Pattaya Golf News

Renowned for "nearly free" green fees, Century Golf Club re-opened and is now the Pattavia Century Golf Club. The hilly countryside layout has seen upgrades to greens, tee boxes, bunkers, and fairways and may now be the best value-for-money course in the Pattaya area. A new clubhouse with restaurant and locker rooms is under construction. The course is around 1 hour from the center of Pattaya and should be good for Pattaya golfers looking for a "new" course at reasonable prices. Golf carts are optional for those who like to walk.

Pattaya's quirkiest golf course comprised on 18 holes spread out over 13 fairways, Silky Oak, re-opened after a brief closure over a land dispute. Eighteen more holes are being built, this time with individual fairways, and expected completion is late 2014. Once finished the 72 holes (Silky Oak 36, St. Andrews Hill 18, and the Rayong Green Valley 18) will edge out 63 holes at Siam Country Club the title for Thailand's biggest golf complex. Boy, when things happen in Pattaya, they really are done on a big scale!

via Asian Golf Travel Nation

Pattaya to benefit from fast growth in Asian golf tourism

The Eastern Seaboard is set get some new world-class golf courses. 

Construction progress at the new Siam Country Club Waterside Course is going well and once open in 2014 will mark the first 63 hole golf complex in Thailand. 

Moreover, two Pattaya golf courses have changed ownership this past month. The ever challenging Phoenix Golf & Country Club is now owned by Hemaraj, the large industrial estate company and the run down Rayong Century was bought by TCC Capital Land, a Thailand's land developer.

Read the full article at Travel Daily News.

The Ultimate Golf Fail Compilation

Some of the cart crashes are amazing but the very last fail is the funniest.

Thailand, a Mecca for Golf

Thailand has such an array of top quality courses that it attracts golfers from all over the world. Within a 40min drive of Pattaya there are 18 championship courses alone.

It's possible to play a top class course, with a cart and caddie for as little as £30.00. If you play Monday to Friday it's also possible to play without queuing. Millionaires golf for all.

So, given the popularity of the game here in Thailand, I thought I'd share the following golf related articles with you happy golfers out there.

Firstly, '6 Golf Gadgets to Tee Off With'




Secondly, '8 Mobile Apps for Golf Season'



I hope you find something in the articles that help you shave a couple of shots off your handicap. Snows forecast for Pattaya too..........

HONDA LPGA Golf Tournament 2013, Pattaya

The tournament will be held at the Siam Country Club, Old Course, Pattaya, from 21st - 24th February 2013.