Golfers based in Singapore and Hong Kong share a particular frustration: they live in cities with excellent access to the world, surrounded by great food, culture, and professional opportunity — but with golf options that are either crowded, expensive, limited in variety, or some combination of all three. Singapore's courses are good but few. Hong Kong's are scenic but constrained by space. Neither city can offer a week of genuinely varied championship golf within its own borders.
Vietnam and Cambodia can. And from Singapore or Hong Kong, they are remarkably close.
The Short-Haul Advantage
From Singapore to Da Nang, the flight time is approximately 2 hours 30 minutes on direct services. From Hong Kong to Hanoi, direct flights run at approximately 2 hours 30 minutes as well. Da Nang is reachable from Hong Kong in around 2 hours 15 minutes on direct service. Phnom Penh is approximately 2 hours from Singapore and 2 hours 30 minutes from Hong Kong.
These are short-haul numbers. The time zone difference between Singapore/Hong Kong and Vietnam is minimal — Vietnam is one hour behind Singapore and one hour behind Hong Kong. There is no meaningful jet lag. You land, you sleep, you golf the next morning in full possession of your faculties. This is a fundamentally different travel experience from long-haul golf trips to Scotland or the US, and it is an advantage that Singapore and Hong Kong golfers possess relative to almost every other market in the world.
Championship Quality at Fraction of Home Prices
Green fees at Singapore's premium golf clubs regularly exceed SGD 300-400 for visitors. Hong Kong's courses are similarly priced, with the added constraint of limited tee time availability. A round at Vietnam's Montgomerie Links, Laguna Lang Co, or Hoiana Shores — at an equivalent or superior standard of design and conditioning — comes out at a fraction of that cost, particularly when accessing them through an ASEAN Links tour package that bundles tee times with accommodation, guides, and transfers.
Caddies are included in Vietnam's green fees at most premium venues — a standard that Singapore and Hong Kong courses rarely offer at any price. The caddie experience in Vietnam is a genuine addition to the round, not just a convenience.
The Course Variety Singapore and Hong Kong Cannot Offer
In a seven-day Vietnam golf trip, a Singapore or Hong Kong golfer can play four entirely different championship courses — a links beach design (Montgomerie), a mountain layout (Ba Na Hills), a lagoon-and-beach design (Laguna Lang Co), and a pure dune links (Hoiana Shores) — each genuinely distinct in character, architecture, and scoring demands. This kind of variety simply does not exist within a day trip of either city.
Adding Cambodia extends the experience further: temple-adjacent parkland at Vattanac in Phnom Penh, a genuine Angkor experience in Siem Reap, and the connecting flight to Vietnam's north for the Ha Long Bay chapter. For Singapore and Hong Kong golfers with two or three weeks of travel budget per year, the Grand ASEAN Tour 2027 makes an extraordinarily strong case for those weeks.
Joining an ASEAN Links Tour from Singapore or Hong Kong
ASEAN Links tours are open to participants from Singapore, Hong Kong, and across the Asia-Pacific region. The tours are guided throughout by PGA professionals and include accommodation, tee times, transfers, and the included international flight (Siem Reap to Hanoi on the Grand ASEAN Tour). Participants from Singapore and Hong Kong book their own flights to join the group at the first destination city.
For the Cambodia Kingdom and Courses tour (Feb 22 – Mar 1, 2027, AUD $3,490), Singapore participants fly into Phnom Penh and depart from Siem Reap. The routing is clean and the tour begins immediately on arrival.
To enquire about availability from Singapore or Hong Kong, or to discuss how the itinerary connects with your preferred flight routing, contact the team on WhatsApp (+84 70 327 1844) or at aseanlinksgolf@gmail.com.