Press conference – BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024

BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 is hosted by Da Nang City in collaboration with BRG Group for the third consecutive year with a prize of up to 100,000 USD.

After two years, the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 continues to take place from August 29th – 31st, 2024, at Legend Da Nang Golf Resort, with the participation of 144 top Vietnamese and international golfers.

With the advantage of owning high-class golf courses in the region and the significant development of golf tourism in key international markets, Da Nang is considered to have an important position in golf tourism in the strategy of specialized market segmentation. In the first six months of 2024, the number of golf rounds of 03 golf courses in Da Nang reached 88,502 rounds, an increase of more than 4,000 rounds compared to the same period in 2023 (84,327 rounds); Legend Danang Golf Resort course dominated with more than 59,000 rounds.

The Da Nang City government said: “Consecutive hosting of the Asian Golf Development Tournament – BRG Open Golf Championship Danang for three years, 2022 – 2023 – 2024, contributes to affirming Da Nang’s position as ” Asia’s Leading Festival & Event Destination ” and is an important milestone in developing the city’s golf tourism to become one of the leading golf tourism destinations in Asia and the world, contributing to promoting the high-quality tourism, align with the city’s tourism development orientation”.

In 2024, The BRG Open prize purse now stands at US$100,000, with 25% of the fund coming from tournament partner SeABank and the tournament official hotel, Sheraton Grand Danang Resort & Convention Center.

Said Mark Reeves, General Deputy Director at BRG Group: “The BRG Open Golf Championship that we both sponsor and host here in Da Nang is a key component of our strategy to support the City to establish itself as a leading golf tourism destination. The event also serves as a solid platform to inspire Vietnamese golfers and allows them to measure themselves against top talent in the region as they consider a career in the professional game. On behalf of our Group chairman Madame Nguyen Thi Nga I can say that we are very proud of our involvement in this tournament and our association with the Asian Tour that gives us an opportunity to showcase the very best of what Vietnam has to offer today.”

BRG Open Golf Championship Danang 2024 is the seventh stop of Asian Development Tour which is licensed by Asian Tour.

“The Asian Development Tour is over-the-moon to see the BRG Open Golf Championship become a regular event on our schedule and we thank title sponsor BRG Group, along with partner SeABank and supporting organizers Da Nang Tourism, for ensuring the return of one of our pillar events. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank The People’s Committee of Da Nang, Da Nang Tourism and the Vietnam Golf Association for your drive and hard work for promoting the event and delivering what has been amongst the best within the Asian Development Tour.” said Ken Kudo, General Manager, Asian Development Tour.

“This pioneering golf tournament is very popular with our players and is always hotly contested here on the Nicklaus Course at Legend Da Nang Golf Resort. We have had great winners and exciting finishes here in the past and we expect to see another talented young champion lift the trophy at the end of the coming tournament week.”

Australia’s Aaron Wilkin triumphed last year (2023), succeeding China’s Chen Guxin (2022).