GOLF fever shows no signs of abating in Asia, where the latest set of clubs remain a definite status symbol. The lists of the most interesting golf courses in Asia are as follows: Kabul: Visit Afghanistan to test out the devilish “browns” at the Kabul Golf. It has the compacted oil and sand combination. It has a [...]
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GOLF fever shows no signs of abating in Asia, where the latest set of clubs remain a definite status symbol.
The lists of the most interesting golf courses in Asia are as follows:
Kabul: Visit Afghanistan to test out the devilish “browns” at the Kabul Golf. It has the compacted oil and sand combination. It has a 9-hole course.
In Phuket the most famous club is, the Blue Canyon Country Club. It is surrounded by hills and sea in northern Phuket, it has two 18-hole par-72 award-winning championship courses: the 7,179-yard Canyon Course and the 7,129-yard Lakes Course.
Phuket Country Club, Loch Palm Golf Club and the 27-hole Mission Hills Golf Resort are few other golf courses in Thailand.
Bankok also has a number of prominent golf courses. The Ronald Garl designed championship Alpine Golf and Sports Club. It was the venue for the 2000 and 2004 Johnnie Walker Classic PGA tournament; it is at about an 80-minute drive from the city. It also hosted the 2000 and 2004 Johnnie Walker Classic, and it is also said that it’s one of Thailand’s most challenging courses.
At a short drive from Pattaya there is Laem Chabang International Country Club, it is a par-72, Jack Nicklaus-designed course. There are two courses, the 3,446-yard Mountain 9 and the 3,419 Valley 9, with a stream running all the way through it.
Some other to mention are as follows:
The Santiburi Country Club Chiang Rai: It is an 18-hole, 6,853-yard Robert Trent Jones Jr-designed course, 10km from the Chiang Rai city centre.
The Waterford Valley Chiangrai Golf Club & Resort Wiangchai Hills.
Indonesia golf options are as follows:
The Ria Bintan Golf Club: it has a popular 27-hole championship golf course designed by veteran Gary Player, consisting of an 18-hole Ocean Course and a 9-hole Forest Course.
The Club Med Ria Bintan
The Banyan Tree: it has its own 18-hole Greg Norman-designed Laguna Bintan course with signature holes 7 and 8, framed by the South China Sea.
The Bintan Lagoon Resort: It has two acclaimed championship courses. The first, a Seaview Course designed by Jack Nicklaus.
The “Island of the Gods”, Bali has the award-winning Bali Golf and Country Club it is famous for par-72 course that provides “three distinct” playing environments.
About two hours’ drive from Bali’s Nusa Dua resort area, the Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club is yet another option.
Plan your next vacation and enjoy the clubs and the holes !
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