BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 set for launching late August

The information was released at a press meeting, hosted by Danang People's Committee and BRG Group, in the central coastal city of Danang on July 30 to inform about the event.

After two years, the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 continues to take place from August 29-31 at Legend Danang Golf Resort, with the participation of 144 top Vietnamese and international golfers.

With the advantage of owning high-class golf courses in the region and the significant development of golf tourism in key international markets, Danang is considered to have an important position in golf tourism in the strategy of specialised market segmentation.

In the first six months (H1) of this year, the number of golf rounds held at three golf courses in Danang 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.

Tran Chi Cuong, Deputy Chairman of Danang People’s Committee, giving remarks at the July 30 press meeting

Tran Chi Cuong, Deputy Chairman of Danang People’s Committee, noted “Consecutive hosting of the Asian Golf Development Tournament - BRG Open Golf Championship Danang for three years in 2022 -2023 -2024, contributes to affirming Danang’s position as ‘Asia’s Leading Festival and Event Destination’ and is an important milestone in developing the city’s golf tourism to become one of the leading golf tourism destinations in Asia and the world, contributing to promoting the high-quality tourism, aligned with the city’s tourism development orientation”.

In 2024, the BRG Open prize purse now stands at $100,000, with 25 per cent of the fund coming from tournament partner SeABank and the tournament official hotel, Sheraton Grand Danang Resort and Convention Centre.

Mark Reeves, general deputy director at BRG Group

Mark Reeves, general deputy director at BRG Group, assumed that the event serves as a solid platform to inspire Vietnamese golfers and allows them to measure themselves against top talent in the region as they consider a career in the professional game.

“The BRG Open Golf Championship that we both sponsor and host here in Danang is a key component of our strategy to support the city to establish itself as a leading golf tourism destination. On behalf of our group chairman Madame Nguyen Thi Nga I can say that we are very proud of our involvement in this tournament and our association with the Asian Tour that gives us an opportunity to showcase the very best of what Vietnam has to offer today,” said Mark.

Meanwhile, Ken Kudo, general manager, Asian Development Tour noted, “The Asian Development Tour is over-the-moon to see the BRG Open Golf Championship become a regular event on our schedule and we thank title sponsor BRG Group, along with partner SeABank and supporting organisers Danang Tourism, for ensuring the return of one of our pillar events."

“This pioneering golf tournament is very popular with our players and is always hotly contested here on the Nicklaus Course at Legend Danang Golf Resort. We have had great winners and exciting finishes here in the past and we expect to see another talented young champion lift the trophy at the end of the coming tournament week,” he added.

Australia’s Aaron Wilkin triumphed last year (2023), succeeding China’s Chen Guxin (2022)

BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 is the seventh stop of the Asian Development Tour which is licensed by Asian Tour.

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