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Photo credit: Gary Lisbon
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Project Data
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Location
Hoi An, Vietnam
Asia Pacific -
Size
77 hectares
18-hole golf course -
Services
Architecture, Landscape, Master Planning
The Hoiana Shores Golf Club is the first of two courses to be developed within the $4 billion 985-hectare Hoiana Casino and Resort development on the Vietnamese coast south of Danang, which also features components designed by WATG (Master Planning, Architecture and Landscape Architecture).
Photo credit: Gary Lisbon
Photo credit: Gary Lisbon
Photo credit: Gary Lisbon
Nature-inspired artificial irrigation lakes are designed to recycle surface rainwater and encourage wetland edge habitats to thrive.
Following a strong links and dunes visual character, and conceived in collaboration with Robert Trent Jones II, the course and surrounding landscape consist predominantly of native grasses incorporating a large open bunker system. Nature-inspired artificial irrigation lakes are designed to recycle surface rainwater and encourage wetland edge habitats to thrive.
Photo credit: Gary Lisbon
Since opening for play in late 2019, Hoiana Shores Golf Club has ranked at No.1 on Golf Digest’s 2020 “The Best Golf Courses in Every Country” for Vietnam and, more recently, has taken out the title of “World’s Best New Golf Course 2020” in the World Golf Awards.
In addition to the course, WATG is also currently designing various components the accompanying Golf Clubhouse and adjacent Casino and Hotel.
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