Doan Van Dinh leads round 1 of VGA Tour Championship 2022
On the par72 course of Thanh Lanh Valley Golf & Resort, Vinh Phuc, Van Dinh finished the first round with 70 strokes, with a scoreboard of 4 birdies and 2 bogys. In this leg, former national amateur champion 2012 and Brian Jung scored the most birdies. However, Jung had four bogeys, so he stood at T2 (even par) next to Park Jungmin.
Opening day recorded Tang Nhon Phu hole-in-one at hole 14 with an oasis green. This house is designed similar to the 17th hole at the Stadium of TPC Sawgrass golf complex, where the PGA Tour organizes The Players Championship, which is known as the "unofficial major". Thanks to the ace, Nhon Phu received 200 million dong in cash, and stood at T4 (+1), next to Joel Troy.
This year's VGA Tour Championship has a bonus fund of 1.5 billion VND, of which 500 million VND is for the champion. Competitors will race for points through 4 laps, without cutting out.
The prize is only for the top 30 combined scoreboards, converted according to achievements through four stages, including Lexus Challenge, Vietnam National Championship, Vietnam Open, Vietnam Masters.
After the penultimate stage, Van Dinh ranked 10th in the race to the championship of the whole arena, six places below Jung and four places above Park, while the top 3 consisted of Nguyen Huu Quyet, Joel Troy and Do Hong Giang, respectively.
In this top 3, Troy has the best performance on the first day of the VGA Tour Championship, Hong Giang has not prospered, through 74 strokes with two birdies and four bogeys while Huu Quyet "struggling". Huu Quyet scored a triple bogey on the opening hole, followed by three birdies and six bogeys. With that result, Huu Quyet ranked in T17 (+6), Hong Giang in T6 (+2).
In 2022, the Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) will start deploying a professional golf tournament system with the name VGA Tour, following the international model in which deciding the championship of the whole system similar to the US PGA Tour with the FedEx table. Cup and Grand Tour Championship final for the top 30 in East Lake, Atlanta. The DP World Tour (the new name of the European Tour) also applies the same way, through the rankings with the same name of the arena, but the closing tournament in Dubai opens to the top 50.
In the start-up season, VGA Tour has a total of 5 prizes from March to the end of the year, and the average bonus fund is equal to or better than the Asian second-place professional system - Asian Development Tour. With financial backing from businesses, the awards are currently associated with two auto brands and three companies in the financial-banking-stock industry.
