Summer’s Soul in Every Swing
Golden paddies, misty mountains and coastal breezes welcome golfers to Vietnam’s poetic heartland
Paju, Korea - With golden rice fields shimmering and cool mountain breezes sweeping through pine groves, the Vietnam Golf Coast is offering far more than fairways this summer. It’s serving up a sensory journey — cultural, culinary and, of course, sporting — that captures the country’s vibrant spirit.
Laguna Golf Lang Co, with its signature rice paddies now burnished in summer gold, feels like a living postcard. “This is one of the most enchanting times to play,” says Director of Golf Stephen Banks, who speaks fondly of the course’s deep roots in local tradition. Harvest season packages include Golf & Spa escapes and “Golden Rice Flash Sales,” perfect for seizing the day while the paddies glow.
For a retreat into cooler climes, Ba Na Hills Golf Club in the highlands offers an escape shrouded in mist and pine. “Every time I walk this course, I’m reminded why golf in the mountains feels different – calmer, clearer, and more connected,” says GM Simon Mees. Twi-Night Golf options and local craft beer await those chasing twilight rounds.
Down by the sea, Montgomerie Links wraps traditional links-style play in a uniquely Vietnamese wrapper, where fishing boats dot the horizon and casuarina pines whisper in the breeze. A Stay & Play offer from just VND4,770,000 runs through September — another reason to let the summer linger.
Golfers are welcomed not just by greens but by culture: caddies in iconic non la hats, bowls of pho steaming at the clubhouse, and Da Nang’s fireworks and feasts just minutes away. Hue’s imperial echoes and Hoi An’s lantern-lit alleys are within easy reach, completing a golf escape rich in character.
Vietnam’s central coast isn’t merely a destination this summer. It’s a feeling — a graceful rhythm where every swing, every step, finds its place in a broader, beautiful story.