{"id":2248,"date":"2019-08-22T05:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T05:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golftripz.com\/blog\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2022-05-11T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:42:16","slug":"ho-chi-minh-golf-west-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golftripz.com\/blog\/ho-chi-minh-golf-west-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"West Lakes \u2013 The New Addition To Golf In Ho Chi Minh City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golf in Ho Chi Minh City Moves On\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Golf in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) continues to develop further. While the golf courses in Ho Chi Minh City exist to cater to expats, the local interest is steadily increasing. This is critical to more courses being available to play. As it turns out, the golf infrastructure looks healthy as in other metros in South East Asia. At the time of writing this, there are as many as ten golf courses in HCMC and around. Of these ten, three feature 36 holes.<\/span><\/p>\n

West Lakes \u2013 The New Addition<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

West Lakes golf<\/span><\/a> is one of the most recent additions to the <\/span>golf courses in Ho Chi Minh City<\/span>. Well, it is not exactly in the city or in any of its distant districts, but then very few are. This means that it is a bit of a drive, in fact, almost an hour and three quarters. But, there is a silver lining. To get there, you have to drive in the same direction as the Cu Chi tunnels for the most part.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Combine with a bit of the Vietnam War History<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

A trip to <\/span>Cu Chi tunnels<\/span> is a must on the sightseeing list for tourists to Ho Chi Minh City. This applies to a golfing tourist as well. But then, you can either golf in Ho Chi Minh City or go to Cu Chi on a given day. Or at least, that was the case until just about a year ago. That is when West Lakes, just 45 minutes of drive away from Cu Chi tunnels opened for play. Now you can fit in a round of golf and visit the tunnels all in a day. This has made\u00a0<\/span>golf holidays in Ho Chi Minh city<\/span><\/a> with sightseeing more efficient.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can view golf holidays in Ho Chi Min City here<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the West Lakes is Immaculate<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

However, to view West Lakes only to make the Cu Chi sightseeing day more efficient is unfair. For starters, the facility is first rate, just as the other golf courses in Ho Chi Minh City. The clubhouse, locker rooms and the restaurant leave nothing for complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the golf course is in superb condition. While that can be attributed to its newness, it\u2019s difficult to spot anything which is off.\u00a0 Even the water bodies on the course appeared to be amongst the cleanest I have seen in South East Asia. What took me by surprise the most was my caddy. I had expected no more than a person handing me the clubs of my choice, let alone help with greens. As it turned out, he is one of the best I have come across.<\/span><\/p>\n