Riverdale Golf Club

Top course with an excellent layout and great greens

Rarely can it be said that a new golf course development is truly different. Riverdale, carved into a valley deep into the historic Chao Phraya River Delta, may be the exception.

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.

Aside from its excellent conditioning and undoubted challenges, the real joy of Riverdale Golf Club lies in its wonderful interplay of gently rolling fairways, many small reed-lined lakes, raised greens, excellent bunkering, and large hills that break-up some of the layout's innate openness.

After negotiating many immaculate, subtly breaking greens and hopefully coming through the 18 holes with scorecard relatively intact, enjoy cool refreshments at the contemporary styled club house which overlooks the 1st and 18th holes. Elegant locker rooms provide for nice changing facilities characteristic of a 5-star private members golf club.

Multiple tee locations offer a challenge for all levels. Playing strategies are defined by numerous hazards from sprawling white sand faced traps and deep sod walled pits to sandy wastes dotted with dune grasses. The Design favours intelligent play, with risk and reward options presented boldly, or subtly, on most every hole. Riverdale welcomes discerning golfers to enjoy a strategic new golfing challenge, 5 star service and immaculate playing surfaces.