The Vietnam Professional Golf Athlete Tour Lexus Challenge 2019 will take place on September 15-19 at Laguna Lăng Cô Golf Club, the event’s organising board announced yesterday. Photo courtesy of the organising board

HÀ NỘI— The Vietnam Professional Golf Athlete Tour (VPGA Tour) Lexus Challenge 2019 is scheduled to take place from September 15 to 19 at Laguna Lăng Cô Golf Club in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

The tournament will be open to Vietnamese professional golfers, foreign golfers living and working legally in Việt Nam and amateur Vietnamese golfers with an official handicap Index of 7.0 or lower.

The prestigious event is expected to be a platform for professional golfers to compete and show their skills.

The event has a total prize purse of VNĐ1.5 billion (US$65,200), the highest ever for a Vietnamese golf tournament.

The tournament will be broadcast live on major sports channels so golf enthusiasts can follow the latest updates. VNS