Bangkok
Bangkok, has over 60 golf courses to choose from in the city and surrounding areas. Bangkok is without doubt, one of the most vibrant and fascinating cities in world. Luxury hotels, glittering temples, colourful markets, hospitable people, great shopping and exotic night-life make this a city that you will never forget. During your Bangkok golfing holidays, soak up the history, relax with a traditional Thai massage, and stay in a wonderful hotel. Bangkok has it all.
Alpine Golf and Sports Club
(site of Tiger Woods’ 2000 Asian Tour win)
Alpine Golf & Sports Club is one of Thailand’s top rated courses, and one of the best in Asia. The layout created by one of America’s leading golf course architects, Ronald M Garl. Alpine Golf & Sports Club is one of Thailand’s top rated courses, and one of the best in Asia. It was the venue for the 2000 Johnnie Walker Classic PGA tournament won by Tiger Woods and again hosted the same event in 2004.
Ayutthaya Golf Club
(well-maintained course is good for beginners)
Ayutthaya Golf Club is located in Ayutthaya Province around 90 mins from Bangkok centre. The locally designed and well-maintained course is relatively easy to play with generous fairways and large greens.
Bangkok Golf Club
(resort course with lightning fast greens)
Bangkok Golf Club is located only 35 minutes from the centre of town and is one of a handful of golf courses in the area and built in the 1990’s. The club was the site for numerous professional events including the Asian Tour’s Volvo Masters in 2003.
Bangpakong Riverside Country Club
Fairways that are wide with good large Greens
The first golf course located along the banks of the Bangpakong River. A challenge to all golfers ability. Golfers not only enjoy the beautiful course, but also admire the stunning scenery. A contiguous water hazard wends through the course much like a river and comes into play on 13 holes. A truly interesting golf course.
Bangpoo Golf & Sports Club
The only course in Thailand designed by Arnold Palmer
Bangpoo Golf and Sports Club is one of Arnold Palmer’s creations in Asia. The course is set near the Gulf of Thailand on a land plot consisting of rolling terrain, mature trees, and large amounts of indigenous flowers. The seaside location provides a nice breeze to keep golfers cool even during the hottest of months.
Bangsai Country Club
Beautiful Course set in picturesque surroundings
A mere 34 miles north of downtown Bangkok lies Bangsai Country Club, a challenging gem of a golf course out in the rural countryside. This pastoral setting is far from the horns and the sirens of the city with rolling fairways and lateral water on 11 holes, with three holes where you will have to carry at least some water, depending on the tee from which you play. The elevation ranges from seven to 23 feet above sea level and on some holes you have lateral water on both sides of the fairways.
Best Ocean Golf Club & Resort
Thai links style course
Best Ocean Golf Club is built on a coastal plain at three feet above sea level, ranging as high as 15 feet in places. Located 18 miles southwest from the centre of Bangkok in the community of Samut Sakhon about 4.5 miles from the Gulf of Thailand, sea breezes come into play as do many water hazards. Best Ocean is known for its island greens, island tees, and very large waste bunkers
Cascata Golf Club
Top golf course with wide fairways and fast greens
Cascata Golf Club is well away from the city clamour being 35 miles northeast of Bangkok. Expansive rice fields border the course on the north and south and the entire area is generally flat. The layout is no exception, averaging 8-12 feet above sea level, punctuated by more than 75 sand traps, which is not as many as on some courses, but the sizes of the bunkers at Cascata are considerably larger than one normally encounters. Sand isn’t the only hazard you face at this track. Every hole at Cascata has lateral water and on no fewer than six holes it is necessary to play shots over water.
Despite the interesting design and fine condition, Cascata is rarely crowded owing to its 27 holes, making it an ideal venue for outings and tournaments.
Chuan Chuen Golf Club
A Nick Faldo Course
1998 brought with it the opening of the Chuan Chuen Golf Club. This is among the few Bangkok-based golf courses that has been designed by Nick Faldo. Found north of Bangkok, near the old Don Muang Airport the course is built in an expansive housing estate. The golf experience on this course is made even more natural by the numerous birds and old trees found on it.
Green Valley Country Club
A challenging and attractive course
Green Valley Country Club Golf Course is situated in a beautiful countryside and benefits from the hundreds of trees and shrubs. There are some very difficult holes, including longish water carries on the opening holes of both sides. Fairways give many sloping lies and many of the greens are hidden behind huge mounds. The clubhouse is opulent and dining here can be expensive.
Kiarti Thanee Country Club
Great Course with an excellent practice area
Beginners as well as high handicappers will enjoy golfing at the Kiarti Thanee Country Club. It is highly favoured among the local Japanese players and is situated off the elevated highway. This feature makes this golf course very accessible for anyone coming from central Bangkok or going to or coming from the airport in Bangkok.
Krung Kavee Golf & Country Club
Among the best in Bangkok golf courses
The former domestic airport of Don Muang borders Krung Kavee, a golf course located on an expansive private housing estate. This course was constructed under the workmanship of designer Manabu Sakamoto, a world renowned architect whose designs are known to favour long golf courses.
Lakewood Country Club
36 hole course parkland style
Lakewood Country Club is the one of golf courses where there are many Japanese members and located at the 18 km. point of Bangna-Trad highway. There are 27 holes which consist of Lake, Wood and Rock course. Each course is challenging and exciting because of a good arrangement of bunkers and water hazards. At present they have a good reputation of management in the operation and maintenance.
Lam Luk Ka Country Club
One of Bangkok’s top courses
Lam Luk Ka Country Club is one of the golf courses with 36 holes and it is located in the east of 27 km. on Lamlukka road from Don Muang International Airport. The course consists of two types of 18 holes, one is East Course for long hitters with long distance holes and another is West course required accurate shots. Players will be attracted with the good course layout and maintenance
Legacy Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus designed course
The Legacy Golf Club was operated as the name of Natural Park Ramindra Golf Club. Players can challenge the holes with the features of Jack Nicklaus architect such as a hole with sandy wastes, bunkers and water hazards. It is located next to Safari World in Minburi area within one hour drive from the centre of Bangkok.
Lotus Valley Golf Resort
The only Gary Player designed in Thailand
The original Gary Player layout was redesigned by Jon Morrow and Turf Pro Golf’s Craig Bertram about four years ago, keeping the original routing, and enhanced by Bertram’s re-shaping of the green complexes. Lotus Valley re-opened to rave reviews and has gained in popularity for those expecting top quality conditions.
Metro (Rose Garden) Golf Club
One of the oldest and well established courses
Rose Garden Golf Club is the one of most well known golf courses in Thailand. The golf course with the history more than 25 years is familiar to the tourist golfers as well as visitors. The 18 holes are laid out on the flat fields and separated with grown up big trees. Each hole has two greens to prevent from damaging greens. Specially from February to April, players can enjoy the good views of flowers being in full bloom in the course.
Muang Kaew Golf Club
A Golfing Oasis in Bangkok
Muang Kaew Golf Course is the closest 18 hole course to the Bangkok City Centre. The course is located near the 7.7 km mark along the Bangna Trad Highway and takes about 20 minutes to reach by car from “city”and Suvarnnabhumi Ariport. Currently, the course offers 18 holes of varying difficulty offering challenges to golfers of all abilities. The course gets busy on the weekends, so book in advance. Muang Kaew is now under new management and during 2002 both the course and Clubhouse will undergo major renovations – the goal is to bring the Club’s facilities, infrastructure, management and services up to a 5 – star standard
Navatanee Golf Club
Navatanee Golf Course is an exclusive course. It was built in 1973 specifically to host the 23rd World Cup of Golf in 1975. The majestic layout was the result of the vision of its Founder, Sukum Navapan, being skillfully brought to life by world-renowned Architect, Robert Trent Jones Jr. s’ philosophy, which was to create a course that was tough for the professional golfers yet provided an enjoyable challenge for golfers of more modest talent. He transformed paddy fields into a 6,902-yard championship course of truly international standards, and his first masterpiece in Asia.
Nikanti Golf Club
Nikanti is Asia’s first 18 hole, par 72 course, comprising three six-hole layouts each with two par-threes, two par-fours and two par-fives. The course is both challenging for the experienced golfer yet very playable and enjoyable for the novice. Designed by Pirapon Namatra, careful consideration was taken to incorporate the area’s naturally rolling terrain and environment into the development of Nikanti.
Panya Indra Golf Club
The Panya Indra Golf Club was developed by The Panya Group in 1989. Created by top U.S. designer Ronald Fream, it is located on 800 rai of land on Ramindra Rd. Panya Indra Golf Club comprises three separate 9-hole championship courses, each with an individual design and unique setting. Each course offers its own distinctly different playing experience. You can choose the Lagoon Course, Palm Course or Garden Course. These three beautifully sculpted courses are located in one exotic tropical location, offering the player a golfing paradise. These courses are very popular with local players and foreign visitors alike. The courses are open six days a week and night golf is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Pinehurst Golf & Country Club
Pinehurst Golf & Country Club is one of the famous golf courses in Thailand. It is located in the north of 15 minute-drive from Don Muang International Airport. There are 27 holes named as West (Forest), North (The Lake) and South (Greenfield). As the international tournaments, Johnnie Walker Classic 1992 and Thailand Open 1994 were held for the big events of the club.
President Country Club
President Country Club- a semi-private operation offers the use of members and their guests and is also open to the public seven days a week. This 36-hole course has been uniquely designed by world-class golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr.- known to be the “father of environmental golf course design”.
Rachakram Golf Club & Resort
This well designed and challenging course is placed in an enchanting region of Thailand. This course which features night golfing and a robust golf club facility caters to the visiting golfer and provides excellent daytime and evening golfing enjoyment. For the players who don’t have time during the day or would like to get away from the heat, our night golf will answer all of your needs. Our night golf accepts registration till 7:15 PM and allows you to play till mid night.
Riverdale Golf Club
Design partners Jon Morrow and Al Tikkanen have crafted an intriguing challenge featuring ‘up hill and down dale’ golf never before seen in the Thai Capital’s predominantly flat golf landscapes. Several holes feature play from elevated tees to fairways laid out in valleys below. Forested hills and waste areas with native grasses frame the most clearly visible golf holes in Bangkok. Nature will play its part – pockets of wetlands create wildlife havens and perhaps a new habitat for Open Bill Ibises which traditionally migrate annually from as far a field as India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Continuing the ‘eco-friendly’ theme, Riverdale features Salam Paspalum on tees and fairways, and the latest ‘ultra-dwarf Miniverde’ on greens.
Royal Golf & Country Club
The Royal Golf & Country Club is the golf course with 18 holes designed by Japanese architect and located at the 26 km. distance from soi 77 of Sukhumvit road. It takes about one hour by car to reach the course from the city center of Bangkok. Generally the golf course is flat and many holes are arranged with water hazards. It is important for the players to hit accurate shots keeping away from water hazards.
Royal Lakeside Golf Club
Situated at the mouth of the Bang Pakong River, the Royal Lakeside Golf Club & Resort enjoys beautifully refreshing sea breezes and surroundings. Shrubs and flowers surround greens and fairways, some of which run right to the riverbank. The centrepiece of the resort is a stunning white clubhouse, which can be reached by riverboat and by virtue of a round on the fast immaculately-kept front or back nine.
Subhapruek Golf Club
Subhapruek Golf Course is the golf course designed by Dye Design Inc. and located at the 26 km. point of Bangna-Trad highway. Players can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Dye Design architect in the arrangement of lakes, green fairways and white bunkers. In addition they can challenge exciting holes with undulating fairways and greens.
Summit Windmill Golf Club
Summit Windmill Golf Club is classified as one of the best golf courses in Thailand, meeting the highest international standards. Also, unlike most urban golf courses, it is one of the most challenging and pleasurable to play a game of golf, with a series of scenic lakes, overlapping hills and sand bunkers strategically placed throughout the breathtaking fairways. This is one course that the champion put his heart and soul into. It presents an 18-hole, par 72 layout with 6,964 yards from the blue tee.
Suwan Golf & Country Club
Suwan Golf & Country Club is in the countryside west of Bangkok among rural villages that add to the course’s uniqueness. Surrounding fruit orchards, rice fields, palm trees, and lotus ponds make Suwan Golf have a tropical-Thai character which is most appreciated by both golf professionals and golf holidaymakers alike.
Thai Country Club
Designed under US PGA international standards by Denis Griffiths, at that time president of the world-renowned American Society of Golf Course Architects, opened in December 1996. The design adapts to everyday member use up to a very tough challenge for major international tournaments featuring the finest players in the world. The 7,157-yard course, from the professional tees, was tested during the 1997 Asian Honda Classic won by Tiger Woods.
Thana City Golf & Sports Club
Conveniently located just 25 minutes from downtown Bangkok at kilometer 14 on the Bangna-Trad highway. This 18 hole golf course was built in 1993. The 6,966 yard par 72 course is set in beautifully landscaped surroundings and features fast greens, strategically placed bunkers as well as natural lakes and streams. Excellent drainage allows for play throughout the year.
Thanont Golf View & Sport Club
This golf course was designed by Bob McFarland one of America’s most accomplished golf course designer. He designed this golf course to provide a challenging game for the accomplished golfer. Requiring skill and strategy to overcome the challenge. This course will provide a fair and pleasurable round of golf to the experienced or the beginner.
The Royal Gems Golf and Sports Club
The Royal Gems & Sports Club is one of the famous membership golf courses in Thailand and located in Putthamonthon along the route 338. It takes about 45 minutes by car to reach the course from the city center of Bangkok. The exciting 18 holes are well laid out on the fields and the players can enjoy their golf in the good maintenance of the fairways and greens.
The Royal Gems Golf City (Dream Arena Course)
Ron Garl, has surpassed all expectations with this Royal Gems Golf City masterpiece course, inspired by a multitude of the world’s greatest golf holes. The developer’s inspirations range from the UK Classics including the Road Hole, complete with the wall, the Road, and “The” Bunker, and the “Postage Stamp” to some of the best that American courses have to offer, including the TPC Sawgrass 17th, Doral Blue Monster 18th, and the famed Church Pews of Oakmont. Though this course is not a replica of any holes, every golfer will see holes in which the inspiration is recognizable from recent major championships, especially when they see the back nine which was wholly inspired by the back nine at Augusta. We’re all inspired by greatness, and Garl certainly was with this design.
Vintage Golf Club
The Vintage Club, an 18 hole course, developed by the Central group is located 10 minutes drive from the 28 km point of the Bangna-Trad Highway. If driving from Bangkok centre, be aware of the required U-turn which appears with little warning, (if on the elevated tollway use exit 4). The course itself is extremely well maintained, most holes feature well placed bunkers and water hazards. Clubhouse facilities are excellent and include a swimming pool, fitness centre and a restaurant offering an array of different cuisines.
Windsor Park & Golf Club
Windsor Park & Golf Club was chosen to host the 12th Kosaido Thailand Ladies Open Golf Championship in 1998, just four years after its official opening. A truly International event with more that 20 different nationalities competing, this was the beginning of involvement with professional golf tournaments. Windsor Park & Golf Club continues to support both professional and amateur golf at different level, now with an expanded course layout of 36 holes; the last nine holes opened early in 2006 pose an increase challenge to golfers somewhat different to the other established three nine holes. From the Pro Tees, any 18 holes are over 6,900 yards, the Regular Tee around 6,400 yards and Par 72 for all courses. Course layout and design is both fair and addictive, wide fairways lead you to ample sized greens which then raise the challenge to your putting skills.
