PHUKET COUNTRY CLUB

The Phuket Country Club debuted as the island's first 18-hole championship golf course. Thanks to its central location, downtown Phuket is just a short drive from all the beaches and hotels.

The Phuket Golf Course is located in a valley, with the golf course winding through limestone hills and cliffs and passing through three distinct environments (six holes in rolling hills, six holes at town level and six holes through a landscaped forest).

The course begins with a fairly challenging layout, with the first nine holes being the most undulating and challenging. The course requires precise drives. The consecutive short par-4s on numbers 6 and 7 are played from elevated tees located just at the edge of the jungle. The back nine, slightly more open and flatter, features the first significant water hazard at the par-5, 493-meter 10th, and what an introduction!

Phuket's most famous golf hole, the 10th, tees off from an elevated tee box and makes a 180-degree turn around a U-shaped fairway laid out around a large lake. It's up to each golfer to take advantage of the water around it. Longer hitters can go straight for the green, with the possibility of an albatross or a hole-in-one. Whether you like it or not, this hole is undoubtedly different and demands dozens of balls a day.

Water is also present on the short par-4 16th hole and again on the par-3 17th hole, one of Phuket's best short holes. An excellent set of straight bunkers protect several greens, while more open fairway bunkers show the tee line.