A new 18-hole golf course by Faldo Design has opened at PGA Silk Path Dong Trieu Golf & Country Club in the Quang Ninh province of Vietnam. The golf course is one part of a huge US$60 million project by resort developer Silk Path Group on a 320-acre site, 50 miles east of Hanoi. “The original landscape for the golf course was very severe and difficult to navigate,” said Kenny Nguyen, CEO of Silk Path Group. “There were a lot of pine trees, as well as fruit trees grown there by farmers. It was very difficult at first because we started construction during Covid and the Faldo Design team were not able to be there for site inspection, so everything was basically done on paper, photos or by videos. We also wanted to keep as many pine trees as possible because they were very big, beautiful and not able to be replanted. “We moved five million cubic metres of dirt during construction, and there are parts of the course with 30 to 40 metres of fill and some with 40 to 50 metres of cut. The most challenging part was balancing the cut and fill because we were not allowed to move dirt off site.” TEE BOX Eighteen-hole public layout has been created as part of a US$60m development east of Hanoi. New Faldo course opens at Silk Path club in Vietnam 8
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