Legend Valley will host two Nicklaus Design 18- hole championship golf courses.
The South Course at Legend Valley will be truly unique and special. The east and south sides of the property are flanked by stunning highlimestone mountains that extend into the North Course. The South Course meanders between nine smaller free- standing mountains, with an abundance of natural water throughout. Water is in-play on 14 of the 18 holes, however much care has been taken in the design to ensure theplaying areas are generous and forced carries are kept to a minimum. Players will have numerous options on how to play each hole but will needto be bold to score well.
The South Course has a wonderful variety of hole directions and excellent balance of doglegs and green orientations. Non-returning nines take players out to the southern end of the property with a halfway house located after the ninth hole.
Great care has been taken in the routing process to find the 18 most spectacular locations on the property for the greens. They will be largeand undulating with ample flat pinnable areas to complement the surrounding topography. Each green will present players with a range of easy,moderate and difficult pin locations.
Bunkers will be unique with “distressed”, angular edges that mimic the sharp angles of the surrounding mountains.
Tees are mostly elevated, with many situated in prime locations such as canyons, atop rocky outcrops, or perched on the sides of mountains. All will be generous in size and length, offering management the ability to set up a variety of lengths for every hole.
The abundance of natural rock on the site necessitates the use of rock retaining walls to complement greens, tees and lake edges.
Water crossings will be made up of pre-cast culverts or large pipes with low rock headwalls. The headwalls will act as safety barriers either side of the cart path at water crossings, eliminating the need for bridges.
A relatively simple par 4 playing in a southerly direction. The tee shot plays between two mountains to a wide elevated landing area with 2 directional fairway bunkers on the left. The right-to-left orientated green sits at the base of a steep mountain. The approach is relatively open and a bunker on the left protects the back-left pin location.
The main tees are elevated more than 10m above the fairway. Players have two fairway options to aim for:
• Most players will choose the safer left side fairway and play the long way
around the large central fairway bunker complex.
• Longer players may be able to drive the green if they aim for the right-side
fairway which is partially hidden by a mountain and requires an element of risk
to reach.
The approach angle from the left fairway over the central bunker is tricky as the green is orientated sideways
and slopes away. Players who reach the right-side fairway but cannot reach the green will have an easy pitch
to the receptive putting surface.
The large central bunker will penalise any inaccurate play.
Access to the tees from the 3rd tee from the 2nd green hole is via a narrow gap between two hills. The tees are elevated playing to a generous fairway. The right-side landing area is elevated, offering longer players a better view and angle to the 2nd high landing area and green.
The green and approach located at the base of a mountain perched on an elevated shelf 10m higher than the 1st landing area. The hole will have 2 greens, depending on which green is being used on the day, will determine the best angle to approach from.
A very strong par 3, playing from elevated tees to a green at the base of a 50m high mountain peak. The lake is not intended as part of the strategy of the hole but will penalise errant shots right. The elevated bunker complex left of the green is set into a mound that is designed to feed a well hit approach back onto the green.
The long green slopes from front to back, allowing shorter shots to feed toward the back section.
The longest par 4 on the front 9. Although the lake on the right of the landing area is not strategic it will come into play, however the fairway is wide and receptive. The mountains to the left, and lake to the right will make for a memorable hole.
The green is located in a natural punchbowl in the mountains, elevated 3-4 m above the landing area with a significant elevation change between back and front. The false front green edge will penalise players who do not reach the flat section of green by allowing short shots to roll back off the front of the green.
Set to become one of the more memorable holes, a medium length par 3 playing to a green hanging dangerously close to a 15m high shelf at the base of a 60m high cliff. The green is relatively is simple and receptive sloping from back to front. Collection bunkers and lows left of the green held up by natural rock walls will save shots that miss slightly left, but any shots too far left will finish in the lake below.
The shortest par 4 on the course plays from elevated tees located in the base of a narrow canyon. A wide fairway right will provide shorter hitters ample room to take the lake out of play. The further right one plays however, the trickier the 2nd shot will be to an elevated green that slopes away.
Stronger players may be tempted to drive the green requiring a lengthy carry over the lake. The green rests in a natural punchbowl and protected by a deep front bunker.
The elevated tees play to a wide fairway at the base of a 120m high mountain. A long bunker separates the fairway from the lake on the left. Bold players taking on the lake and bunker will be rewarded with a shorter approach shot. The large wide green is elevated 5m above the landing area and protected by a front bunker.
The green will be receptive and collect shots from the right.
The longest hole on the course plays from elevated tees perched 15m above the fairway on the side of a 90m high mountain. The dogleg right tee shot plays to a wide landing area, partially blind on the right with visible directional bunkers on the left of the fairway.
Water will be in play on the left side of the 2nd landing area and green which is located at the base of a 35m high peak.
The longest par 4 on the course has water on the left from tee to green. The wide fairway will enable players to play safe, but a long drive is needed to reach the large green in two shots.
The green is separated from the water by a shallow flat bunker. Players will be able to bounce in long approach shots off the mounding short right of the green.
This hole requires a forced carry for all players to a wide target. The large receptive green with water left is flanked by 3 bunkers.
Players who miss the green right will be faced with a tricky chip shot over a bunker to a green sloping away toward the water.
The elevated tees play to a wide short landing area. Longer players hoping to reach the green in two shots may be able to reach a “speed slot” that will further propel a well hit tee shot.
For the 2nd shot, players have the option of laying up short of the creek and be left with a relatively simple pitch to the green over water, or carry the left side of the creek to reach the small approach fairway.
The green is orientated laterally on the water’s edge with support mounding and bunkers.
A strong par 4 with water right and a rocky landform left. The hole plays slightly uphill to a green situated in a valley between two hills.
The green is large and simple with a slope on the right side that will feed any approach shots that miss into a broad low area.
A short par 4 with water and strategic fairway bunkering on the right. Strong players may attempt to carry the bunkers to reach the green with the tee shot. The easier safer tee shot left will leave players a testing approach shot to a green over a bunker on the left and water right.
Another strong par 3 with water on the right playing towards twin mountain peaks. A series of large tees will offer a multitude of yardages. The safe play to the left, if lucky may result in bounce-in off a landform onto the front of the green. A valley left of the green may collect any shots that go long. The green is receptive to long
clubs, but the back-right pin location protected by a small pot bunker and shelf bunker that extends along the lake edge will be difficult to reach.
A short/medium length testing par 4 with water left of the entire hole, requiring a forced carry over water to the green.
A testing short par 5 with water left of the landing area and a mountain to the right. A creek cuts diagonally across the fairway between the 1st and 2nd landing areas giving players various options on how to play the hole.
Longer players who play close the lake with their tee shot may be tempted to try reach the green in two shots.
To reach the green in two, players need to be accurate and bold, as the green is tucked in a valley and protected by deceptive bunkering.
Players opting to lay up short of the creek, will have a good view of the green but be faced with a testing 3rd shot over a small bunker.
A strong finishing hole with a 55m mountain left of the tees and meandering water from tee to green. The wide left-to-right cambering fairway will reward accurate tees shots with a forward bounce if long enough.
The green is perched on top of a rock wall and protected by a front bunker and a lake on the right.
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Legend Valley, the fourth project between Nicklaus Design and BRG Group, is a convenient 60 kilometers from the south of Hanoi city center and only takes one hour drive.
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