Golf in Bangkok

Alpine Golf and Sports Club

The 18 holes at Alpine golf make up the best layout and most challenging golf course in Bangkok. In addition to the superb hole routing, this member’s only golf club ’s maintenance is to the highest standards and features lightning-fast greens and undulating fairways.

Large stately trees, bushes, and shrubs flourish within the undulating parkland layout. In fact, it is hard to imagine that Alpine sprung up from flat rice paddy fields. The changing elevations are more characteristic of golf courses in Hua Hin or Phuket, instead of Bangkok.

In addition to significant elevation changes and a wonderfully rolling undulating design, water is also much in evidence, along with beach-style bunkers, which most notably protect the front of the par-3 3rd and 12th holes. Alpine is not a Bangkok golf course for the faint-hearted.

Nikanti Golf Club

Nikanti sits in the fresh air among former rice paddies. However, the Bangkok golf course is almost the complete opposite of what one usually finds around the city. For a start, it measures a short 6,850 yards from the black tees. Then there is the routing. Rather than having a traditional front and back nine, Nikanti is made up of three loops of six, each one starting and ending at the main clubhouse.

Finally, each circuit comprises two par-3s, two par-4s, and two par-5s. Having an equal number of par-3, par-4 and par-5 holes is somewhat controversial, but why not? Par-72 is still on offer, and it gives golfers the chance to play a wide variety of holes through the round.  Also, more than the standard number of par-3 and par-5 holes gives golfers many more scoring opportunities than usual. However, in spite of the “extra” scoring holes, Nikanti is a course with a significant challenge, even for professional golfers. 

Riverdale Golf Club

The landscape includes several large lakes which were dredged to create the hills that surround the golf course and frame most of the holes. Beyond the perimeter, though there's not much to look at; factories and small villages dominate. However, from opening tee-shot to the gently sloping downhill opener, the challenges and considerable charm of these immaculately groomed links will quickly assert themselves.

Aside from its excellent conditioning and challenges, the real joy of Riverdale Golf Club lies in its beautiful interplay of gently rolling fairways, many small reed-lined lakes, raised greens, excellent bunkering, and large hills that break up some of the layout's inherent openness. After negotiating many immaculate, subtly breaking greens and hopefully coming through the 18 holes with scorecard relatively intact, enjoy cool refreshments at the contemporarily styled clubhouse which overlooks the 10th and 18th holes.

What's included? 

• rates are inclusive of green fee (18 holes),
• caddie fee,
• private round trip transfers between Bangkok hotel and golf course,
• riding golf cart.

What's excluded? 

• rental of golf equipment e.g. golf set, shoes, umbrella,
• meals,
• drinks.