Central Thailand

Central Thailand, Thailand

Formed in 2007 by thirty of Thailand’s wealthiest people, Ayodhya Links is one of the most exclusive golf clubs in Asia. Membership is by invitation so only the great and the good of Thai society mingle in the clubhouse...

Central Thailand, Thailand

Amata Spring Country Club was the venue for the Royal Trophy between 2006 and 2010 when the European professional team won three of the four events against their eight-man opponents from Asia.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Alpine Golf Club is a lush paradise within the rustic surrounds and in some ways more resembles a botanical garden specialising in the exhibition of palms.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The Old course at Siam Country Club was redesigned by Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley, reopening for play in 2007. A trio of holes regarded as the “Amen Corner” of Thai golf feature between the 15 and 17.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The Thai course architect Pirapon Namatra laid out the course at Pineapple Valley Golf Club in Hua Hin. Many consider the views from the short par three 15th tee across the ocean to Sing Toh island to be worth the green fee alone.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The Thai Country Club just outside of Bangkok was a very new course when it hosted the Asian Honda Classic in 1997. Almost to script, Tiger Woods won the tournament by 10 shots setting a course record of 64 on the way.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Laem Chabang International is the best golf course on Bangkok's Eastern seaboard, an area of Thailand that saw a boom in course development in the 1990s when bank credit was easy to come by.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Opened in 2007 and designed by Phil Ryan of Pacific Coast Design, the course at Black Mountain Golf Club is situated near the small town of Hua Hin and it quickly established itself as one of the best layouts in Thailand.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The 27-hole Plantation course at Siam Country Club is a Schmidt-Curley design that opened for play in 2008. It’s laid out in three loops of nine, appropriately named Sugar Cane, Tapioca, and Pineapple.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Royal Gems Golf City is Asia’s first replica course and it was designed, or duplicated, by Ron Garl. The front nine comprises nine of the world’s most famous holes and the homeward nine is a replica of Augusta's back nine.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Navatanee hosted the World Cup of Golf in 1975 which was won by the US team of Johnny Miller and Lou Graham. The event did more than anything else to instigate interest in the game in Thailand...

Central Thailand, Thailand

Opened in 1994 and designed by American architect J. Michael Poellot, formerly Vice President and Director of the Robert Trent Jones II Group, Rajpruek Golf Club is set in the heart of exotic Bangkok.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Configured with three returning 6-hole circuits, the 18-hole course at Nikanti Golf Club is a 2014 Pirapon Namatra design that’s set among former rice paddies to the west of Bangkok.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The course at St Andrews 2000 Golf Club is a Desmond Muirhead design where he set out fairways on rather hilly terrain. It plays to a par of 74, largely due to the layout featuring two par six holes.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Jack Nicklaus designed all 27 holes at the Springfield Royal Country Club at Cha-am. The Mountain (A) and Lake (B) nines make up the premier 18-hole configuration at this resort.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The American architect Denis Griffiths designed the 7,162-yard mountainside course at Chatrium Golf Resort Soi Dao Chanthaburi (formerly Soi Dao Highland Golf Resort).

Central Thailand, Thailand

Owned and laid out in 2011 by Dr Prachin Eamlumnow, Chairman of the Bangkok International Motor Show, the automotive-themed course at the Grand Prix Golf Club in Kanchanaburi is routed around a series of lakes in two returning 9-hole loops.

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Rolling Hills is the fourth 18-hole layout to open at the burgeoning Siam Country Club. Unveiled in 2019, Rolling Hills is a Brian Curley design that’s located to the south of the Old course. The “wall of death” in front of the par five 15th green will not be quickly forgotten.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Opened in January 2017 and set to the north of Bangkok, the course at Royal Bang Pa-In Golf Club was fashioned on a vast 100-hectare site with no expenses spared by Schmidt-Curley Design. Huge undulating greens and risk and reward holes abound on this flat but exciting layout.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Measuring more than 7.000 yards from the tips, Riverdale Golf Club is a testing Jon Morrow and Al Tikkanen course. Elevated tees lead down to the valley fairways of the Chao Phraya River Delta.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Set between the Siam Country Club’s Old and Plantation courses, the facility’s latest Waterside golf course opened in 2014 and was laid out by IMG Golf Course Design. The Waterside’s finishing stretch is sparkling.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The East course is the championship layout at the 36-hole Lam Luk Ka Golf & Country Club. Host to the Thailand PGA Championship in 2002, the East course is located just a short drive by car from Bangkok’s vibrant metropolis.

Central Thailand, Thailand

One of Gary Player’s rare Asian designs, the course at Lotus Valley Golf Resort lies 80 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, with water featuring to a greater or lesser extent on every hole.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The championship course at Suwan Golf & Country Club opened for play in 2005 and can be stretched out beyond 7,100 yards. Built by the Thai company Weeyos Design, Suwan hosted the 2011 Thailand Open won by Australian Andre Stolz.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Designed by Ron Fream, the Lagoon (A) and Palm (B) nines form the premier 18-hole course at Panya Indra Golf Club but the Garden nine (C) should not be regarded in any way as inferior.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Set out close to the Chonburi - Pattaya Highway, the East and West 18-hole layouts at Burapha Golf and Resort were designed by Gary Panks and touring professional David Graham to make the very most of the rolling terrain.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Set within the site of a former sapphire mine in Bophloi, the Blue Sapphire Golf and Resort is a 36-hole golf complex where the Ocean course is considered the more challenging of the two 18-hole layouts.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Designed by specialist shaper Jay Savastano in the early 1990s, the course at Watermill Golf Club & Resort is marketed as a “Dye Design” and even sports its own island green at the signature one-shot 11th.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Laid out in two separate 9-hole circuits, a number of the fairways at Royal Ratchaburi Golf Club hug the contours of two mountains – Khao Rang and Khao Chonglao – while others wind their way around several sparkling lakes.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The course at Dynasty Golf & Country Club is a 1993 Denis Griffiths creation which debuted three year before the American’s critically acclaimed layout at Thai Country Club appeared on the golfing scene.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Local Thai architect, Pirapon Namatra (of Banyan, Hua Hin fame), designed all 27 holes at Bangsai Country Club in an open country landscape amid paddy fields. If Scotty beamed you down to the tee, you’d never think you were standing only an hour or so to the north of Bangkok.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Opened for play in December 2018 and fashioned by David Dale of Golfplan, the course at Chee Chan Golf Resort is located at the foot of Buddha Mountain, a likeness of Siddhartha Gautama 110 metres high that is visible everywhere on the property.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The owners of Dragon Hills Golf and Country Club plan to develop three 18-hole layouts at their 1500-acre site in Ratchaburi and the first of these courses was established by American architect Jim Engh in the early 1990s.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Originally designed for Bangna Country Club by Pete and Perry Dye in the early 1990s, the course at Subhapruek Golf Club emerged from a flat, marshy landscape dominated by rice fields. Unsurprisingly, water now features at almost every hole on the scorecard.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The golf course at Royal Hills Resort & Spa is a new millennium creation by Nelson & Haworth which is set at the feet of the Khao Yai mountains where a good mix of long and short holes are routed through a valley interspersed with streams.

Central Thailand, Thailand

The West course at Lam Luk Ka Country Club is a 1994 Roger Packard design and it may be billed as the club’s “resort” course, but it’s no pushover, with water coming into play at no fewer than fifteen holes.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Located a short 45-minute drive west of downtown Bangkok, the Gary Roger Baird-designed course at Royal Gems Golf and Sports Club hosted the Chang Thailand Senior Masters on the European Senior Tour in 2010.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Designed by the prolific Japanese architect Yoshikazu Kato of Blue Canyon fame, the golf course at Kabin Buri Sport Club is Thailand’s longest golf course which measures an eye-watering 8,075 yards from the tips.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Local architect Artanan Yomchida formed the 18 holes at Evergreen Hills Golf Club and Resort in the early 1990s and he arranged the fairways in two loops that return to a central clubhouse position.

Central Thailand, Thailand

Rayong Green Valley Country Club is one of three golfing properties owned by St Andrews 2000 Ltd. and it’s a 1992 Peter Thomson & Michael Wolveridge creation that’s sympathetically routed across gently undulating ground.