Bangkok Courses 3
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.
