As a fervent aficionado of links golf, it didn’t take much to lure Greg Norman to put his stamp on what is arguably Asia’s best links land – the coastline of central and southern Vietnam.
His first foray there, Danang Golf Club, designed by former Greg Norman Golf Course Design architect Harley Kruse, opened in 2010 and has twice been voted best course in Vietnam. His second, The Bluffs at Ho Tram Strip, on the south-east coast, opened in October and is yet to be officially judged.
No matter, with the second Norman conquest of Vietnam complete, accolades are pouring in for this par-71, 7,007-yard (6,407-metre) layout, set on soaring sandhills facing the South China Sea (or East Sea as it is known in Vietnam). Many are favourably comparing The…