Da Nang: More than 140 golfers attend BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023

Update: 21/07/2023
(TITC) - On 18th July, Da Nang City Department of Tourism organised a Press Conference on Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023. With the theme “Swings catch waves of emotions”, the Festival will take place from 25th August to 2nd September with the highlight event of BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023, attracting the participation of 120 professional golfers in the world and 24 golfers in Vietnam.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh - Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, Standing Deputy Head of Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023 speaking at the Press Conference (Photo: danang.gov.vn)

The Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023 will take place with innovations. In addition to the BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023 (part of the Asian Development Tour), highlight activities that will happen in the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023 include an exchange tournament with international golfers, travel experience of Da Nang for international golfers, international golf seminar.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh - Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, Standing Deputy Head of Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023, said, with the orientation of bringing golf sport closer to people and visitors, the Organising Board of Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023 will introduce new activities including booth exhibition and golf check-in, golf practice experience, fashion shows and food. Thereby, golfers and tourists can have a wonderful holiday in Da Nang.

The total prize of the BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023 is US$100,000. According to Mr. Ken Kudo, Associate Director, Partnerships at Asian Tour, BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang is a long-term project that Asian Development Tour cooperates with Da Nang City.

“We would like to send our sincere thanks to Da Nang City, BRG Da Nang Golf Resort and VGS Group for their continuous support to organise this Championship. We are looking forward to an explosive new tournament, which was highly appreciated by the golfers last year”, said Mr. Ken Kudo.

BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023 will take place at Nicklaus Course, BRG Da Nang Golf Resort - The golf course was voted by Golf Digest Magazine as one of the "Top 100 best golf courses in the world in 2022" (Photo: danang.gov.vn)

According to Mr. Mark Reeves, Director of Golf (BRG Group), for the second consecutive year as a title sponsor of the tournament, BRG Group is honoured to have the Nicklaus Course at BRG Da Nang Golf Resort and the Sheraton Grand Danang Resort & Convention Center continues to be the gathering place for top professional golfers in one of the most important activities of the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival 2023.

With a world-class golf course and operated by a team of PGA-standard foreign experts, the BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023 will be a tournament that brings unforgettable experiences to golfers as well as visitors, promoting golf tourism to develop robustly.

The MOU Signing Ceremony to Organise Danang Tourism Festival and BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023 (Photo: danang.gov.vn)

Presenting the event closer to the audiences, the BRG Open Golf Championship Da Nang 2023 will be broadcast live by VGS Group; aims not only to contribute to meeting the demands of golf lovers, but also to attract visitors to learn more about the sport of golf. VGS Group has successfully organised more than 100 golf tournaments as well as live broadcast of golf tournaments and golf tourism products and services... in order to create the foundation for developing the golf industry and connecting Vietnamese golf lovers.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Chairman of VGS Group stated, the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival, with the focus on the Asian professional golf tournament BRG Open Championship Da Nang 2023, will be a memorable event for golf lovers and the general public, marking a milestone to bring Da Nang golf tourism to the international level. Thereby, the city promotes the development of MICE tourism, affirming the city's orientation in diversifying festivals and events, worthy of the title "Asia's Leading Festival and Event Destination".

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