Subhapruek Golf Club ***1/2
Popular with tour groups (which can make rounds torturously slow on occasion), this 18-holer, a product of US-based Dye Designs, has the potential to be one of the city’s best, thanks largely to its arresting design and thoughtful placement of hazards. The par threes are a particularly good set of holes, as is the eleventh, a short, water-laced par-five featuring an almost Sawgrass-like railroad tie-supported green. Unfortunately, at the time of our visit, the bunkers, a key design feature here, were in a state of neglect and the caddies barely knew their divot mix from their pitchmark repair tools (they used neither). The small greens, however, were running at a brisk ten on the stimp, while the clubhouse is nicely appointed, despite some rather grandiose artwork in the lobby. Improve the bunkers and limit the number of “package golfers” and they’ll be on to a real winner.
YARDAGE: 6,837 PAR: 72
ARCHITECT: Dye Designs (1993)
GREEN FEE: THB2,500-3,350 inclusive of cart and caddie
GETTING THERE: 60 minutes from downtown Bangkok
CONTACT: www.subhapruekgolf.com
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