Twin Doves Golf Club Review 2026: 27 Holes Tested by a 12-Handicapper

Twin Doves Golf Club sits in Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province — not Long An, despite what a few older listings still claim. Most booking platforms market it as an “Ho Chi Minh City golf course,” which is fair shorthand since it’s one of the closest 27-hole private layouts north of Saigon, but the province line matters once you’re mapping your own route. I’ve played more than 50 courses across Vietnam at a 12-handicap, and I went into Twin Doves expecting a generic satellite club. Three nines and one long afternoon later, that’s not quite the verdict.

Twin Doves Golf Club Overview — At a Glance

Twin Doves Golf Club opened in 2009 on a 165-hectare estate and plays 27 holes across three nines, each rated par 36 for a combined par 72. It’s run as a private members’ club, and that single fact shapes almost everything else in this review — from tee-time access to how pricing works.

Course Layout & Design — Three Nines, One Estate

Twin Doves is credited to P + Z Development, a design-and-build firm rather than a single named architect. I looked for an individual credit on the club’s own site and came up empty, so I’m reporting this as a firm credit rather than inventing a name that sounds more impressive. What P + Z built across the 165-hectare estate is a parkland-and-woodland routing stitched together with lakes and creeks — a common formula in Vietnam, but well-executed here. Water comes into play on a meaningful number of holes across all three nines, not just along one signature stretch.

The club opened in 2009, which puts it in the second wave of Southern Vietnam private clubs — old enough to have settled, deliberate routing decisions, young enough that the landscaping still shows it (more on that under Facilities).

One thing I’ll flag for anyone doing their own research before booking: the names of the three nines are inconsistent across booking sites. Some list Luna, Mare, and Sole. Others list Luna, Stella, and Sole. I suspect it’s the same nine renamed at some point rather than an actual fourth loop, but I couldn’t confirm which name is current as of this review. I’m using “three nines” as the safe framing throughout, and I’d genuinely like to see Twin Doves clean this up on its own site — inconsistent branding on your own course names doesn’t inspire confidence in a visitor trying to book the right tee sheet.

Each nine runs par 36, so any two combined give you a full par-72, 18-hole round — standard for this style of 27-hole facility. Which pairing you get depends on which nine is under maintenance or reserved for member play that day, so don’t assume you’ll get your first-choice combination if you’re booking through a third party.

Signature Holes — Luna, Sole, and Stella

The Luna Nine

Luna is the most visually varied of the three nines — small hills roll through several holes, fruit orchards border the fairways, and the neighboring forest gives it a more enclosed, jungle-adjacent feel than the other two loops. The land shaping itself gets used as a hazard on more than one hole, meaning misses roll into slopes rather than flat rough. Water comes into play on multiple holes here too, though I wouldn’t call Luna the most water-heavy of the three — that distinction likely belongs to Stella. Five holes are connected by the rolling terrain; the rest are separated by tree-lined fairways that keep adjacent holes visually private from each other, a nice touch on a course this compact.

The Sole Nine

Sole is the nine I’d send a mid-handicapper to first. It plays around a blue lake with an island green as its standout feature, beach-style bunkers framing several approaches, and — by reputation among the golfers I talked to on-site — noticeably less water in play than Luna or Stella. The routing runs seven par-4s, one par-3, and one par-5, so it rewards consistent iron play over heroics. If you’re building your own 18 out of the three nines and you’re not confident in your ball-striking that day, pairing Sole with either of the other two gives you a buffer — one forgiving loop, one that’ll test you.

The Stella (or Mare) Nine

Whichever name is on the scorecard the day you play, this nine is the shot-maker’s test of the three. Fairways narrow up, greens sit multi-tiered and guarded by water, and at least one hole puts water on three sides of the green off a genuinely intimidating tee shot — the kind of hole that photographs well and plays worse than it looks. This is where a 12-handicap game like mine gets punished for aggressive club selection. If your group is mixed-ability, play Stella in the morning, before heat and fatigue make the narrow lines harder to hold.

Facilities & Clubhouse

The clubhouse sits inside the same 165-hectare estate as the course, with panoramic views over the fairways from the main dining room. Locker rooms are finished to a 5-star standard, there’s a full practice area and driving range separate from the three nines, and the pro shop is well-stocked for a satellite club this far outside HCMC proper.

The restaurant is the more interesting detail. It runs an international menu — Vietnamese, broader Asian, and Western dishes — but leans noticeably Korean, which tracks with who’s actually playing here. Twin Doves draws a heavy Korean-expat membership base, the way a lot of private clubs in industrial provinces like Binh Duong do, and the kitchen reflects that. As a Viet-Kieu golfer, it’s a detail I clock immediately — you can read a club’s membership off its clubhouse menu almost as accurately as off its member directory.

A sauna and swimming pool round out the on-site recovery options, which matters after 18-plus holes in Binh Duong heat.

Sentiment on the course itself is mixed rather than uniformly glowing — check the TripAdvisor reviews for this course yourself before booking; I’d call the overall tone “solid, not spectacular,” which matches my own read.

One claim worth softening: Twin Doves has been cited in at least one source as having won “Best Clubhouse 2012–2013,” but I couldn’t independently confirm that against an awards body, so treat it as a claimed accolade rather than a verified one. I also can’t confirm on-site accommodation or night golf — one source mentions it, nothing else backs it up, so I’m leaving that out of this review rather than repeat an unverified claim.

Caddie & Service Quality — What to Expect at a Private Club

This is where Twin Doves’ private-club identity shows up most directly. Every group is capped at 4 golfers, weekday and weekend — verified, not a soft guideline — and the standard setup is a shared cart plus assigned caddie, typical of Vietnamese private clubs generally rather than something unique to this one.

Caddies here get described in TripAdvisor review snippets as friendly and knowledgeable, with the caveat that English ability is limited for a lot of the staff. Sentiment on caddie attitude toward extended or additional play — sticking around for extra practice holes, that kind of request — is mixed rather than consistently positive. Bring a scorecard-level vocabulary of hand signals and don’t expect detailed course-management conversation in English.

On cost: cart rental runs $37 USD, a full club set rents for $53, golf shoes are $18, and an umbrella is $11 if you get caught without one. None of these are bundled into a published green fee — see the next section — but they’re the one fully verified pricing anchor I have for this course, and I’d rather give you the real numbers than a vague “affordable” descriptor.

Caddie tip is the number to budget carefully: $20–25 USD, or 400,000–500,000 VND, paid in cash and separate from whatever caddie fee is already baked into your package. That’s noticeably above the $8–16 / 300,000 VND range I quote as the general Vietnam baseline elsewhere — a fair reflection of Twin Doves’ private-member positioning.

Green Fees & Booking (Q1/2026)

Green fees at Twin Doves are not published, and I want to be straight about that rather than pretend I found a number. As a private members’ club, pricing varies by season, day of week, and booking channel — and Twin Doves prioritizes member tee times on Sundays, which means both visitor access and visitor pricing shift depending on which day you show up.

What I can give you is the one fully verified cost breakdown available: the ancillary rental and caddie-tip figures below. If you’re pricing out a full round, add those to whatever green fee your booking channel quotes you, and be skeptical of any aggregator that bundles green fee, caddie, and transport into one round number. I found a $316-per-traveler bundled package quote during research, but its date is unclear and it mixes too many line items to use as a standalone green-fee estimate.

Ancillary Costs — Verified Pricing

For actual current pricing, check current Klook prices for this golf experience — it’s the most reliable way I’ve found to get a real quote without going through a member referral.

How to Get There — Binh Duong, Not Long An

Let’s fix the record straight: Twin Doves Golf Club sits at 368 Tran Ngoc Len Street, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province — not Long An. Long An is where sibling course West Lakes Golf & Villas actually sits, on the opposite side of Ho Chi Minh City. If you’re mapping your trip off an old listing that says Long An, you’ll end up an hour in the wrong direction.

The route north out of Ho Chi Minh City runs via the Binh Duong Boulevard/QL13 corridor. Budget roughly 30 km and about an hour by car under normal traffic — third-party sources converge on that range. The club’s own site claims 30 minutes, which I’d treat as an optimistic, off-peak figure rather than what you’ll actually experience leaving HCMC during the day. From Tan Son Nhat Airport, it’s about 35 km.

You can see the exact location in Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong Province on Google Maps before you commit to a route, and if you’re weighing Twin Doves against courses closer to the city center, my breakdown of Ho Chi Minh City golf options covers the full regional picture.

Best Time to Play

South Vietnam golf follows a predictable seasonal pattern: November through April is the dry season and the safer bet for a round at Twin Doves, while May through September brings the monsoon window that turns afternoon tee times into a coin flip. Plan around that general pattern rather than any course-specific weather data, since Twin Doves doesn’t publish its own conditions reporting.

The bigger scheduling factor here isn’t the season — it’s the day of the week. Because Sunday tee times are prioritized for members, weekday visitor access is the more reliable play both logistically and in terms of actually getting the nine-pairing you want. If your trip has any flexibility, build your Twin Doves round into a Tuesday-through-Friday window and treat weekend availability as a bonus, not a plan.

Nearby Courses & Combine With Binh Duong

Twin Doves isn’t an isolated stop — Binh Duong and the surrounding provinces have enough golf density to build a multi-round trip around it.

Song Be Golf Resort is the closest sibling geographically, also in Binh Duong and roughly 20 km / 40 minutes from HCMC — read my review of Song Be Golf Resort if you’re deciding which of the two Binh Duong courses to prioritize.

Harmonie Golf Park is the real find here: it sits on the same street as Twin Doves, Tran Ngoc Len, and the two addresses are close enough that a same-day, two-round trip is genuinely realistic rather than a stretch. Read the full review before you commit to pairing them — the course styles differ enough that back-to-back rounds make sense rather than feeling repetitive.

Long Thanh Golf Club, over in Dong Nai Province, rounds out the broader HCMC-and-South cluster if you’re planning a longer trip and want a third course in the mix.

For a non-golf day between rounds, Dai Nam Wonderland is in the same general area of Thu Dau Mot — a 450-hectare complex with temples, an amusement park, a zoo, and a water park. One flag: travel-time claims for Dai Nam are inconsistent with Twin Doves’ own drive-time figures, so I’m not going to promise a tight combined itinerary. Treat it as “worth a separate trip in the same region” rather than a same-day pairing with golf.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can non-members play at private clubs in Vietnam?
Yes. Twin Doves is a private members’ club, but visitors can play — booking aggregators like Golfasian and Vietnam Golf Booking sell tee times regularly. The catch is Sunday, when member tee times get priority and visitor access can be restricted. Book ahead, especially for weekends; going through a tour operator or OTA generally smooths out access compared to booking direct as an unknown visitor.

Are caddies mandatory at Twin Doves Golf Club?
Yes. Twin Doves runs a shared-cart-plus-caddie setup that’s standard at Vietnamese private clubs, and groups are capped at 4 golfers whether you’re playing a weekday or weekend round. Caddies are assigned at check-in rather than pre-booked by name, so don’t expect to request a specific caddie on a first visit — that’s a relationship you build over repeat rounds.

How much should I tip a caddie at Twin Doves?
Budget $20–25 USD, or 400,000–500,000 VND, in cash — separate from whatever caddie fee is already in your package. That’s meaningfully above the $8–16 general Vietnam baseline I quote for most courses, reflecting Twin Doves’ private-member pricing. Pay in VND if you can; it avoids exchange-rate friction and small-bill change issues at the caddie booth.

Is there a language barrier with caddies at Twin Doves?
Some. TripAdvisor review snippets describe Twin Doves’ caddies as friendly and knowledgeable but with limited English, and sentiment on their patience for extended or additional play is mixed. Bring your own yardage book, lean on hand signals for club selection and line calls, and don’t expect detailed course-management conversation — the greens read is usually still accurate even without much English.

What is the dress code at Twin Doves Golf Club?
No Twin Doves-specific dress code was independently confirmed, so use the standard Vietnamese private-club default: collared shirt, golf pants or tailored shorts, and golf shoes. Skip denim and tank tops. Treat this as the safe baseline for any private club in the region rather than a policy pulled directly from Twin Doves’ own posted rules, since I couldn’t verify one exists publicly.

Dave’s Final Verdict

Twin Doves is a solid mid-tier private-club round, not a top-five Vietnam course, and I’ll say that plainly rather than oversell it. The three-nine variety and genuinely attentive caddie service compensate for landscaping that, 15-plus years after opening, still hasn’t picked up the grandeur that comes with time. Get a weekday tee time, or book through a tour operator with member access, and you’ll have a legitimately good day of golf. Chase a Sunday slot without a connection and you’re fighting an uphill battle.

For the full picture of where this fits, see my full ranking of Vietnam’s best golf courses, or check current Klook prices for this golf experience if you’re ready to book.

Reporting note: Twin Doves Golf Club’s own green fee, exact 27-hole yardage, and course/slope rating are not publicly published as of this review (research pass 2026-08-11). This review uses qualitative pricing and yardage language throughout rather than inventing precise figures — see the At a Glance and Green Fee tables above for the fully verified data points that are available.