Jack Nicklaus’ Real 3 Mission Hills Golf Courses
This is a follow up to the Jack Nicklaus designed Thailand golf courses post. I bet you thought Mission Hills was in China right? Well the 3 original Mission Hills golf courses are actually in Thailand, all being Nicklaus designs as well. It seems that the creator of the Mission Hills brand, the wealthy Thai […]
Jack Nicklaus in Thailand Golf
This posting is the latest in my series about the world’s golf course architects and their presence on the Thailand golf scene. Today, I feature Jack Nicklaus, probably the most prolific of the Thailand golf course top designers. The name Nicklaus has long been associated with greatness on a golf course: twenty major championships, electrifying […]
Pete Dye in Thailand Golf
Here is the first in a series about famous golf course architects and their activities in Thailand. Pete Dye, through Dye Designs Inc., is associated with three golf courses in Thailand: Subhapruek Golf Club in Bangkok, Khao Kheow Country Club in Pattaya, and Thai Muang Beach Resort in Phuket. All three feature Pete Dye trademarks: […]
Thailand Golf Course Architects: A Series
Most people coming for a Thailand golf holiday are surprised by the golf course quality and list of the major golf architects who are represented at Thailand golf courses. In fact you can find golf courses built by Pete Dye, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Ronald Fream, Ron […]
A Bangkok Golf Tournament Story
In a recent posting I referred to the perennial Thailand Golf Society, the Mainly Unquenchable Golf Society (MUGS). Today I want to go into more detail by recalling a story told to me by Niftee, one of their members who occasionally join its Wednesday afternoon outings. First some background. The MUGS “clubhouse” (actually a pub […]
Fairway Bunker Shots At Thailand Golf Courses
More times than I like to admit I find myself smack in the middle of the fairway bunkers found on many Thailand golf courses around 220 yards from the white tees. Whether it is at Thai Country Club or the Chiang Mai Highlands, I have much practice from hitting these shots so I thought it […]
Navatanee Golf Club, Bangkok Thailand
Navatanee Golf Club, a Bangkok Thailand Robert Trent Jones Jr. design, is located just inside the outer ring road making it one of the closest golf courses to the Bangkok city center, and my home! The course made headlines in 1975 when it hosted the Golf World Cup and put Thailand on the global golf […]
Rachakram Golf Club, Bangkok Thailand
Here is another golf course review by soon to be golf professional Greg Haney, now in the USA, but in the process of taking up residence in Thailand. Ratchakram Golf Club, opened December 2006 is in the Bangsai area of Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok. Designed by the same Thai golfer who designed Phuket Country […]
A Phuket Golf Lesson
A golf pal of mine living in Phuket told me recently that, for the first time for many years, he needed a golf lesson. He plays off a steady handicap of fourteen but for some six or nine months now, usually when the pressure is on and he has a good score going, or when […]
Happy Thai Mothers Day From Pattaya Thailand
Happy Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen of Thailand! August 12th is the birthday of H.M Queen Sirikit and a Thai public holiday. Lucky for golfers, since August 12th falls on a Sunday this year, the holiday is celebrated on Monday the 13th, this giving those who golf in Thailand a chance to get in […]