par fours, a yardage of 6,950 yards and an opening par five on each half which is reachable in two for big hitters.
Interestingly, the professionals didn’t rip the East course apart during the 2008 Hana Bank Vietnam Masters (a former Asian Tour event). Thai star Thongchai Jaidee won the tournament (prevailing in a three-way play-off) posting 15-under-par 273 in regulation play.
World Top 100 Golf Courses
The latest ranking of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World serves as the ultimate global golf bucket list. Most members of our World Top 100 Panel are seasoned golfers, each playing 20-30 of these courses annually while travelling extensively over decades to form their opinions on others. We recognise that opinions vary—even among our panel members. Rankings are subjective, and there are undoubtedly 50 or more courses in the UK and USA alone that could easily fit onto this list. Links Golf Pilgrimages The rankings
Cypress Point Club
California, United States
Pine Valley Golf Club
New Jersey, United States
Royal County Down (Championship)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
New York, United States
National Golf Links of America
New York, United States