GOLF IN THAILAND
Mention about golf culture in Chiang Mai, it could be found in the more than 100- year-old Gymkhana Golf Club.
Those who had been playing golf in Bangkok and Phuket all knew that “stream” is the major feature of Thai golf courses: Bangkok , “Venice in the East” has rivers everywhere, and over the past Phuket was prosperous because of mining, so water obstacles are only natural sights.
Golf Thailand
Developed later and located in high land, golf courses in North Thailand kept the water intact and the water obstacles here and there seems to be a major feature of golf courses in North Thailand. Even the posed no threat, for golf such water obstacles in general would affect players. Your courage in overcoming nature water obstacles will be challenge in Thai golf course.
The two places, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, arranged in six golf courses, are all located in a mountain-surrounded suburb, with a fantastic view providing good atmosphere for playing . In addition, we recommend to golf lovers the 9-hole golf course, which is over 100 years old . If you are interested, you should try it and we would arrange you to play in this course.
Mae Jo Golf Club
Mae Jo Golf Club has an 18 hole par 72 Championship golf course almost in the middle of Chiang Mai Town.
Situated right behind Mae Jo University, the oldest agricultural college in Chiang Mai, the course is less than 30 kilometers or only 20 minutes drive mostly along the divided highways from the airport.
The course features rolling zoysia grass fairways and large challenging Korea Velvet greens with beautiful views of Doi Suthep and other surrounding mountain ranges. With thousands of matured Longan, Lychee, Mango, Pomello, and Tangerine trees alongside its fairways, the golf course looks and plays more like a well-matured course rather than a newly constructed one.
The course also features several elevated tees not only to allow golfers to enjoy the panoramic views of the course, the fruit orchard and the surrounding mountain ranges but also to make plays on the holes more interesting and challenging.
From the yellow tees, low handicappers will play the course 6,537 yards long while higher handicappers can play from white tees with the course being 6,199 yards long. Ladies or senior golfers may play the course at 5,511 yards from the red tees.
Chiang Mai Lamphun
A challanging & mature (15 years old) Golf course lying at the heart of northern Thailand’s most beautiful scenery, Chiangmai-Lamphun Golf Club is a dream come true for golfers and their families. Established in 1990, Chiangmai-Lamphun Golf Club is the first private golf course of Northern Thailand.The 18-hole championship course, 7022 yards, par 72, lies in a natural valley surrounded by beautiful rolling hills. Thousands of mature native trees together with well-designed traditional-style buildings give the golf course its unique, distinctly northern character. Its contoured terrain, interspersed with creeks and water hazards, offers a challenge to golfers of all handicaps whilst its enchanting natural surroundings will lure you back time and time again.Having a golf round here will be just like walking in a "Big Garden".
Royal Chiang Mai Golf Club
A mountain retreat of serenity and harmony. A concept nurtured and developed under the careful supervision of 5 times British Open Champion, Peter Thompson of Thompson Wolveridge & Perrett company.
His vision was to create an exciting and challenging course for amateur and professional alike whilst still keeping in harmony with the natural scenery and rolling countryside.