Pattaya Travel and Destination Guide

Pattaya Golfing

Pattaya has is an excellent destination for golfing holidays. There are thirty international golf courses in Pattaya. Here’s our pick of the best golf courses in Pattaya:

Bangpra International Golf Club

Bangpra was built in 1958. In 1988, the course and facilities were completely updated. This was to promote golf tourism in Thailand. It’s one of the best kept mature courses in the Pattaya area. The fairways are well kept. The greens roll fast and true. Two holes have island greens. The luxurious modern clubhouse features Japanese style baths. The restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine. Make it Suntory time.

Crystal Bay Golf Club

The three 9-hole sections were designed by Thai Takenaka. It’s a Hawaiian links style of course with swinging palms and lush fairways, good tees and fair greens. Testing par 3’s are a feature of the course. Water is used for decoration and obstacle. The course has more birdie opportunities than others.

The Emerald Golf Club

Originally named Ban Chang and then Rayong Century Golf Club the course is set into the mountains just outside Rayong amongst hillsides and a jungle setting. It has some of the most beautifully designed holes on the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand. The 18-hole course is carved through a forest that make for excellent playing under mature conditions. There are only a few water hazards, but continued undulated and narrow fairways and well placed bunkers as well as some difficult Par 3’s combine to make the Emerald Golf Club a fair test of golfers of all abilities. Driving accuracy, as opposed to distance is the key to scoring well on the Emerald Golf course

Khao Kheow

The Khao Kheow 27-hole golf course is located between Bangkok and Pattaya, set in a valley between two hills. The course plays quite long and the elevation changes from hole to hole. Large ponds, bunkers and hills that surround the well manicured fairways require precise shot making. Greens are heavily undulating which makes precise putting a key to scoring well. The signature par-three seventeen is a challenge for both amateurs and professionals. The first 18 have been designed as a championship course.

Mountain Shadow Golf Club

Mountain Shadow Golf Club, is crafted out of a former mango plantation with beautiful flowers and trees providing a backdrop to every green. Fairways and greens are kept in excellent condition. Utilizing water hazards, dog-legs and four island greens to good effect, the relatively short 18-hole course is well suited for golfers of all levels.

Pattaya Country Club

Pattaya Country Club on  2,000 rai of park like land is good for golfers of all abilities. Several the holes feature dual fairways making for more challenging as well as for safer routes to the greens. The greens are usually well guarded by bunkers.

Rayong Green Valley

Rayong Green Valley is one of the most picturesque golf courses in Pattaya making full use of the natural layout to create an enjoyable and testing round of golf for players at every level.