Over 260 golf courses, white sand beaches, tropical weather and friendly people make for an ideal golf vacation. Thailand golf holidays also promise a great value, top playing conditions, fascinating culture and awesome service. This golf in Asia paradise is growing in popularity, particularly with golfers and couples looking for an exotic golf location. The green fees are inexpensive from a western perspective. There is a wide range of courses, accommodations, destinations, sight seeing tours, and historical sights.

The golf courses range from PGA championship layouts to municipal courses run by the Thai government and military. Every golf club has a clubhouse which serves a wide variety of Thai and western food. Caddies are included at all golf courses in Thailand and this makes for a fun way to enjoy golfing in Thailand. For the more adventurous, golf side trips to Vietnam and Cambodia are easily arranged from Thailand and these make excellent get-away golf vacation destinations. The capital city of Bangkok Thailand has over 60 golf courses to choose from. This makes Bangkok the usual first stop on most Thailand golf tours.

The most popular golf courses are Thai Country Club, Alpine Golf Club, Navatanee Golf Club, and Royal Gems Golf Resort. Suwan Golf Club is a new course that rivals the others mentioned. Beach golf resorts entice many visitors, particularly Phuket, Hua Hin, and Pattaya. They caters to the golf holidaymakers tourists with numerous championship golf courses, hotels of all standards, shopping outlets and nightlife. Pattaya is also famous for its numerous go go bars and therefore appeals mostly to single golfers. Phuket and Hua Hin are more scenic and tranquil, thus attracts golf visitors who prefer more luxurious golf holidays.

Also resorts with water sports are well liked by golfers. Other activities such as elephant trekking, scuba diving, rafting, and Thai cooking are all very popular. The largest island in Thailand is Phuket and it is a center for golfers from around the world. Phuket Town is the largest town and a great place to shop. There are market stalls, department stores, shopping malls and outlets for golf equipment, antiques, and crafts. As usual on Thailand golf holidays, there are some premier golf courses like Blue Canyon, Mission Hills, and Red Mountain on the island.

1. You need to establish whether it’s certain courses you want to play, or a location that you want to visit. Perhaps you’ll choose one of the world famous courses, or a part of the country that you’ve always wanted to visit, or a combination of the two.

2. You’ll want to make sure that there are other facilities than just golf, so that there’s somewhere to relax after your round of golf. Why not take the opportunity to explore a city or the countryside, or see if you could also visit friends and relatives whilst you’re here?

3. You might want to choose a region with lots of courses nearby, or perhaps you’ll prefer to spend your time trying to master the one course. You might want to book different hotels, so that play as many different courses in the region as your time will allow.

4. You might want to choose your destination because the course was designed by a particular golfer, or well known golf course designer. How will you fare against the professionals?

5. A luxury hotel and spa will make your time off the fairway more enjoyable, and you’ll really appreciate the fine food, and well appointed rooms of a quality restaurant. You’ll get a good nights sleep, and be raring to go, no matter what time you’re teeing off in the morning.

6. A lesson or two with the on site golf professional will be the perfect way to help you improve your game. Whether your swing or putting needs tweaking, you’re bound to see improvements to your game. Maybe you’ll be taking lessons for the first time, and so want the experience of an experienced professional, and a challenging golf resort.

7. As well as fantastic golf, you might also need to consider activities for the non golfers in your party. They might want to be able to explore the region for themselves, or spend all day in the spa, or having beauty treatments, going for walks, or maybe even taking in the surroundings.

8. Perhaps you’ll be looking for a golf resort for a corporate golf day for your company. You’ll want to choose somewhere relatively local, and that will cater to all your golfing, and non golfing needs. Who knows, you might even be able to convert some of your colleagues into golfers.

9. Some golf resorts will have special offers during the year. You might want to take advantage of these, and choose to take your holiday out of the main holiday season, or go at short notice. Perhaps the fact that you’re playing golf, and not at work is more important than which golf resort you choose.

10. Whichever golf resort you choose, you’ll want value for money, which isn’t the same as booking the cheapest golf resort. You might not get the chance to do this again, and so you’ll want to make the most of it, and money shouldn’t be the deciding factor.