The Chi Linh Star Golf Course (approximately one hours drive from Hanoi) will feature a 36 hole golfing challenge, with every hole constructed and designed to international standards. "The Best Place To Play" begins with nine holes, opened in November 2003, and when completed will leave you with an unforgettable golfing experience.
The site on which the course is being constructed lies within a beautiful valley, surrounded by rolling forest hills, and nestles beside a large lake complete with rolling creeks and natural water flowing from the surrounding area.
A visit to Chi Linh will no doubt leave a lasting impression, whether it be for a great round of golf, or simply having made the visit to a truly special place, transformed with care and attention to every detail.
Chi Linh to host Calsberg Masters Viet Nam "Asian Tour Event"
Chi Linh Star Golf & Country Club is pleased to confirm that it will host the first Professional Golf Tournament in the north of Vietnam. The event to be known as the Carlsberg Masters Vietnam will be held from November 4-7 2004 with record breaking prize money of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000 USD). The event will attract a capacity field of one hundred and fifty six (156) of the best professional golfers from the Asian Tour with the likes of Carlsberg Malaysian Open winner Thongchai Jaidee, Jyoti Randhawa of India and Chinas Masters player Zhang Lian-wei

Tam Dao Golf Resort sprawls around the base of a one-time colonial French hill station and nestles against the borders of Vietnam’s largest national park. This explains Tam Dao’s feast for the eyes. An IMG design, the course plays 7,169 yards across some wonderful, natural contouring. The fairways and greens are grassed with deep-green paspalum (the latest strain of salt-tolerant turf) and a nearby mountain reservoir ensures lush conditions, not to mention brisk currents in the layout’s many creeks. Dazzling, white-sand bunkers guard the greens here, demanding precision, while the sloping fairways are are less constricting. If you like early tee times, book a room in the club’s monumental clubhouse, one of the largest in Vietnam. If nostalgia’s your thing, consider a 13km side trip to the 1,000m-high perch of the one-time hill station.
GETTING THERE: In Vinh Phuc Province, the course gates are 45km (27 miles) from Noi Bai Airport and 65km (40 miles) from downtown Hanoi. A new road is on its way.
SIGNATURES: The par-3 8th hole plays 204 yards from the tips, along the shore of the lake, with heavy bunker defining this gauntlet to the right.
15 MINUTES OF FAME: National Geographic featured Tam Dao and its National Park in a June 1999 feature about conservationists’ efforts to catalog the park’s rare and endangered creatures.
ECHOES OF SURREY: The short, uphill par-3, 2nd hole is a dead ringer for the par-3 2nd on the West Course at storied Wentworth in Surrey, England.
PEAK PERFORMANCE: If you think you’ve seen the three peaks of Tam Dao’s 10,000-square-meter clubhouse elsewhere, look up. The Vietnamese architect modeled the structure on the peaks of Tam Dao.
FRENCH TWIST: The one-time colonial French hill station at Tam Dao lies 13km from the course, up a winding road that passes through the national park’s forest. Alas, but for an old stone church, all of the old French villas are in shambles today.

In ancient times, the area now known as Ha Tay was reigned by the Good King Hung Vuong. One day the Mountain Genie, Son Tinh and the Water Genie, Thuy Tinh both fell madly in love with the King's beautiful daughter. The King decreed that the winner of his daughter's hand would be the first suitor to bring him an elephant with 9 turks, a cock with 9 spurs and a horse with 9 red hairs.
Mountain Genie, able to conjure up all things, instantly fulfilled the King's request. Furious, Water Genie unleashed violent winds and torrential rains in an attempt to destroy the entire kingdom. To stop this onslaught, Mountain Genie raised up the Ba Vi Mountains and forged a series of dams against the raging waters. By dawn the next day, calm prevailed and the vengeful Water Genie had been defeated.
Every year the spiteful Water Genie returns, bringing heavy rain to wage his battle yet again in Ha Tay. And every year, the benevolent Genie of the Ba Vi Mountains and the dam-keepers of the valley prevail to protect the people and creatures living below. At Kings’ Island, the legend lives on - whether hitting a golf ball on the challenging course - or by simply drifting silently through its charming embrace.