Thailand Golf Holidays, Phuket Golf Packages, Hua Hin Golf Vacations

Just Aim For The Coconut Tree!

How many of us love to leave our local club for change of location in a different setting for a few days golf with a few mates? If you live in a cold climate, then going to a warm climate makes for a great for a golf holiday. Or if you live in the middle of a city playing, then alongside the ocean is certainly an experience not to be missed.

As Thongchai Jaidee, Asia’s No 1 golfer says, ‘What Thailand can offer is great courses, wonderful locations and endless smiles!!!’ Well Thailand with it superb locations, fantastic courses to challenge all levels, good prices and those smiling caddies certainly tick all the boxes for a great golf destination.

Amazing Thailand is the Tourism Authorities slogan, and to be honest for a golfer, that really is the case at the moment.  Many of us seasoned travellers to Thailand for golf, may have experienced the famous courses such as the Thai Country Club in Bangkok, or the Blue Canyon in Pucket.

But we all enjoy a new challenge and certainly the Banyan Golf Club in Hau Hin, is a great addition to the list, and worthy of a visit. Banyan Club, which had a soft opening in October 2008 has already become the favavorite course of the Thai Prime Minister, and many local and overseas players.

Practice Rounds On A Thailand Golf Vacation

Poor golf hurts your ego and can lead to poor enjoyment when on a Thailand golf holiday. In fact, when I survey Thailand golfers on holiday as to their favorite course, the answers I get are so varied you would think that every golfer has a different priority as to what he/she feels is important in a golf course.

I hear things like (1) great design, (2) fantastic course, (3) excellent caddies, (4) top maintenance.Then when I dig-deeper I find a common thread running among the seemingly confusing answers. It all boils down to how well the golfers played on a particular Thai golf course on a particular day.

For example, while Santiburi Samui Country Club is a visually appealing golf course, no one ever says it is any good. Even the golf professionals dislike the course. This is due to many blind shots, unreasonably sloped fairways, and heavy ground cover lining the fairways leading to many lost balls on otherwise good shots and high scores overall for the round.