Hoiana Shores Golf Club

Hoiana Shores Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-71 links course measuring 7,004 yards from the championship tees, located on the central Vietnamese coast approximately 8 kilometres south of Hoi An and 45 minutes from Da Nang International Airport. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. — his first course in Vietnam — it opened for preview play in late 2019 and officially in 2020 as the centrepiece of the $4 billion Hoiana Integrated Resort development, which covers almost 2,500 acres of coastline. It was named World's Best New Golf Course at the 2020 World Golf Awards.

The course is built entirely on pure sand across a coastal property that the design team describe as close to the dictionary definition of linksland. Constructed by Hong Kong-based Linksshape, the layout was shaped sympathetically around existing dunes and Casuarina trees native to the area, with wind-sculpted sand allowed to settle naturally during construction. Tees and fairways are grassed with Zeon Zoysia, while greens use TifEagle Bermuda. Wide fairways accommodate the constant coastal winds off the Eastern Sea, though missing them carries a significant penalty. The routing plays as two returning loops, with the early holes featuring greens nestled into dunes before the course opens up dramatically on the back nine, where holes 15, 16 and 17 play directly along the shoreline. In keeping with the cultural identity of nearby Hoi An — a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the City of Lanterns — the course uses red wicker lanterns in place of flags on all 18 greens.