The Asian Golf Development Tournament – BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 is hosted by Da Nang City in collaboration with BRG Group for the third consecutive year with a prize of up to 100,000 USD.
After 2 years of successful organization, the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 will continue to take place from August 29-31, 2024 at Legend Da Nang Golf Resort with the participation of 144 leading Vietnamese and international golfers.
With the advantage of owning many high-class golf courses in the region along with the strong development of golf tourism in key international markets, Da Nang identifies the important position of golf tourism in the strategy of specialized market segmentation. In the first 6 months of 2024, the total number of golf rounds of 03 golf courses in Da Nang reached 88,502 rounds, an increase of more than 4,000 rounds compared to the same period in 2023 (84,327 rounds), Legend Danang Golf Resort course dominated with more than 59,000 rounds.
On the side of Da Nang city, it was said: “Consecutive hosting of the Asian Golf Development Tournament - BRG Open Golf Championship Danang for 3 years 2022 - 2023 - 2024, contributes to affirming Da Nang's position as "Asia's Leading Event - Festival Destination", and is also an important milestone in developing the city's golf tourism potential to become one of the leading golf tourism destinations in Asia and the world, contributing to promoting the development of high-quality tourism, in line with the city's tourism development orientation".
In 2024, BRG Group will continue to accompany the city as the title sponsor. The prize value for season 3 will remain at US$100,000 with US$25,000 from the tournament's partner, Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank), and the Sheraton Grand Danang Resort & Convention Center, a world-class resort, serving as the tournament's official hotel.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Mark Reeves, Deputy General Director of BRG Group, shared: “The BRG Open Golf Championship Danang that we sponsor and host in Da Nang is an important part of our strategy with the goal of elevating Da Nang to become a leading golf tourism destination in the region and the world. This regional tournament is a solid foundation to inspire Vietnamese golfers when they have the opportunity to compete directly with the region's top talents to clearly define their path to professional golf. On behalf of the Group's Chairwoman, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nga, I can say that our Group is proud to accompany the Asian Tour in high-class golf events that will help demonstrate the best that Vietnam has in this field today”.
BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 is the seventh leg of the Asian Development Tour series licensed by the Asian Tour.
Mr. Ken Kudo, General Director of Asian Development Tour expressed his joy at the return of the Asian Development Tour, one of the main tournaments of the Asian Tour, to Da Nang, Vietnam: “I am delighted that the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang has become an annual event that is highly anticipated in our calendar and we thank our main sponsor BRG Group, together with our partner SeABank and the organizers supporting Da Nang tourism, for ensuring the return of one of our main events, marking an important step forward for the Asian Tour in the potential golf market of Da Nang, Vietnam. I would also like to thank the Da Nang city government, the Da Nang tourism industry and the Vietnam Golf Association for their efforts and active implementation and promotion of the event, bringing the best conditions for the Asian Development Tour”, said Ken Kudo, General Director of Asian Development Tour.
Mr. Ken also said that the Tournament witnessed the appearance of many young champions and gradually became popular with ADT members, many young golfers wanted to challenge themselves on the Legend Da Nang Golf Resort course and lift the trophy to mark their career prospects on the Asian Development Tour.
The defending champion of the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang in 2022 is Chinese golfer Chen Guxin, and in 2023 it is golfer Aaron Wilkin from Australia.
The BRG Open Golf Championship Danang is one of the initiatives and collaborative efforts to promote Danang golf tourism, restoring the tourism economy from 2022 right after the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament is held for the 3rd time after 02 previous successful seasons.
Also within the framework of the event, Da Nang city organizes a survey program on destinations and golf tourism products from August 27 to 30, 2024 with the participation of golf tour operators from Taiwan (China), Australia, Japan and Southeast Asian countries (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia); Organize a Professional - Amateur Golf Exchange Tournament (Pro - Ams) and a Da Nang Tourism Experience Program within the framework of the Tournament.
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