The legendary Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand is ranked by international media as one of the most prestigious golfing establishments in the region. Cradled in a 720-acre verdant valley against a magnificent backdrop of the majestic Phang Nga mountains and the Andaman Sea, Blue Canyon offers two award-winning championship golf courses, "The Canyon" built in 1991 and "The Lakes" in 1999, complete with boutique spa resort and luxurious clubhouse facilities. In 1988, Yoshikazu Kato, one of Japan's most prolific golf course architects started developing the site, originally an abandoned tin mine flanked by rubber plantations. Both courses were created around existing canyons and woodlands, with minimal interruption to the natural landscape and wildlife. The property is a masterpiece of design characterised by spectacular and daunting natural hazards including numerous taunting water features accentuated by towering trees to challenge golfers of all levels. The Blue Canyon Country Club is the one and only three-time host of the Johnnie Walker Classic.
Laguna Golf Phuket is an 18-hole, par-71 golf course, set within the world renowned Laguna Phuket Resort – Asia’s first fully integrated destination resort. With easy accessibility by complimentary shuttle services between the surrounding hotels in Laguna Phuket, the recently redesigned golf course has been revitalized to reach world class standards. The layout is very playable yet truly challenging golf course for enthusiasts of all abilities. Measuring 6,756 yards, the course features a wealth of scenic lagoons, coconut groves and undulating fairways. After fully reopening in January 2015, the new landscape provides golfers with two distinct scenic experiences with lush tropical foliage on the front nine, while the back holes feature coconut groves and sand bunkers. A scenic surrounds comprising of Phuket Mountains and environmental lagoons, combine to make Laguna Golf Phuket a truly idyllic golf paradise. The course design focuses on position and strategy from the tee, with well-placed bunkers and water hazards to consider. The USGA specification greens provide superb quality playing surfaces year-round, with well-designed contouring and run-off areas that offer a wealth of shot options. Undulating fairways meander through the Laguna Phuket lagoons, with a native cultural experience well represented to provide a very authentic, natural essence. The new layout highlights sustainable environmental conservation, of which Laguna Phuket is renowned. Great emphasize is placed on the natural surroundings, combined with local wildlife to create a tranquil holiday paradise for golfers. A native cultural experience has been well represented with reused wooden steps, golf course furniture and decorative traditional Thai fishing boats to provide a local essence.
Loch Palm Golf Club is built around Crystal Lake, the glistening central feature of the course and the largest body of water on any Phuket golf course. Loch Palm has smooth slopes and dramatic elevation changes. It will take you across and around ravines and plateaus that will test your skills at many levels of play. The front nine sits amid lakes and palm trees. The second nine moves you though mountains, hitting uphill and downhill with woods, irons and even your putter!!
Mission Hills is the only course in Phuket on the sea front and such, it's layout offers stunning vistas of the Andaman Sea from several holes. The course creates a sense of fun and excitement while testing the accuracy of each player with several peculiar features along the layout; hole 18 sets up several options of play from the tee with 2 greens, allowing you to choose an alternative end to your game, while the greens for holes 2 and 5 sit alongside each other on the same island in one of the many water features. The convenient location, luxurious facilities and championship golf, all combine to make Mission Hills a sought-after, world-class golf destination.
PHUKET COUNTRY CLUB established in 1989, is the first and one of the finest golf courses built in Phuket, over a reclaimed tin mine site. The stunning beauty and elegance of the course, together with the typical Thai charm and hospitality will make your golfing here a joyful & memorable occasion.
Winding its way through a truly dramatic 1400 rai former tin mine site in the heart of Phuket, Red Mountain is surely one of Asia's most exciting new courses. The course has been cleverly routed to take advantage of a huge variety of landforms and dizzying elevation changes. Scars left from the tin mine era have been imaginatively incorporated into the overall scheme, creating a unique character at the same time as establishing an indelible link with an important era in the Island's past. Designer Jon Morrow and co-designer Al Tikkanen, have created a highly strategic and challenging 6,900 yard lay out to complement the shorter and gentler old Loch Palm Course. While the course is undoubtedly challenging, numerous risk and reward options create a fun playing environment, an exhilarating test of golf and a breathtaking scenic tour around a course destined to become a golfing landmark in the region.