Pattaya Courses

Set amongst the hills and jungle near Sriracha', the Bangphra International Golf Club is only located approx 25 minutes from Pattaya and about 90 minutes from Bangkok on the new freeway. Originally opened in 1958, this course was a joint venture by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and a Japanese company. This was amongst the first of the golf courses in Thailand and as such hosted national events.      

The Classic 36 holes at Burapha approx 30 minutes from Pattaya is one of the top 5 courses in Pattaya. This high quality golf course has hosted both amateur and major tournaments, previously members only visitors are now welcome.  The two 18 holes championship golf courses have been planned by the highly respected architect Gary Panks and world - famous touring professional David Graham.

The Crystal Bay Golf Club (Formerly Natural Park Hills) is 45 minutes from Pattaya and is a 27 hole course. Often described as a Hawaiian style course, it has recently added extra palm trees to increase the parkland course feel to it. Water is featured on the perimeter of the holes; the course has lush fairways, plenty of well placed bunkers on the hilly fairways. The greens while quite large are undulated, but are not really dramatic. This course is a delight for every golfer.

The Eastern Star Golf Club is situated 45 minutes from Pattaya and is located near the Gulf of Thailand, Set in an old coconut plantation it features thousands of coconut palms. A Robert Trent Jones Jnr design, it's a  'thinking mans' course that has plenty of water hazards and dog leg holes along its 18 fairways.

(Formerly Century Golf Club) The Emerald is a genuine country golf course with excellent course conditions and quality services. Under new ownership, the course has returned to the maintainence program that the course designers would have expected for the layout.

Approx 60 kilometres south of Pattaya towards Sattahip is this Nick Faldo designed course. On a relatively flat piece of landscape, situated on a local reservoir's bank, Faldo's design however, didn't take in all the water that was available from the nearby reservoir for its natural hazards.

The Greenwood Golf Resort formerly Noble Place Golf Course, designed and constructed by Peter Thomson and Dennis Wolveridge, set in the tree lined hills of Chonburi. This course is just 40 minutes from Pattaya.

Recommended
Khao Kheow Country Club is a 27-hole golf course designed by Pete Dye. The course is located on the main road from Bangkok and Pattaya. Like many of the courses situated on the eastern side of  the Gulf of Thailand, Khao Kheow enjoys the strong sea breezes in the afternoon.

Highly Recommended