Vietnam’s golf scene continues to simmer, as the country’s golf course owners, met at the inaugural Vietnam Golf Course Owners Summit, which signals clear intent as vision for the future is embraced by national figureheads and leading national investors.

on page 5 of this issue of Estate Living Magazine, Zimbali Coastal Estate (KwaZulu-Natal on the North Coast) features as an example of a property investment, which can create generational wealth.

for those golfers planning a golf trip for 2026, your search for information should tee off with DGT, and in the case of anyone looking to a golf vacation in the Emerald Isle, then DGT’s Ireland Golf Guide to Ireland will be a must read.

not all tech is ‘fun and games’ as we all know, with some of the architecture especially frustrating, and I refer to a scenario where if we let tech designers loose in terms of designing homes, we would need to go through the main bedroom to get to the kitchen! St Andrews Links seems to have embraced tech, and adopted a phone-based booking and info system, so let’s see it delivers on all, or indeed any, of the promises, which will almost certainly have been made by those selling it!

The R&A’s new programme, which is in pursuit of golf course bio-diversity in Australia and New Zealand, and which should help to reinforce the game of golf’s ability to contribute to the expansion of green spaces in general, and particularly in urban areas.