Golf combined with  history and culture

Chiangmai-Lamphun Golf Club

Address : 336  Moo 4 San Kamphaeng - Banthi. Chiang Mai 50130. Phone: (+66)  (0)5388 0880

Designer : Dr. Sukhum Sukapanpotharam

Opened : 1990 Holes : 18 Par : 72
Yardage : 6,919

Visitor Green Fees:
Weekdays                         : 1400 Baht
Weekends & Holidays  : 1800 Baht

Caddy Fee: 100 Baht (9 holes)
                      200 Baht (18 holes)
Golf Cart: 500 & 800 Baht
Club: 360 & 600 Bath
Shoes: 120 Bath
Training Ball: 30 Bath 40 Ball/Basket
Transportation: 750 Bath round trip
                             500 Bath One-way

This championship course lies in lush green mountainous terrain, in the foothills of Northern Thailand, amid an enchanting forest of golden teak trees. Located only 25 km east of Chiang Mai, this nature sanctuary 18-hole International Standard Golf Course is reached in only 20-30 minutes by car.  Wide undulating fairways and large greens make this course a dream come true for golfers and their families and a pleasure to play for experienced and beginner golfers alike.

The course is set in a spectacular natural valley surrounded by beautiful rolling hills. Thousands of mature native trees, together with well designed traditional-style buildings gives 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. The clever use of bunkering and strategic placement of water hazards make it a necessity to be accurate if a good score is to be achieved. This is exemplified at signature. Hole number nine, where the tee shot needs to be 'placed' between water hazards on both sides of the fairway, followed by a long carry over the big pond to a sloping green. Health Spa is also located nearby with a view over  the Golf Course.

Chiang Mai Green Valley Country Club

Address : 183/1 Chotana Road, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai 50180
Phone: (+66) (0)53 298 249

Designer : Dennis Griffiths
Opened : 1990 Holes : 18 Par : 72 Yardage : 7,177

Visitor Green Fees:
Weekdays 1200 Baht
Weekends 2000 Baht
Caddy Fee: 200 Baht                        Golf Cart: 500 Bath
Graphite Club Full set: 700 Bath  Golf Shoe: 100 Bath
Golf Chair: 50 Bath                           Umbrella: 50 Bath

This championship course offers an unusually tough challenge. Green Valley  offers 10 Par 4's 7200 yards of wide open fairways, plenty of bunkers and tough water hazards. This beautiful and scenic course is a popular haven for local and visiting golfers alike. Definitely  one to play during a visit to Chiang Mai. Situated 15 km North of Chiang Mai,  this course is within easy  reach from downtown Chiang Mai.

The course sits in the lowlands sloping towards the Ping River. It is a long testing course, with water coming into play on almost every hole. Most holes are heavily bunkered, making play even more demanding. The fairways and greens are usually in very good condition. There is not much shade on the course, so most players are very thirsty by the time they reach the 'nineteenth'. This course is ideally played in the early morning or late afternoon. The huge clubhouse, a model of excellence, provides first-class amenities. Among these is a newly launched health Spa.

Lanna Golf Course

Address : Chotana Road. Chiang Mai 50300

Designer : Mr Chayakul

Opened : 1974 Holes : 27 Par : 36 Yardage : 6,564

Visitor Green Fees:
                                        18 holes        9 holes
Weekdays                     800 Baht      400 Baht
Weekends                   1000 Baht      500 Baht

Located only a stone's throw from the center of Chiang Mai, and is one of Thailand's finest old style golf courses. Also located within the Golf club is Chiang Mai's only horse racing track and shooting range. Lanna consists of  three   9 hole courses each with its own distinctly unique design style. The Golf course skirts many large lakes, ponds, and crosses numerous bubbling streams and canals which provide  each course with its fair share of  water  hazards.

Recently upgraded, this tough (rating 73.7) but enjoyable layout is a must for visitors to Chiang Mai. There are beautiful panoramic views of the hills from every hole and of Chiang Mai's famed Doi Suthep Mountain temple on the mountain top to the west. The fairways are lined with mature trees, offering welcomed shade, but difficult rough. The refurbished greens run true, and the watering system ensures lush fairways throughout the year. This is a classic, natural golf course which no golfer should miss playing. There is a nice clubhouse here and the Northern welcome to visitors is rather special.

Royal Chiang Mai Golf Resort

Address : 169 Moo 5 San Sai. Chiang Mai 50290. Phone (+66) (0)53 849 301

A gem of a Golf Course. Located 35 km from Chiang Mai center, this lovely course is set amongst wooded hills, and cool placid streams. Designed by five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson and Michael Wolveridge,  with the whole family in mind,  this course offers a hotel and full leisure facilities. The course uses elements from a British links style course, including bumpy gentle-rolling fairways, pot bunkers, and closely mowed areas around the greens.  It offers some challenging holes for both amateur and professional player, while keeping in harmony with its beautiful surroundings.

The course is set in a beautiful valley with magnificent breathtaking scenery. It's filled with the songs of birds and thousands of flowering trees erupting in different fragrances and colors every month of the year. Waterfalls, trail, streams and all kinds of trees are surrounded by mountains. The high altitude provides a cooler, less humid climate, sweet refreshing air and gentle breezes. Strategic positioning of fairway and greenside bunkers calls for accurate play, rather than long hitting. However, on some holes distances to the greens are deceptive and there is a tendency to under club. There is not a poor hole on the golf course. At the finish of the round there is a beautiful view towards the clubhouse. The club has a 60-room hotel.

Waterford Valley Golf Club  

Address : 333 Moo 5,  Chiang Rai 57210

Designer : Rather International

Opened : 1995 Holes : 18 Par : 72
Yardage : 6,966

Visitor Green Fees:
Weekdays                         : 1100 Baht
Weekends & Holidays   : 1650 Baht

Caddy Fee: 200 Baht
Golf Cart   : 600 Baht

Set in lush valley and surrounded by breathtaking green mountainous terrain, this championship course is one of the most scenic in Thailand. Located only 40 minutes from Chiang Rai.

This beautiful course is situated in one of the loveliest areas of Thailand. The natural beauty, incredible vistas, great design, and refreshing climate, make for an unforgettable day of golf. The course playing from the back tees is just short of 7,000 yards. Altogether, there are five sets of tees at this eighteen-hole layout and players can be forgiven if they are distracted by the background of mountainous scenery. There are eight OB holes, numerous water hazards and lovely flowers adorning the surrounds. This young course is maturing rapidly, with excellent maintenance and conditioning of the fairways and greens, an abundance of lakes and streams bordering many holes, the course flows up, down, and around the contours of the plateau. Wide undulating fairways and large greens make this course a pleasure to play for experienced and beginner golfers alike.

Santiburi Golf Club

Address : 12 Moo 3 Wiang Chai
Chiang Rai 57210
Phone: (+66) (0) 53 662 828

Designer : Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Opened : 1992 Holes : 18 Par : 72 Yardage : 6,966

Visitor Green Fees:
Weekdays                        : 1300 Baht
Weekends & Holidays   : 1900 Baht

Caddy Fee: 200 Baht
Golf Cart   : 660 Baht

Only 9 kilometers from the center of Chiang Rai the Santiburi Country Club was Chiang Rai's first golf course, and is considered one of Thailand's and Asia's finest. This course, which is set into the contours of a valley, is excellent conceived and conditioned. The course winds beneath a canopy of magnificent shading trees, across crystal clear lakes and streams, reflecting turquoise skies and pearl white clouds above, and the lush green foothills and mountains. 11 par 4's and long fairways makes the Santiburi challenging for the novice and experienced golfer alike.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., this course is world class, featuring a wide range of sloping lies and natural hazards. Surrounded by distant hills, the golf course is set on low hilly land. At holes 2,3 & 4 players have to play alongside a huge lake. Most greens are well protected by bunkers and there are several very good dog-leg holes, particularly the par-5 eighteenth, where players have to negotiate water on the right side of the fairway on the approach shot to the green. Even with its world class fairways, this course is playable and enjoyable for golfers of every skill level. The clubhouse is very agreeable, and like the whole club an exquisite example of understated elegance, with full facilities including a Spa and chalet style resort makes this course a must while in Chiang Rai. Santiburi offers an aesthetic feast for the golf connoisseur.

Other Northern Golf Courses

The North is ideal for a golf holiday, with its long mountain ranges, wide valleys and spectacular jungle scenery within easy reach of culture-rich cities, and pleasant weather year-round.  Because of the altitude, it is cooler than other regions, with temperature sometimes in the single digits (by night) in the cool months of December and January. The regional capital of Chiang Mai, 700 kms from Bangkok, has the biggest number of golf courses, most with magnificent views of surrounding hills and valleys. Chiang Rai, three hours' drive to the North, boasts a number of championship courses in picturesque settings. Towns in the lower North offer small gems of courses owned and run by EGAT, in areas surrounding its dams, with moderate albeit comfortable accommodation nearby.

Besides splendid golf, the North offers unique cultural charms. A separate Kingdom for centuries, these provinces have their own distinct heritage: architecture, arts and crafts, dialect and cuisine. Chiang Mai, capital of the Lanna Kingdom for 700 years, is home to flourishing cottage industries: silk and fabrics, silverware, pewter, lacquer ware, celadon pottery, wood carving, to name just a few. Visits to craftsmen' villages near the provincial capital are a must for shoppers and non-shoppers alike. For outdoorsmen, the forest and mountains of the North offer great appeal, with choice of hiking, hill tribe visits, river rafting, and jungle treks, among others.

Mae Moh Golf Club - Lampang

Address : Lampang

Opened : 1984 Holes : 18 Par : 72
Yardage : 6,374

Visitor Green Fees:
Weekdays : 700 Baht
Weekends : 700 Baht

Caddy Fee : 180 Baht
Golf Cart    : 600 Bath

This, not so well known course, is located 125 km south of Chiang Mai and 30 km from the provincial city of Lampang, adjacent to the famous clay mines in the Lampang area. The first 9 holes was laid in 1984, and the course was extended with another 9 holes a few years ago, making for a full 6374 yard par 72 course.

This well-grown course, with its spectacular design,  and fairways going up and down with an impressive mountain backdrop, makes for an unforgettable day of golf.

Bhumibol Dam Golf Club - Tak

Address : Tak

Designer : Robert Trent Jones

Opened : 1968 Holes : 18
Par : 71 Yardage : 6,015

Visitor Green Fees:
Weekdays : 500 Baht
Weekends : 500 Baht

Caddy Fee: 180 Baht
Golf Cart: 500

This gem of a golf course can lay claim to being one of the finest in Asia. Set on the lower slope of a hill below the dam (named after His Majesty the King), the scenery magnificent trees and beautiful flowers and shrubs, will distract most golfers from their game! Bunkering is minimal, but players are faced with a wide variety of shots up, down and across the slopes. Adding to the enjoyment are drives played from elevated tees to valley shaped fairways. There are six par-three holes, seven par fours and five par fives. Playing each and every one of them is a pleasure. Chalet-style accommodations are available. By road, it is about a three-hour drive from Chiang Mai.