On the evening of September 15, a representative of Yen Bai Star Golf Course confirmed to Lao Dong that Mr. Nguyen Van Hung passed away at around 3:30 p.m. the same day.
"Mr. Hung had difficulty breathing and fainted. He was then taken to the emergency room but unfortunately did not survive," the source said.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, commonly known as Hung "tam", from Bac Ninh, is known as a person with many contributions to Vietnamese golf.
In addition to his role as CEO of Yen Bai Golf Course, he is also a professional golfer with a handicap of 0 and a famous golf teacher.
Besides, it is impossible not to mention the role of Mr. Hung as the person who has accompanied Nguyen Anh Minh for many years and helped him take off in his personal golf career.
Most recently in July 2024, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung caddied for Nguyen Anh Minh at the 2024 US Junior Amateur. This is a tournament where many world golf legends have competed, including Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler...
Here, Anh Minh made history for Vietnamese golf when he reached the Quarterfinals even though he was only 17 years old.
In the past few days, Typhoon Yagi devastated the North, including Yen Bai. Mr. Nguyen Van Hung and all the staff of the stadium have devoted themselves to helping the victims. He participated in cooking rice, distributing relief gifts, and going into the flood zone to rescue the victims...
The last status on Mr. Hung's personal Facebook page is also about this. In it, Mr. Hung publicly announced the amount of money he had raised, nearly 100 million VND, as well as the plan to use it to support people in the flooded areas of Yen Bai.
According to the rules, each athlete/player who wants to play golf must be accompanied by a caddy.
In addition to supporting athletes/players in logistical tasks such as carrying clubs, measuring distances, calculating wind strength... the caddie also acts as an assistant, reminding players of tactics, correcting techniques, or encouraging and motivating them.
Caddies for young players are often highly skilled golfers who also serve as coaches.
