Nguyen Anh Minh in action at the Kor-Viet LSG Invitational 2024 in Hai Phong on February 16. He will compete in three tournaments in the US this year. (Photo of VGA) Minh, 16, will first take part in the Junior Invitational 2024from March 17-23 at the Sage Valley Golf Club, Graniteville, South Carolina.
The tournament will feature leading amateur players and alsofamous guests such as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Jason Day.
The second event is the 28th Terra Cotta Invitational at theNaples National Golf Club in Florida from April 19-21. Most of this year'sparticipants are in the world top 100.
Many golfers have gained their reputations after winning this54-hole tournament which was first organised in 1996. Among them are MattKuchar, Peter Uihlein, Justin Thomas and Caleb Surratt.
The third one is the Western Amateur Championship from July 29 toAugust 3 at the Moraine Country Club, Dayton, Ohio.
It debuted in 1899, four years after the US Amateur, and recordedvictories of legends including Jack Nicklaus (1961), Phil Mickelson (1991) andTiger Woods (1994).
The national No 1 amateur golfer just won the Kor-Viet LSGInvitational 2024 on February 16 after a one-month training course at the GolfStory Winter CAMP 2023 which was held at the Terra Lago Course in California.
It was his first time practising abroad where he played againstpro golfers from world golf hubs of South Korea, India and Canada, as well asEuropean elite athletes who were competing at the Division 1 system of thelocal universities.
Nguyen Dang Son, Minh's father, manager and caddie, said the TerraLago was the best course for practising for the Vietnamese player. Minhaccessed and trained with premium quality equipment and facility andinternational-standard coaches. They helped him improve weekly.
The American invitations came after the teenager had a brilliant2023, gaining success in both local and international competitions.
He was the first Vietnamese winning the Faldo Series Asia Final inApril, after taking second position in the Lexus Challenge.
He helped Vietnam take team event silver and men's singles bronzeat the 32nd SEA Games in May. Together with Asia-Pacific teammates, Minh wonthe Bonallack Trophy in August.
Two months later, he lifted the Vietnam Master trophy. Minh wasthe best Vietnamese competitor at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship sinceits inauguration in 2009, finishing at seventh place, in October.
He took second prize at the Faldo Junior Tour Europe Grand Finalin November and third prize at the Malaysian Amateur Open in December.
Minh was announced as Vietnam's Best Male Golfer of 2023 in a ceremonyearlier this month./.
VNA
