Planning a Golf Group Trip to Da Nang: Tee Blocks, Shotgun Starts, Hotels and Transport for 8–40 Players (2026)

Last updated: 16 October 2026

We are based in Da Nang, and group weeks are the trips we run most often: a golf society of 16 from Singapore, a company of 24 with half the party not playing, a 40-player field with a prize dinner on the last night. The city suits this better than anywhere else in Vietnam. Six championship courses sit within 20 to 80 minutes of the beach hotels, three of them have hosted professional or international amateur events, and Hoi An is close enough for the dinner the whole group will remember. This guide covers how we plan a Da Nang golf group trip for 8 to 40 players: tee blocks and shotgun starts, which courses can take a big field, moving everyone and their clubs, where the group should sleep, and a timeline to work back from.

Group size decides everything

Count flights before you count people. Da Nang courses send out groups of four, so 8 players are two flights, 20 players are five, and 40 players are ten. Everything else, from the tee format to the size of the coach, follows from that number. A single flight joining a tee sheet is a different exercise altogether; our guide for solo golfers who want to join a group in Da Nang covers that end of the scale.

Lead times are what we recommend from running these trips, not club rules. The peak months of February to April and September to November fill first, and a weekend shotgun in peak season is the hardest thing on this list to secure.

Consecutive tee times or a shotgun start?

A block of consecutive tee times is the simplest format and the one every course will give you. Flights go off 8 to 10 minutes apart, so a 16-player group takes about 30 minutes to get away and finishes over the same spread. Up to about 20 players this works well, and the clubs prefer it.

A shotgun start puts every flight on a different hole at the same time, so the whole field starts together and finishes together. That matters when the day ends with a prize dinner, or when 30 people need to be on one coach at a fixed time. The price is that the club has to close the course to other players for that period, so shotguns are agreed case by case. In Da Nang, the courses that have staged full-field tournaments are the ones most used to it, and we recommend planning a shotgun only from about 20 players. None of the clubs publishes a minimum field for a shotgun; we ask each one with your dates in hand.

A third option for 32 or more is to split the field across two courses at the same resort. Legend Da Nang has 36 holes, so half the group plays the Norman Course and half the Nicklaus Course, then they swap the next day.

Da Nang courses that handle large groups

Drive times are from our Da Nang golf transfers guide and our Hoi An course guide, both checked in 2026. Tournament history is from the sources shown.

Legend Da Nang Golf Resort, better known as BRG Da Nang, is the course we book first for a big group. It hosted the BRG Open Golf Championship Danang on the Asian Development Tour in 2022, 2023 and 2024, with a field of 144, so a 40-player society is a small day for the club. It is 20 minutes from the beachfront hotels, has two 18-hole courses and a hotel on site. Montgomerie Links is the other course that markets corporate golf days openly, and it is close enough to Legend that the two can share one coach timetable. Hoiana Shores is the pick for a group based in Hoi An, and it opened the 2026 Vietnam World Masters, the amateur event that brings fields of several hundred players to these courses every September. Ba Na Hills is a mountain day rather than a base: a spectacular round, floodlit for a late start, but 45 minutes each way.

Moving 20+ golfers and their bags

Transport is where a group trip in Da Nang goes right or wrong, and the clubs are the reason. Twenty golf bags do not fit in the luggage hold of a 29-seat coach, and a 45-seat coach is only a little better. We run a separate bag truck for any group over about 16 players; the bags travel ahead, are at the bag drop when the coach arrives, and go back to the hotel the same way. Two 16-seat vans are an alternative for 12 to 20 players, with the bags in the second van.

The airport pick-up needs the same coach and bag truck, not six taxis. Legend Da Nang and Montgomerie Links are 15 to 20 minutes from the airport, so a late-morning arrival can still make an afternoon round; Ba Na Hills and Laguna Lang Co need an early start and a full day.

Hotels for golf groups: Da Nang beach or Hoi An?

For a group, the hotel has to do three things the brochure rarely mentions: take 15 or 20 rooms on the same floors, offer a private room for the prize dinner, and have a driveway a 45-seat coach can turn in. The Da Nang beachfront along My Khe and Non Nuoc has the widest choice of large hotels that do all three, and it is 20 to 25 minutes from Legend Da Nang and Montgomerie Links. Hoi An has smaller properties and narrower streets, but it puts Hoiana Shores at 20 minutes and the Ancient Town on the doorstep for the evenings.

Our rule of thumb: if two or more of your rounds are at Legend Da Nang, Montgomerie Links or Ba Na Hills, stay in Da Nang. If the group is playing Hoiana Shores and Vinpearl Nam Hoi An, stay in Hoi An. Our comparison of staying in Da Nang or Hoi An for golf goes through the trade-offs for a smaller party; the same logic holds for forty.

Running a society competition

Most societies want two things: an individual prize that rewards a good week, and a team day that mixes the group up. Stableford over two or three rounds does the first, with the best two scores counting so one bad day does not end anyone’s week. A scramble or a better-ball on the last day does the second, and it is also the quickest format for a 40-player field, which helps when the prize dinner starts at seven.

We prepare the draw, the scorecards and a results board, and collect cards at the clubhouse so the dinner can start with the prizes. Set the handicap rules before anyone flies, with a cap for the Stableford and a declared handicap on the entry form. Nearest-the-pin and longest-drive markers are easy to arrange with the club in advance, and every flight has caddies, but keep your own card as well.

Sample 4-day society itinerary

This is the shape of the trip we run most often for a group of 16 to 24 based on the Da Nang beachfront. It mirrors our four-day Da Nang golf package with three rounds, scaled up to a full field; the courses can be swapped for Hoiana Shores or Ba Na Hills depending on where the group stays.

With five days, add Ba Na Hills as a mountain day with the cable car for non-players, or Laguna Lang Co for the group that wants a fourth championship course.

Add-ons for mixed groups

Company groups rarely arrive 100 per cent golfers, and partners who do not play need a plan as good as the tee sheet. Hoi An Ancient Town, the Marble Mountains, a cooking class, the My Khe beach clubs and the Ba Na Hills cable car all fit around a golf day and finish in time for the dinner. Groups who want a competitive edge can time the trip to September and enter the Vietnam World Masters Golf Championship, which is played across four of these courses. Our Da Nang golf packages built for societies and company groups can be priced with or without the non-golfer days.

Planning checklist and timeline

• 6 months out: fix the dates and the rough number. Hold the tee blocks at Legend Da Nang, Montgomerie Links or Hoiana Shores and the hotel rooms at the same time. Request the shotgun if you need one.
• 4 months out: confirm the courses and formats, agree the deposit, and lock the coach and bag truck.
• 3 months out: collect names, handicaps and flight details. Decide the prize structure and the dinner venue.
• 6 weeks out: final numbers to the courses and hotel. Rooming list. Any non-golfer days booked.
• 2 weeks out: the draw for day one, the scorecards, and a one-page itinerary to every player with coach times.
• 1 week out: weather check and a wet-weather alternative agreed with each course.

Groups heading north afterwards can bolt a Hanoi leg onto the same trip; we plan those the same way.

Our verdict

Da Nang is the easiest place in Vietnam to take a big golf group, because the courses that have run real tournaments are 20 minutes from the hotels that can seat the dinner. Book early, count flights before people, plan a shotgun only from about 20 players, send the bags in their own truck, and let the last night in Hoi An do the rest. Send us your group size and dates and we will come back with a tee plan and a quote.

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