Phoenix Golf Resort (Dragon)

Overview: Phoenix Golf Resort Dragon is the demanding, strategy-led routing in the resort's 54-hole complex in Hoa Binh. Its current black-tee card totals 7,281 yards, with a par of 72 across the eighteen-hole route. The course description emphasizes changing fairway width, hazards, doglegs, uphill holes and long par 5s, so the central challenge is deciding where to place the ball before trying to attack. The surrounding limestone and mountain scenery create the visual setting, but the route is defined by control: an aggressive line can shorten a hole, while a poor angle can turn the next shot into a recovery.

History: The current official course page credits Lee Dae-bong with the design and Hiromitsu Tatsukawa with shaping the landforms. Dragon is one of three named 18-hole routings at Phoenix Golf Resort, alongside Champion and Phoenix, and public course records place the wider resort in operation by the time it hosted the PGA Vietnam Masters in November 2007. Because that evidence does not isolate a reliable opening year for Dragon itself, the profile records the documented design and current scorecard without inventing a date.

Did You Know? The official Dragon course page calls its 12th hole the “Korean Peninsula” hole. The name reflects the outline and strategy of the hole, which is a par 5 with a choice between scoring ambition and a more measured route. It is a small example of how the course uses themed shapes and hazards to make individual holes memorable within the larger mountain setting.