Kings' Island Golf - Ideal Destination for Big Events

Kings’ Island Golf has two 18 hole courses. The Lakeside Course opened in 1993. When the Mountainview Course opened in October, 2004, Kings’ Island became the first 36 hole facility in northern Vietnam, including an air-conditioned clubhouse & restaurant, driving range, pro-shop, putting greens & sand bunker. Future developments include a new clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts, sauna, guest villas, and boat dock.

 

Lakeside was designed by American Golf Course Architect, Robert McFarland, who has been involved in designing championship golf courses around the world including Mission Hills California. He specializes in challenging designs using local terrain and natural hazards.

 

Lakeside includes numerous and varied uses of the water surrounding the course and the gently sloping terrain. Water is in play on 13 of the 18 holes. Nature herself has created a superb setting for this very challenging 6,454 Yards, Par 72 course.

 

The 18 hole Mountainview course is Par 72, 6442m (7100 yards). It was designed by Pacific Coast Design Pty. Ltd. Based in Melbourne, Australia. Pacific Coast has been involved in site planning & golf design for over 16 years and has completed major projects in India, Malaysia, China, Thailand & Australia.

 

The course is designed to fit the setting’s natural contours. The design takes maximum advantage of the ambience of the waterside setting, distant mountains and surrounding trees. The layout of the golf course will excite and challenge all levels of players.

 

 The new course will include a new clubhouse, boat dock, driving range, putting green, & practice bunker. Outside players use will be restricted in the first year.

 

So far, Kings Island Golf Club has some thousand members from 26 countries including the US, Australia, Belgium, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, China. They include foreign investors, diplomats, experts, Vietnamese entrepreneurs, and in particular the ambassadors of Hungary, Algeria, Malaysia, Switzerland, Brunei, Argentina, UK, Slovak, Japan, Korea and Indonesia.

 

The Club ensures excellent service for members including preferential fees, guidance and training. The Club organised several golf tournaments between 1999-2002 and donated over VND1 billion for charity activities. In 2004, King Valley Co., Ltd contributed VND300 million for the development of Dong Mo tourism centre.

 

With the development of the golf course and tourism, King Valley Co., Ltd has created nearly 600 jobs with incomes of around VND1-1.2 million a month.

 

In ancient times, the area now known as Ha Tay was reigned by the Good King Hung Vuong. One day the Mountain Genie, Son Tinh and the Water Genie, Thuy Tinh both fell madly in love with the King's beautiful daughter. The King decreed that the winner of his daughter's hand would be the first suitor to bring him an elephant with 9 trunks, a cock with 9 spurs and a horse with 9 red hairs.

 

The Mountain Genie, able to conjure up all things, instantly fulfilled the King's request. Furious, the Water Genie unleashed violent winds and torrential rains in an attempt to destroy the entire kingdom. To stop this onslaught, the Mountain Genie raised the Ba Vi Mountains and forged a series of dams against the raging waters. By dawn the next day, calm prevailed and the vengeful Water Genie had been defeated.

 

Every year the spiteful Water Genie returns, bringing heavy rain to wage his battle yet again in Ha Tay. And every year, the benevolent Genie of the Ba Vi Mountains and the dam-keepers of the valley prevails to protect the people and creatures living below. At Kings’ Island, the legend lives on - whether hitting a golf ball on the challenging course - or by simply drifting silently through its charming embrace.