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From GOLF.com

Sports Illustrated published a story on the country as a burgeoning golf mecca in 2003. The relatively new golf trail''s name, however, evokes images of the war.

That''s why it''s perfect. It''s a guaranteed attention-getter. I haven''t been there (the boss said in his rejection note that it had something to do with budget issues), but you can check out the courses at hochiminhgolftrail.com, where you''ll find this brochure-style prose: "From the bustle of modern Saigon to the languid, thousand-year-old streets of Hanoi... from the sunny, windswept beach of Phan Thiet to the startling seascapes of Ha Long Bay, the Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail delivers the ultimate golfing adventure."

Hal Phillips is a Maine-based Media consultant who helped dream up the surreal name for the trail. "When we came up with the name, we knew it would be provocative in the West," Phillips said. "The rest of the world doesn''t have that visceral response that Americans do."

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