Package Golf Tour suggestions

North Thailand Five Day Itinerary

Day 1: One-hour flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, check into a hotel and then explore Thailand's 'Rose of the North' on foot. Enjoy a traditional 'Khantoke' northern-style dinner.
Day 2: Start your northern golf tour at the Royal Chiang Mai Golf Resort. The course is set in a beautiful valley and the scenery is magnificent. Return to Sansai for handicraft shopping, then to Chiang Mai to explore night market.
Day 3: Travel three hours north to Chiang Rai to play at the Santiburi Country Club, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. This beautiful course features a wide range of hazards and slopes and is surrounded by distant hills.
Day 4: Tee-off early at the Waterford valley Chiang Rai. The course is set amidst some of the most spectacular scenery in this part of Thailand. Leisurely return trip to Chiang Mai.
Day 5: Tour of Chiang Mai and climb to the top of Doi Suthep to see the famous Buddhist temple. Early afternoon flight to Bangkok.

Western Region (Hua Hin)

The Western region of Thailand contains some of the country's finest scenery - vast, unspoiled forests and mountains, pristine beaches and plenty of first class golf courses.

Day 1: Transfer to Hua Hin from Bangkok via Petchaburi to view the famous Ban Pun Palace. Check in at luxury hotel. Evening at leisure, including a seafood meal.
Day 2: Head to Palm Hills Resort & Country Club, a hilly course that twists and winds round a series of wooded hills and offers extremely challenging golf. Return to the hotel.
Day 3: Early morning tee-off at the Springfield Royal Country Club set amongst undulating hills and wide fairways. After golf, visit one of the numerous national parks. Overnight at Prachuabkirikhan.
Day 4: Early morning start at Sawang Resort Golf Club, which is set in a valley and blends harmoniously with the surrounding hills. Afternoon in town or relax on one of the many beaches. Evening transfer to Hua Hin.
Day 5: Today's golf is at the Royal Hua Hin Golf Course, one of the oldest and most celebrated courses in Thailand. This course is spectacular in both design and background scenery. Evening return to Bangkok.

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Based on two people sharing. Includes all accommodation with breakfast, transfers and transport by modern air-conditioned car and all green fees. Excludes food, airport tax and personal expenses, visas, return flights and international flights. Extend your stay and include a combination of these programmes or a golfing trip to Vietnam.

Golf Resorts and Hotels

Bangkok and around golf course

PINEHURST GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
A 45-minute drive from downtown Bangkok and 15 minutes past Don Muang lies one of the most famous courses in Thailand. The 27 hole - South (the Meadow), North (the Lake) and West (Forest) - Yoshihira Aihara designed course was host to the 1994 Thailand Open and the 1992 Johnnie Walker Classic International Tournaments. The layout is very similar to those in the US, with water hazards and mounds providing most of the challenge. As Pinehurst is a members-only club with a large Japanese contingent, maintenance is usually consistent.

GREEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB
Friends of the forests will love this one. One of the Green Valley Group of courses, it is also one of Thailand's most beautiful courses. Located about 1 hour south of Bangkok on the Bang-Na Trad Highway it is situated in a beautiful countryside setting, offering a clever alignment of fairways, greens and holes in lush surroundings. Shot selection is a challenge as many fairways are sloped and mounds obscure some of the greens. Clever placement of bunkers and undulating greens adds to the difficulties of this very exacting course, made that much more challenging on the four par-fives which feature water hazards down both sides of the fairway. The clubhouse is opulent and dining is very expensive.

LAM LUKKA COUNTRY CLUB
Located 27 km east of Don Muang International Airport, this popular 36-hole course used Bangkok's early paddy-field courses as its role model. It contains many wide fairways and large greens and a lot of effort went into creating a pleasantly shaded atmosphere with plenty of trees and shrubs. Accuracy - not power - is the key to this course, as water lines both sides of the fairway on a number of holes.

KIARTI THANEE COUNTRY CLUB
Another favorite among local residents and tourists alike, the course is conveniently located about 45 minutes south of Bangkok at Km 29 on the Bangna Trad highway. Although this 18-hole course is fairly flat, its extensive use of bunkering and water hazards more than compensate to provide a challenge to golfers at all levels. Kiarti Thani's long par fives is some of the most difficult in the region and most greens are particularly well guarded.

NATURAL PARK RAMINDRA GOLF CLUB
A very popular course located within 30 minutes of Bangkok's downtown core on the newly-opened Ramintra expressway, this Jack Nicklaus designed 18 hole course offers a tough test for all levels of player. Huge lakes come into play on almost half the holes and at the 16th players have to hit their approach to an island green. Putting surfaces are good, but most of the greens are well guarded by deep bunkers. The palatial clubhouse has several restaurants and function rooms and has hosted many local tournaments.

KHAO YAI GOLF COURSE

MISSION HILLS GOLF CLUB AND RESORT
Khao Yai's mysterious and haunting mountains provide a perfect backdrop for this Jack Nicklaus designed course. You will find it hard to believe you are on the same continent, let alone only two hours drive from Bangkok, as you take to the beautifully maintained first tee. What lies before you is a splendid array of tough holes - in particular par-five holes 2 ands 12 - and a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

ROYAL HILLS GOLF COURSE
The course is set at the base of a mountain range on the fringes of Khao Yai National Park. This is undoubtedly one of the prettiest golf courses in Thailand. The fairways are lush on account of the stream flowing through the layout. Positional play therefore plays a big part at many holes, so accuracy brings its own reward. Fairways and greens are in immaculate condition, as are the tees. The clubhouse is a very attractive building overlooking the verdant fairways. Hotel accommodations are available, plus a sports complex and swimming pool.

PATTAYA GOLF COURSE

NATURAL PARK RESORT GOLF CLUB
A 27-hole park and course comprising three nines, the layout is somewhat uninteresting, but has been improved with the extensive use of palm trees lining the fairways. There are some good dogleg holes, particularly the third on the "In" course. At this hole it is important to "place" the tee shot to avoid the huge expanse of water on the left and well-placed traps on the right; the second shot has to be hit over water and the shot to the green is guarded by bunkers. The short eighth on the "out" is an exciting hole, as the tee shot has to be played to an island green. Clubhouse facilities are of a very high standard.

LAEM CHABANG INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY CLUB
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 have been used to effect, and the exposed rock formations add to the beauty of the fairways. Lakes, ponds and creeks pose a major threat to stray shots and some of the water carries are very challenging. The large, undulating greens are mostly elevated and protected by wide bunkers. Excellent clubhouse facilities and accommodations on-site complement the outstanding golf course.

CHA-AM & HUA-HIN GOLF COURSE

SPRINGFIELD ROYAL COUNTRY CLUB
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 young trees.

PALM HILLS RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB
Set against a beautiful backdrop of Petchaburi's mountain range and some amazing views of the Gulf of Thailand, approximately two and a half hours from Bangkok by car on the way to Hua Hin via route 4 from Cha-Am, lies the Palm Hills Golf Resort and Country Club Golf Course. Separated by a rocky outcrop that extends from the mountain range, the course runs from east to west with lakes at each end and incorporates fast greens with some very tricky burrows.

CHIANG MAI GOLF COURSES

ROYAL CHIANG MAI GOLF RESORT
Designed by five-time British Open champion, Peter Thomson, the course is set in a beautiful valley and the scenery is magnificent. Mountains surround waterfalls, trail, streams and all kinds of trees. Strategic positioning of fairway and greenside bunkers calls for accurate play, rather than long hitting. However, on some holes distances to the greens are deceptive and there is a tendency to under club. There is not a poor hole on the course. At the finish of the round there is a beautiful view towards the clubhouse. The course also has a 60-room hotel.

CHIANGMAI GREEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB
The northern Thailand property owned by the Green Valley Group is located 30 minutes from Chiang Mai towards the Ping River, and offers the same high standards in course layout, maintenance and management as their other properties. There is a lot of water on and around this course, and most holes are heavily bunkered as well. Make sure to drink lots of water on the way round, as this course is one of the longest in the region, and wide fairways mean that despite the number of trees, there is not a lot of shade.

PHUKET GOLF COURSES

Loch Palm Golf Club
Loch Palm is certainly the golf course for you. Spread over the lush, rolling 400 rai (160 acres) hilly plateau, this 18-hole, par 72 course has been masterfully designed to blend beautifully with the natural terrain. Nestled below a panoramic range of peaks, the layout surrounds the largest lake of any golf course in Phuket, Crystal Lake. With more than 1,400 towering palms lining the fairways, you're treated to the most serene atmosphere along with many challenging hazards and greens.