Bangkok, Land of Smiles and Friendly Golf Courses

To all of you who bothered to spend a part of your existence to read my golf blog, I'm really sorry for taking such a long time to submit a new post. I've just started my new job not too long ago, coupled with SW not passing me his score cards and a little laziness, I wasn't in the right frame of mind to write something on our Bangkok golf trip. But, here it is!

Accessibility is a real plus

Being in Bangkok, where it is really a city instead of some tourist town like Phuket, taxis to the golf course are quite plentiful, and cheap too. The typical cab fare from the city to the suburbs - where the golf courses are - is around 150-200 THB. A real steal compared to the outrageous 300 THB, 5 min tuk-tuk rides in Phuket. After the game, you can get the reception to help you call or flag a cab down, which we did after the first game. Although we were taken for a ride, the fare didn't exceed 250 THB if I can remember correctly.

Chicken talking to the duck

As expected, the service staff at both golf courses we visited weren't masters of the English language. We initially had a hard time communicating to our caddies, but they did use some innovative ways to tell us where to aim, and where to putt. For example, while putting, my caddy created an OK sign, with the "O" signifying the hole. She'll then point where I should aim. Tipping wise, we gave 200 THB each.

Well-maintained courses

In my opinion, the standards of the fairways and greens are immaculate. Of course, they aren't like the Tanjong and Serapong course at Sentosa Golf Club, but the 2 Bangkok courses are much better than the ones in Batam. Difficulty-wise, well, looking at our scorecards, they aren't the easiest ones around. Fairways were quite narrow especially at Krungthep, and there were little greens to aim at.

Well, that's it for Bangkok. I really liked the golf courses. As for Bangkok itself, I do find it a bit too haphazard for my liking. Perhaps I'll visit BKK again and see it from another perspective.

Score cards (totally legit, as recorded by our caddies):