Red Mountain - Southern Thailand - Thailand

After reading reviews, the base was its expensive but the best choice to play in Phuket. Well yeah its pretty with some good holes. But the totsl package is disappointing. The pro shop stock nothing really. the buggies have no cover at back for bags, considering it rains hear not right. have to hire umbrellas. pulled up no one to greet or take bags. caddies polite but golf knowledge limited, and you share a cart with them i want to play with my friends not the caddy. Seen played thanks but won`t be back

We played nine rounds of golf on a golf cruise round South East Asia. Red Mountain was probably the stand out course.

It was definitely a unique Asian experience with great golf holes winding between trees, lakes and cliffs produced by the tin mine. If you’re in the area for golf it’s a must play.

Red Mountain was an absolute treat to play. We decided to play golf on a whim when on a short trip to Phuket and red mountain seemed the obvious choice. We duly rocked up with fairly low expectations but we were blown away from the very first view of the course on arrival. The 18 holes that followed didn't disappoint, in fact even having played some of the world's best courses including Muirfield, Wade Hampton, Royal County Down and Monte Rei, the next few hours were without doubt some of the most fun I've ever had on a golf course. The track is situated in unique terrain, winding its way through the undulating landscape and lakes of an old tin mine. This unique setting not only offers the architect a phenomenal chance to shape some glorious holes through the terrain, but the incredible novelty of playing in such a unique setting made the whole experience that much more memorable. There were some sublime holes requiring delicate plotting around the various lakes and canyons. Some could argue that the course may be a touch 'gimmicky', for instance the par 3 17th must have a 300foot drop to the green so clubbing is a tad tricky to put it mildly. However in terms of pure enjoyment, this course is way up there. The excellent lady caddies made the day even more fun and if I'm ever back to Phuket, playing red mountain again will be one of my top priorities!

I played Red Mountain a few years ago and found it to be very expensive for what it was. It was in good shape but all rather predictable. Buggy and caddy are obligatory ( to add to the cost) but certainly the buggy is necessary as the distance between green and tee is often huge. I enjoyed playing ti once but wouldn't return. DAVID LAIRD

I was waiting for a few holes for the blow me away moment, but it just never came. Whilst this is a nice resort course and the design and layout is aided by the terrain, the club just didn't do all of the things that the exorbitant green fee suggest it should.The compulsory caddie drove the buggy and raked some bunkers but added virtually nothing to the game: by her third read on the greens I'd realised she was guessing more poorly than I was!The ball plugged regularly in the fairway and rough.And if I was going to nitpick, the signs were there early, right at the driving range where someone had to go and get a tray of balls for me and they were a poor collection of assorted rocks and decent balls and they'd been marked with red paint like the poorest of council courses.The course itself is very challenging with pretty dense jungle bordering some of the holes and plenty of water hazards that are on or close to the line of play. 3W was a regularly choice off the tee where the fairways were narrow or the best line was close to hazards. The feature hole is the par 3 17th with a significant drop (150ft I believe - it looked every bit of that and more!) but I find these kind of holes to be gimmicks as unless you've played them a couple of times and know exactly which club you should hit, it's really just guessing (do you take off two or three or four clubs for the drop??? - I took off two clubs at the suggestion of my caddie, but should have taken off three...).Summary: nice course that is pretty cool to drive around and see what has been created and glad to have experienced it, but it's so overpriced (like most Phuket golf) that I can't see any reason to ever return.