6 Golden Sands Golf Resort near Hue, Vietnam, will hold a soft opening of its North course, the first of two Nicklaus Design courses planned for the development, in September. The layout was designed by Jim Wagner, ASGCA, who has since become a partner of Curley-Wagner Golf Design, while at Nicklaus Design as a senior design associate. The resort has been developed by Vietnam’s BRG Group and built along Vinh Xuan beach. “The site is a natural sandy parcel located along the sea and featured a variety of natural movement, from extreme flats to chopped up rolling topography with soft elevation change,” said Wagner. “The site’s most appealing landform was a natural ridge that bisects the property running north-south. “Although most of the front nine was in extreme low-lying flats and had to be raised, the back nine is a wonderful sequence of holes that takes advantage of natural sand dunes and gently rolling topography with long views of the sea to the east. We did very little earthwork on these holes and that should be apparent when playing the course. The back nine will undoubtedly be one of the more exciting finishing experiences Vietnam golf has to offer.” Wagner has made use of the natural ridge running north-south in the design. “That ridge is the DIGEST New Vietnam resort course ready to open
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