Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2020年12月 亞博匯 42 FEATURES T he famous American pastor Billy Graham once quipped, “The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.” Clearly Graham never laid eyes on Hoiana Shores. The marquee attraction of Vietnam’s newest integrated resort Hoiana, Hoiana Shores Golf Club offers 18 championship holes of traditional links style golf, complemented by prime beachfront real estate providing spectacular views over the Eastern Sea and nearby Cham Islands. The first and only course in Vietnam to be designed by legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones II, it has been imagined as both a homage to the nearby township of Hoi An and a showcase for the stunning natural beauty of the land upon which it sits. “It was important that we understood the value and responsibility of building this golf course to the highest international standards — to stand out in the marketplace here and to match the quality of Hoiana generally,” explains Ben Styles, General Manager of Hoiana Shores Golf Club. “The land that we were given, by Mother Nature herself, to develop for this golf course was foundational to these ambitions. It is not often that a development company has the vision and fortitude to build a course with so much direct interaction with the ocean.