Hoiana Shores Golf Club named World’s Best New Course

Hoiana Shores Golf Club hole No. 17. (Photo: Gary Lisbon)

Hoiana Shores Golf Club (HSGC) has been named the Best New Course to open worldwide for the year 2020. The Robert Trent Jones II design, which opened in 2020 in the dunes of Central Vietnam, was singled out for this honor as part of the seventh-annual World Golf Awards.

Hoiana Shores Golf Club hole No. 4. (Photo: Gary Lisbon)

The World Golf Awards are the game’s only global decorations and the only course laurels voted on by the golfing public and industry professionals during a ballot period.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized with this World Golf Award,” added Ben Styles, general manager of HSGC. “This is the only award that combines the votes of both golfers and industry professionals globally. We’ve not been open a full year, but we do feel we’ve created something very special here, something that will stand as a landmark course in Asia-Pacific for decades to come. It’s gratifying to see that others agree.”

Hoiana Shores Golf Club hole No. 7. (Photo: Gary Lisbon)

Up for the Best New Course at the World Golf Awards along with Hoiana Shores was Old Toccoa Farm and the Tiger Woods-designed Payne’s Valley GC at Big Cedar Lodge; the Dumbarnie Links in Scotland; and PGA National in the Czech Republic; the Education City GC in Qatar and the Dubai Hills GC in the UAE.

“Despite the many challenges that golf tourism has faced in this most unprecedented of years, this year’s program has seen a record number of votes cast by both golf consumers and golf industry professionals from around the world,” according to Chris Frost, managing director of World Golf Awards. “The appetite for golf tourism has never been as keen, with golf fans urging World Golf Awards to continue acknowledging the leading brands in our industry. This bodes well for golf tourism’s future as the global recovery begins.”

Hoiana Shores Golf Club hole No. 11. (Photo: Gary Lisbon)

Hoiana Shores GC is part of the $4 billion Hoiana Integrated Resort located on the beach southeast of Hoi An. The 18-holes boasts 7,004 yards and is a par 71. The course is a modern links design, laid out on a treeless expanse of pure sand, with no fewer than five holes coming into direct contact with the East Sea.

“The success of Hoiana Shores makes it a game-changer,” said its architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., “And, from a pure golfing perspective, this is some of our very best work. We really opened up the sand dunes and allowed the greens to settle into them. I wanted greens nestled into the dunes early in the round. When players get closer to the water, we wanted to open up vistas to the sea.”

Hoiana Shores Golf Club hole No. 15. (Photo: Gary Lisbon)

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