Santiburi Chiang Rai Country Club | Thailand
In the early 1990s, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. visited Thailand and traveled to a mountainous area about as far north, and as far west, as one can go. He was commissioned to build a golf course there, and the end product - Santiburi Chiang Rai Country Club - was nothing short of spectacular. The man who designed Chambers Bay - the 'No. 1 Best New Public Course in America (2008)', according to Golf Digest - did just as good of a job in Thailand's exotic Golden Triangle, where 18 breathtaking, impeccably maintained holes either skirt a chain of lakes or flow over the low hills of Bang Bor.
"The holes build in intensity and offer varying options to challenge all skill levels and ages," said RTJ II. "It is a very playable and memorable golf course." To optimize the experience, tee off around sunrise and watch the fog lift off this masterpiece.
Features
- GETTING THERE: About 20 minutes by car from the town of Chiang Rai, which is easily accessible via air (75 minutes) from Bangkok.
- BEER BOSS'S BABY: The course was made for Khun Santi Bhirombhakdi, owner of Singha, the beer most synonymous with Thailand.
- ATTENTION GETTER: Santiburi Chiang Rai was site of the 2008 Singha Thailand PGA Championship, which attracted 156 of the Asian Tour's finest players.
Contact
12 Moo 3 Huadoi-Sobpao Rd. Tambol Wiang-Chai Amphur Wiang-Chai
Chiang Rai 57210, Thailand
Tel: (053) 662821-6
Fax: (053) 717377
Web: http://www.santiburi.com/SantiburiGolfChiangRai/index.asp
Email: cr_golfreservations(at)santiburi(dot)com
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