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Thailand boasts about 150 championship golf courses nationwide which attract thousands of local and international golfers. They offer golfers a fascinating product but at an amazing affordable green fee. At the same time, they encourage travel to all regions of Thailand and help disseminate tourism revenue to local people.
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Thailand Golfing Credentials |
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Thailand was voted the Best Golfing Destination in Asia by Asia Golf Monthly Awards (April 2001) |
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The Thai Country Club was voted as Best Clubhouse in Asia, the 3rd for Best Course in Asia and Thai Country Club, 6th hole as Best Par Three Site of the 1997 Asian Honda Classic" |
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Blue Canyon Country Club, Canyon Course was voted Best Championship Course in Asia and its 13th hole was voted the 5th for Par-Four |
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THE TOP-10 by Golf Digest in June 1999
25 of Golf Digest's editors abroad (out of US) picked the best golf courses in the planet using the same standard are:
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Blue Canyon Golf & Country Club, Phuket
(designed by Mr. Yoshikazu Kato )
One of the most prestigious courses in Asia, the 18-hole Blue Canyon Country Club was developed in 1991 to a design by Yoshikazo Kato. It relies on well-guarded greens, and rolling fairways for its hazards. A course of such splendid stature is, accompanied by a large and opulent clubhouse offering views of the fairways and greens.
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Navatanee Golf & Country Club, Bangkok
(designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr)
Surrounded by distant hills, the golf course and housing development is set on low hilly land. Most greens are well protected by bunkers and there are several very good dog-leg holes,
particularly the par-5 eighteenth, where players
have to negotiate water on the right side of the fairway on the approach shot to the green |
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Santiburi Golf & Country Club, Chiang Mai
(designed byRobert Trent Jones Jr.)
Surrounded by distant hills, the golf course and housing development is set on low hilly land. Most greens are well protected by bunkers and there are several very good dog-leg holes, particularly the par-5 eighteenth, where players have to negotiate water onthe right side of the fairway on the approach shot to the green |
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Forest Hills Golf & Country Club, Saraburi
(designed by John William Rogers)
Get the best out of your golf game
on this championship Par 72 course set amidst rolling hills, valleys and lakes. Each hole has been carefully designed in keeping with the natural contours of the property to give each a distinctive set of challenges for you. |
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Mission Hills Golf & Country Club, Kanchanaburi
(designed by Jack Nicklaus)
Set on a sloping shallow hill, mature palms line the fairways of this outstanding course that relies on water, sand, trees and - Nicklaus' specialty-waste bunkers for hazards
The course has a choice of five well-spaced tees for players to. choose from and provides luxurious accommodation in its lakeside lodges |
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Lamechabang International Golf & Country Club, Cholburi
(designed by Jack Nicklaus)
This championship course designed by Jack Nicklaus is undoubtedly one of the finest golf courses in Thailand. The three nines comprising the 27-hole layout-'Mountain', 'Lake' and 'Creek' offer interesting variations in terrain. The rolling hills of the surrounding countryside |
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have been used to effect, and the exposed rock formations add to the beauty of the fairways.
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Alpine Golf Club, Patum Thani
(designed by Mr. Ronald M. Gral)
This course is located less than an hour from central Bangkok, past Don Muang International Airport. A superbly maintained and challenging course owned by the members, the site was used as the venue for the 13th Asian Games and was recently refurbished in order to play host to the 2000 Johnny Walker Classic |
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Thai Country Club,
Chachoengsao
(designed by Denis Griffiths)
Home of the 1997 Asian Honda Classic tournament, this magnificently redesigned members-only course is destined to become the setting for more of Asia's premier events.
The seashore paspalum grass that was imported from Hawaii has been cultured locally |
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making the course second to none. The clubhouse facilities are luxurious and managed by the world-famous Peninsula Group. |
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Springfield Royal Country Club, Petchaburi
(designed by Jack Nicklaus)
This Jack Nicklaus layout will provide a challenge to golfers of all standards as they thread their way through well-placed hazards to greens of the highest standard. Accuracy is required at all times as the fairways are flanked by a series of hillocks and covered by a forest of grown-up trees |
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Dragon Hills Country Club, Ratchaburi
(designed by Jim Engh, Isao Aoki, Jack Nicklaus)
Those familiar with J.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy will love this course. Set among Ratchburi's scenic hillside about two hours form Bangkok,Jim Engh designed course boasts 18 holes of challenging golf on undulating fairways and greens, lateral water hazards,'water carry holes', dog leg holes and a subtle placement of bunkers |
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