Heraty opened the tournament with a 67, including seven birdies and two bogeys, on the par-72 course designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus at BRG Danang Golf Resort.
Golfer Joe Heraty. Source: VGS/Quang Thang
However, this achievement gives Joe a one-stroke lead over T2. This position has up to five golfers, including Deyen Lawson, Kade McBride (Australia), Saksit Jairak, Nopparat Panichphol (Thailand) and Justin Quiban (Philippines), Kevin Phelan (Ireland). McBride and Jairak both scored eagles on hole 18.
The tournament had 23 Vietnamese golfers but only Nguyen Nhat Long scored minus (-1) at the end of round 1. Nhat Long recorded 4 birdies and 3 bogeys, thereby finishing T19 (-1). The T26 position (even par) included Doan Van Dinh and Nguyen Anh Minh, currently the number one amateur in Vietnam. Statistics on the opening day recorded six eagles, only Phelan and Samarth Dwivedi did not bogey. However, Dwivedi finished T11 (-2), two strokes behind Phelan after scoring two birdies in the whole match.
Golfer Nguyen Nhat Long. Source: VGS/Ngoc Lan
Nguyen Anh Minh was the Vietnamese amateur golfer who performed best on the first day of competition. Source: VGS/Quang Thang
BRG Open Golf Championship has been an official competition on ADT since its launch and will accompany the Da Nang Golf Tourism Festival opening in 2022.
This year's tournament brings together 144 golfers, competing for a prize fund of 100,000 USD in individual stroke play over three rounds. The cut-off points will be determined after two rounds based on the principle of taking the top or T50. The champion will receive a prize of 17,500 USD and a cup made from Chu Dau ceramic (Hai Duong) with a history of formation and development of 600 years. The managing unit ADT identifies the BRG Open Golf Championship as a long-term project in Da Nang.
ADT has been operating since 2010, as a stepping stone to the first-class arena of the Asian Tour, similar to the Korn Ferry Tour of the US PGA Tour or the Challenge Tour of the European DP World Tour. Since 2013, ADT tournaments have been counted on the World Professional Ranking (OWGR). The history of this arena so far has recorded only Tran Le Duy Nhat as a champion of Vietnamese nationality, at the Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament 2015.
