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natural wilderness. The original landscape of unproductive old rubber tree, pineapple,
sugarcane, and cassava plantations have been converted into an excellent golf
course, while all the large trees have been preserved and augmented by a well-managed
reforestation program. Thanks to its location and good landscaping, each hole
is charming. It features a one-of-a-kind, twin golf course with 18 fairways and
36 distinguishable greens, which is rare in Thailand. Those greens are unlike
the small ones on most 2 green systems seen in Japan, and are as big as 40 yards
deep for most holes, with good undulations. The right green is used Saturdays
and the left on Sundays. The Left Green I played this time is close to 7100 yards
long, which is still challenging but a little easier than the over 7200 yards
long Right Green Course.
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The tee shot is gently downhill
and the second is gently uphill.
The tee shot is intimidating because the
trees overhang both sides of the fairway look overhanging. To drive on the left
half of the fairway is important in order to have a clear view for the second
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| A long par 5, an almost 90 degree
dogleg to the right. For the second shot the left side of the fairway borders
the water. |
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| A pretty par 4 with a drive over
a pond. Not only is it long but also the hole is surrounded by trees. |
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| A par 5 running steeply up and
steeply down a hill. To hit the green in 2, you need to hit on the right side
of the fairway in order not to have the trees in front disturb your second shot.
However, you are at a loss where to hit because of the totally blind hole, so
some employees standing on the top of the hill advisee you. Although it is a little
poorly designed hole, you would be impressed by the view below when you reach
the top of the hill. |
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| A dogleg to the left with the
well-positioned fairway bunkers. The fairway is narrow and an accurate shot is
needed. The green is wide and guarded by a pond on the left. |
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| A par 3 over a lake. The green is
double-tiered, left and right, and is raised 10 meters (30 ft.) When the tee shot
is short of the green even a little, the ball could fall down the slope into the
lake at the worst case and the bunker awaits your shot if you hit over the green.
Clusters of banana trees behind the greens are impressive. |
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| A long demanding par 5, a dogleg
to the left with a downhill drive from the tee. The green is elevated. The views
of the holes are more wonderful than playing them. It has 4 different tree locations;
right & left of the fairway and left and at the back of the green. They are
beautiful, and give you a good feeling. |
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It is located in the Pattaya area
but it takes 1 hour 30 minutes from Pattaya by car. It also takes 2 hours 30 minutes
from Central Bangkok. The club is not open on weekdays unless there is a competition
of over 20 players. So, it is possible to play on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
This is a great golf course designed by a Thai. The picture shows the bunker
in the center of the huge 4th green. Left of the bunker is the Left Green, and
on the right the Right Green It is often seen 5 or 6 players in one group
in Thailand. The group in front was 8 players! One player had one caddie, so 16
people in total walked around the green, which was surely tremendous scene. I
was afraid that the play could be slow. But they let us play first after the 3rd
hole.
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2nd Par 4 412 yards (2)