How EXPENSIVE is golf in Thailand? | My Thailand Golf Experience EXPLAINED 

I just came back from Thana City Country Club, 18 holes, fantastic Greg Norman-designed course, 15 cab minutes from Suvanaphum airport (BKK), excellent hotel rooms in this resort directly on the fairways, great pool, no other transportation needed. Highly recommended, reasonably priced.😊

Thank you, very informative. It's great that you broke it down as separate cost items, cheers.

Hey Shan i have never had a problem with Grab or Bolt from the hotel to the course. I have played quite a lot of golf in Bangkok and I can get fares for usually between 250 and 400 baht from Sukhumvit or Silom depending where I am staying. I have only had an issue twice of getting the Grab back from the course, Lam Luk Ka was one, I can't remember the other but I just remember waiting a bit. Good info, and spot on with caddies, be nice and don't be creepy with young ones.

The main thing I'd add is in regard to transport. Check how far the course is from the BTS line, then het a taxi. In Bangkok if you use a taxi and the driver is polite and friendly, ask them fot a quote for a trip to the course. Make it clear to pay a little extra, and pay the tolls, and not use the meter. Sometimes the driver will offer a rediculous quote, but in my experience this isn't the norm. When I've played courses in Chonburi, which is close to Pattaya the price has been reasonable. As there are some excellent courses in that area staying in Pattaya is an option, if you can put up with the seedy side. Another excellent area for golf in Thailand is Hua Hin. Its accessible from Bangkok by train. Its much more laid back, its by the coast and has some great courses, and accomadation is plentiful and reasonably priced. The standard of most of the courses are excellent, there's even one thats a copy of Augusta National. There's also a few that resemble an ocean with 18 islands, so be prepared to lose plenty of balls if you choose one of those. Most of all enjoy Thailand😊

Great presentation I am living in Thailand and your comments are at 90 %accurate great job

Weekday fee generally cheaper here. You can book Grab and select bigger car size, if within perimeter of bkk they will accept it. Eastern of bkk has many courses.

Well presented honest review . You basically outlined the most you are ging to pay ( outrageously priced courses aside) so people can decide whether or not they would find value in golfing in Thailand . If $250 cdn for one round doesn't phase you then with a little research you can be pleasantly surprised by greatly reducing that cost through a unique feature that Thailand has "the golf bar/association " . Pattaya , Huan Hin and Kanchanaburi are places that I have personal knowledge of welcoming golf bars that will drive you to the course for 300 baht a person , arrange playing partners if needed , often get a reduced green fee and get you back to the bar for that wonderful first ice cold beer . It is still high season in Pattaya but the prices will be dropping soon . Right now an expensive course like Phoenix cost 2200 baht (green fee, caddie fee , buggy all included) so you are left with 400 baht caddy tip , 300 baht transportation and if the bar plays compettion then a 250 baht comp fee . So 3150 baht all in or $125 cdn . For those interested in going to Thailand just google Thailand golf and be amazed at the options .

Hi Shan, thank you for that series of videos from you golf trip to Thailand. They brought back many happy memories from my time there, cheers.

Look into staying in Pattaya or Hua Hin next time. Excellent golf courses in either destination, and the courses will be much easier to access so you won't have to pay so much for transportation.

Hello Shan. Very nice review and insight. Have been wanting to organise golf tours in Thailand. I invite you for a golf Safari in Kenya East Africa it's an amazing experience. We have some of the best Safari golf experiences in Africa. Your clips are always inspiring. Thanks.

I live in bangkok and am a member of a couple of expat golf groups. Im chsrged 2500 st thana city for green fee+caddy fee+motorized cart. 2100 at floraville, 2150 at green valley and 2200 at bangkok on weekdays. Some of the courses have sports days and the green fee might be a little bit cheaper. All those courses are good

Quite a lot of the caddy's actually speak good English, the newer ones not so much. As far as tips go, the 400 Baht you listed is actually considered a bit low even though people will tell you 300 is the minimum. I suggest you tip at least 500, I actually tip 600 for one off the rack, or 700 if I book a caddy. These girls have a hard life and 99% of them a lovely people, they live hand to mouth so don't be mean and tip a bit more.

Bangkok Taxi - agree but that is only if you stay downtown, if you stay in the hotels further out like Sukhumvit 101 and beyond then you are nearer the golf courses and taxi is no problem. Hotels are cheaper and its not as mad as downtown.

Great video. Glad I found your video since I'm planning a golf trip to Thailand. Thank you!

I was there last year and played under the lights for the first time (beat the heat). I was with a Thai friend and let her buy everything and got Thai prices for everything, a bit less than what you stated...LOL. Great video and a big thumbs up my friend.

Even with transportation. Thailand golf is cheaper than Caribbean golf. which usually starts at $250 USD . Here's a couple of trip suggestions for you. Calgary /BC area. Fly into Cranbrook and golf all the way up the Columbia valley back into Banff and Canmore area and fly back from Calgary. You would absolutely love it. Other place is Hawaii

This is very useful information. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Played three courses in Chiang Mai including Alpine. As a 15 index, that one was very challenging. Alpine was as expensive as back home. Caddies were a bargain at 400 baht and I gave an extra tip of 200 for every birdie. If you don’t like holes where you carry the water hazards, you won’t like golf there. I played one course with water in play on all 18 holes. Overall, I had an awesome time on the golf courses there.

Ive played in Bangkok before, one of the course employs aunties as caddies. They're the sweetest. Probably too sweet - they took photos of us put in on their facebook and insist to share their snacks around the course. Felt like golfing with your mom. For me one thing is we normally use metric measurement from where I used to, just ask them if its yards to meters and some of the caddies not sure on meters conversion so safe is you work out the yardage on yr own based on their advice. The caddies are well trained on golf so they are professional caddies.

Great videos and insight into golf in Thailand. I've played most of the courses in your videos several times. Cost wise, you probably played in the most expensive areas (tourist) Phuket, Hua Hin, Bangkok. There are many other courses in Thailand, which are every bit as good and a lot cheaper. However, to access these areas, you would need to rent a car and stay away from the cities. When I started playing golf in Thailand I used have to print maps and routes in advance, long before before the smartphone and google maps ! I even got used to driving in Bangkok. Nowadays, with gps and google maps it's a lot easier (provided to look at the cars around you and not the phone !). It really depends on what you want to do after golf. If you're travelling with your boyfriend, the whole country is great, food is great and a car is ideal. However, as was the case with me sometimes, I had to keep a group of up to 30 middle aged, whining, beer guzzling, wannabe golfers entertained. That's when it becomes costly and restrictive ! Next time rent a car and get away from the tourist areas - I might even drive you !

I live in Scottsdale AZ and we have such great courses it's hard to travel to play golf. I spent a month in Thailand and had a great trip bit skipped the golf

Hi Shan… Just want to say thanks for your review. You’re right on! Since I’m living here in Bangkok, I didn’t know much abt the problems visiting golfers from abroad are going thru, especially the transportation 😅 Hope you had a great times while you’re here & please come back again. I can even recommend some more nice courses. We are blessed with so many! 😊

Hi Shan, Thanks for sharing this👍 I'm April from indonesia, I have plan golf in bangkok at january 2023😍 can't wait to get there🔥

I love golfing in Thailand. Originally didn't like having a caddie. Now I wouldn't have it any other way! Caddie are awesome. I have line ID and booked them for next visit. Usually tip 500 plus any snacks or drinks they want. Thailand baby 3 months this January. Btw bringing our clubs!

If you are a solo traveller who wants to experience golf in Thailand, there are many sports bars in Pattaya who organise and facilitate golf and it includes transport via mini buses with a shared cost..They get good deals and promotions with the many courses they take groups to..But your still looking at appropriately 5000 Thai baht for Green fees, Golf cart Caddy fees Caddy tip and transport.. But it's a fantastic experience if your a golf lover...ps..if you need to hire clubs, add at least another 1000 baht( thru the sport bar, not the golf club)

Playing golf in Thailand with caddie 3x a week is about 6x more expensive than an annual membership in UK, it should be cheaper than UK not more expensive and not 6X more

the best way to play golf in thailand is to contact a golf bar either before you travel or when you arrive, the bar will arrange everything and probably the cheapest way to play golf, most bars have a society you can join for a small fee and play in their competitions, youwill be picked up at the bar taken to the course and returned, golf ,cadies & golf carts all arranged for you, you then only have to tip the caddie, enjoy

I’m bringing some friends for the first time to Hua Hin to play , I know a taxi driver who has a izusu pick up and he is a great guy , it would be peanuts to get to the golf courses in Hua Hin , can’t wait for them to arrive

If you don't mind roughing it there are many golf societies (bars) in Pattaya that organise golf trips. They provide transport for B300 per person. This might be sharing in a van or one of the long-standing members who is driving there. Most courses are B1000 with the top one's going to B3000 and more. Golf carts are B600 with caddie tips from B300 to B400-500 for the best courses.

thanks a lot ....will definitely make my trip a lot easier

First time viewer and very informative. However, one thing I would like to add with tipping caddies in Asian countries such as Cambodia (never played in thailand - but have played a lot in cambodia). They are paid below minimum wage - some Cambodian courses pay the caddies US$2.50 per day. They are lucky to get half the caddy fee that you must pay along with the green fees - so very little. They may not have a golfer for up to week sometimes longer depending on the course - so they rely on tips. Without tips, they make anywhere from $150-$200US per month - so they need tips to survive. They have families to look after including their parents as there is no such things as pensions. So don't be a tight ass and make their day with a decent tip. They are very helpful and friendly. They make your day as enjoyable as can be. You get out as much as you give. FYI - my finance is a caddy so I know the ins and outs

Gambling on the golf course. Play for 20 baht/player on every par 3. Closest to pin's caddy win the pot. Always fun.

I just got back from Thailand and my costs were much cheaper. I am looking at a receipt and I paid 1650 baht for fees. Green 500, caddy 400 and cart 750. I was in Pattaya and went golfing 3 times a week and the cheapest was 1100 and priciest was 2250.

Thanks a bunch for the information! 😊😊

We used GolfLeisure, it's run by a Canadian originally from BC.

I stayed in Bangkok and played golf, not book any transportation for golf. book the golf packages in golf apps, like golf savers. There are many courses that are cheaper, around 1200 to 1500 baht, get your thai friend to book, there are also many cheap courses if you know where

Hi Shan - Great Video, Many Thanks 🙂

Thanks for the info. Holy cow golf is expensive there in relation to what everything else in Thailand costs. Very intersting.

Hello Shan! Love this! I am heading over in February to cheer on Jeeno and #TeamThailand in my future home! 😃👍🏼🙏🏼🇹🇭 Of course I will likely get at least a round in in the month I'm there, and this is a great video to prep for that! Khap khun khap. See you there?? 😃😃 Do you have a fb page?

Lots of bars in places like Pattaya, do golf days with transfers as part of the price. 👍⛳️

You’re awesome. Great video ❤

Great info Shan!

I would recommend Grab or Bolt to and from the golf course. Or I could drive and join a round of golf with you guys next time. :D

Great video. I played cheaper courses in the US but haven’t played in Thailand since moving here about a year ago. We are in Phuket and have 4-5 good courses. Not sure I want to pick it back up due to the costs. We drive here and , yes, it’s hard to get accustomed to.

One time I played at Lanna Golf in Chiang Mai- that and Hang Dong golf are inexpensive, and I liked by caddie and she wore number 13. So a few days later I called Lanna Golf and booked a t time with caddie 13. So I get there, and a different caddy was wearing number 13! I thought it was hilarious. I was still going to play anyway. Lanna let’s you take a shower afterward which is nice and they also have a pool but it’s closed on Mondays.

Why no likes for this very informative video?

Good info!

We can use our credit cards for booking game to save costs

Never paid that much for a round. My playing partners have a car as I do. Carts are mostly mandatory now and lots of water, cooling towels, ice are recommended.

Those prices are why you vid bangkok, phuket and the typical well known cities. With those prices there are many better countries to travel to for golf vacations.

Love Thailand. Will be there soon

Next time you go to Thailand you must visit Hua Hin.Way different than Bangkok and Phuket. I live at Black Mountain Hua Hin Golf Club. I think you over paid for transportation. Good video. My first time watching.

About what I expected… Your. Not Thai are you… what are the variety of,courses….are the6 all Bermuda grass….You have a nice swing…lot$ of lessons or maybe college golfer…Your vlog was great!❤

Some courses will let you drive the cart. Some courses will allow you to share a cart. Some caddies speak English very well. Some courses will not allow you to select a caddie (unless you pay a fee equivalent to the caddie's cost)). Every set of clubs we have hired are awful - especially the grips. Prices are about right for Bangkok - but cheaper days are available (promotion days). Golf much cheaper the further you get away from Bangkok.

Of course, the costs are depending on the course you are playing but your average prices for green fees are way too high...green+caddie+card are mostly around 2000 baht during the high season (December to March) and 1200 to 1500 during the low season (rainy season) except on private expensive courses...I am playing around Bangkok twice a week over the last 5 years and played more than 40 different courses, never spent 2000 per round including tip for caddie (400 baht are usual in most of the courses). Huahin, Pattaya and Pukhet have some very expensive courses but you can really avoid those places and enjoy championship courses for the prices I indicated above.

Wow, that's expensive. I'm grateful that my county course green fee is $58 (includes cart, and obviously, no caddy). A very nice course would cost $120 and up. Thanks for the info.

Nice swing by the way!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I would like to golf with you Shan!🥰

You have to have a caddy and you cannot drive the cart? Crazy. Can’t say I like the sound of that.

Oddly enough, golf in Thailand is good value for holidays but expensive for residents, because there are no real golf clubs, they are all commercial companies milking golf players. Many courses peddle "memberships" (charged yearly), but what you get is a discount (about 50 to 60%) on the green fee and still have to pay the mandatory caddie (caddie fee about 300-450 baht /round and mandatory tip about 300-500 baht minimum) and sometimes the mandatory cart (500 to 850 baht/round). That quickly adds up, one must have quite deep pockets to play 3 times a week on a standard course. Compared to Europe where you pay between 1000 to 1500 EUR on rural courses (of normal quality) for a yearly membership with no additional costs, golf in Thailand is ten times more expensive.

Nowhere beats Thailand golfing and service

holy a whole mall for golf lol would love that

Now that I am retired and no longer having that great income... I cry whenever I think about how much money I threw away foolishly. Experiences are the essence of life but throwing money away will bite you in the butt later on.

Pretty expensive. And I have my own caddy. So it is not Thailand for me. In the Netherlands many of the golfcourses are cheaper. I'm amazed.

I bet you have a great back swing.

Wow i thought it would be quality courses for cheaper aud, seems im very mislead. Prices are equivalent if not more than here in Melbourne, disappointing about the compulsorily caddy, wonder whats wrong with optional, i think id pay to give the caddy a round off😂. After seeing this id probably play a one off course as novelty. Also that golf mall is dangerously tempting..great video thank you for the info

thank you for the amazing video. question: how can i add the ball tracer in the video as you did in your driver shot at 0:30 because i'm planning to film my shots but i want to make it interesting to watch .

I enjoyed your vlog…where can I meet like minded women in Thailand to enjoy and play golf?

You forgot about when the best time of year is the best to golf in Thailand? Like when it's the coolest..xd

Hello to my fellow Canadian Shan. I have been thinking of a one month trip to golf there 3 or 4 times a week, are there any lower priced courses or are they all about the same?

you can rent a car for the same cost as renting the golf cart that's crazy. I watched most of the video's for your trip and it looked like a amazing trip.

You can’t take a grab ride share to golf course. I heard grab is cheaper in Thailand. ( answered)

For those prices I will stay in the US!

Golfing in Thailand and Indonesia is never cheap and courses maintenance are not that up to speed. Malaysia had many good golf courses for all player handicapped and the best part is it is very affordable. The most value for money in south east Asia. Vietnam golf courses are slightly better and cheaper than Thailand and Indonesia. Cambodia there are high end golf courses as well as fairly moderate price courses. Myanmar there are only 2 international standard golf courses all located around the capital Yangon. They are affordable. Overall the most value for money and golf courses conditions is still Malaysia.

I arrived in Phuket, transferred ,Okay Banthia, had an agent move us from Banthia to “ Helll I don’t know where , 18 and asked for a dinner place where the locals eat …. ( HE PICKED UP HIS GIRLFRIEND OFF THE BACK OF A BIKE , and She accompanied us to The beach restaurant Dinner on the beach, pick the fish and starch , vegtable,, amid Tikis and “ON THE BEACH” TOES IN THE SAND… Should have gone UA…

Going to be in Thailand at the end of January! Any recommendations on top 2 or 3 courses that I should play? Visiting from Canada 🇨🇦!

Sounds like expensive golf considering you have to add flights and accommodate, plus transport. I think I'll invest in a round at a quality course closer to home. Thank you for the info.

How much do the club pay the caddie given that your charged for the caddie in green fee

Thanks for the $ info. I'll pass.

You can definitely drive the cart yourself in 90 percent of the courses.

Perfect on the pricing.

Hello Shan, do you have any yearly cost info about golf membership (unlimited practice/play) in Thailand/Vietnam? Golf 'd be my #1 reason for retiring in SEA and I'd practice/play 5 to 7 days a week. Thanks for sharing.

hi, could you share the apps used to book a round/ find a group for golf in Thailand

Hi can you give me the name of that shopping mall in Thailand you spoke about please

you back in the six for golf seasons or still over seas?

I will skip golfing abroad....i'll play here in America. Sorry, i just want to play....i'm tired just listening to you talk about all those rules!

Please tell me the minimum tip for caddie, like in vietnam is minimum 300k ~ 15 bucks, average is 500k ~ 25 bucks

Hi, No You find a Sportsbar that have Golf tours. You get half the price. So forget online booking. I paid around 2000-2500 Tbh all included....And Then You vent to the most expensive area to play golf in, Phuket and Bangkok. Really don't know why people go to Phuket for golf. Hua Hin or Pattaya is much better . In Hua Hin You got Black Mountain that is ranked nr 56 in the World.

For $120 I get five games in my home country on championship course,$120 for one game is ridiculous

Wrong, wrong, wrong, you can drive your own buggy, with the caddy beside you and in some courses, you can share a buggy and the caddies will stand at the back. Hua Hin

Beautiful golfer I mean video 😂

If you can’t ride with your friends in the cart then when would you get a chance to talk with them. If this is true this makes Thailand a hard “No” for golf. It just doesn’t sound fun as a non-Thai speakers.

Something screwy there when one round of golf costs more than nearly one months rent!

I would pay so much to the caddie that the caddie would skip staying home from work and come and work.

You must buy a caddy?... strange

"remember the caddy's number." Why don't you learn the caddy's name.

Good videos by the way. I have a channel and it's a lot of work

I get a grab taxi it’s cheap

English is taught in Thai Schools

Don't they have night golf there?