Beyond Golf
Some golf trips you remember for the courses. The best ones you remember for what you learned. Play a round with Jerram Chudleigh: Australian PGA professional, based in Da Nang since 2017: and take home a better game, not just a scorecard.
Who Jerram is
Jerram has been a PGA member since 2014 and has built his career in Vietnamese golf, living in Da Nang and playing the central-coast courses through every season since 2017. He knows where the wind swirls on the back nine at Montgomerie, which pin positions at Ba Na Hills are sucker flags, and how the grain at Legend Danang changes through the afternoon. That accumulated, specific knowledge is the point: a playing round with him is part lesson, part local intelligence briefing, part the most useful four hours of your trip.
The formats
- Playing lesson, 18 holes: the full experience: warm-up together, on-course strategy on every tee, short-game work woven into the round, and a debrief over a cold drink.
- Nine holes plus range: a tighter format for couples and mixed groups: an hour on the practice ground, then nine holes applying it.
- Group playing day: Jerram hosts a fourball or two through a round, rotating partners, running closest-to-pin and long-drive games and keeping the day moving: a fixture of many of our golf-club and society trips.
- Clinic session: a short-game or putting clinic for your group before the rest of your rounds.
Pricing depends on format, course and group size, and the green fee for your chosen course is shown transparently in the quote: enquire and we will price it clearly alongside your package, with no on-the-day extras.
What you actually get
The round is built around your game. Mid-handicappers typically come away with a better pre-shot routine, a workable strategy for unfamiliar courses and two or three swing keys that survive the flight home. Better players get the local detail: how far the ball flies in the humid air, where the landing areas are on the firm summer fairways, how to putt with the grain. And everyone gets something harder to buy: a PGA professional's honest reading of their game, delivered over eighteen holes rather than in a lesson bay.
Who books it
Solo travellers use it as the centrepiece of a Da Nang week: see the solo golfer's guide. Couples book the nine-hole format to share. Golf clubs and societies build a hosted day into their tour, often pairing it with the formats in our club tours guide. Corporate groups use the clinic-plus-round as a client experience that does not feel like a sales meeting.
Which courses
The home circuit is the central coast: Montgomerie Links for a classic strategic test, Ba Na Hills for the mountain routing, Legend Danang for the championship spread, Hoiana Shores for the modern examination. Jerram advises on the pairing: a ball-striker learns most at one course, a short-game merchant at another: and we book the tee time to suit the lesson plan.
A note on lessons versus playing
A lesson bay fixes mechanics in isolation; a playing round fixes decisions where they happen: under a headwind on a blind tee shot, with a hanging lie and a tucked pin. That is why the playing formats book out first. If your game needs mechanical rebuilding, we combine: a range session early in the trip to set the keys, then the round to test them under course conditions. The pairing compresses months of casual improvement into one holiday.
For groups and societies
Hosted days scale elegantly. Jerram can ride with a different fourball each loop of a shotgun start, run the on-course games, settle the rules questions and present the prizes with the right mix of ceremony and needle. Clubs that return annually treat the hosted day as the tour's centrepiece: talk to us about building one into your club tournament trip.
Common questions
Do I need to be a good player?
No. The formats scale from keen beginners to single figures, and the caddie-and-buggy rhythm keeps every level comfortable. The only requirement is wanting to leave Vietnam a better golfer.
Can non-golfers ride along?
Usually, subject to the course: a partner riding the buggy is a popular half-day, and the resort terraces make a pleasant waiting point.
How far ahead should we book?
Weeks rather than months for most dates, but peak-season mornings move quickly: lock it in when we confirm your package. Jerram hosts a limited number of rounds each month alongside running the business, so dates genuinely are finite.