The tournament has lured more than 100 golfers from local and foreign clubs over a period of two years.

Competitors will be divided into five divisions, dependent on handicap and age.

The final is scheduled for December 25.

Doan Manh Giao, chairman of the Viet Nam Golf Association says the number of participants shows the high competitiveness of the event.

“I hope this year’s event will reveal some of our local stars,” he says.

Jon Tomlinson, director of the tournament, says the national match play will provide an opportunity for golfers to compete head to head in an equally challenging and exciting manner, making the Match Play tournament one of the most sought after trophies in Vietnamese golf.

Match Play is a golf scoring system by which a player or a team earns a point for each hole to best their opponents. This is opposed to stroke play by which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes.

Globally, only a small number of notable tournaments use the match play scoring system.