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Phuket's Golf Courses at a Glance: The Island Line-Up

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Seven courses share one island, and no two play alike. Before the deep-dives start on this blog, here is the whole Phuket line-up at a glance — the famous names, the local favourites, and who each one actually suits. The headliners Red Mountain — the island's drama queen, carved through an old tin mine in Kathu: jungle, red cliffs, elevation changes on nearly every hole. The round visitors talk about on the flight home, priced like it. Blue Canyon (Canyon Course) — the tournament pedigree: Tiger Woods won the Johnnie Walker Classic here in 1998, and the famous canyon holes still test single figures. Its Lakes Course sibling is the friendlier, cheaper day out. Book direct & save 20% → www.phvcondo.com The all-rounders Laguna Golf Phuket — resort golf done right inside the Laguna complex: lagoons, forgiving fairways, excellent practice facilities, the course long-stayers join. Mission Hills — up by the airport on the sea's edge, the island's only seaside lay...
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Golf Life in Phuket: Playing the Island All Year Round

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Plenty of places sell you a golf holiday. Phuket Golf Life is about something else: what it's like to actually live here and play — week in, week out, through high season and green season, as a resident, a snowbird, or a long-stay visitor with clubs in the spare room. What we'll cover The courses, honestly compared. Red Mountain's drama, Blue Canyon's famous canyon holes, Laguna's friendly resort layout, Mission Hills out by the airport, and the rest — who each course suits and what a round really costs with caddie, cart and tips counted. The money side. Green-fee seasons, twilight rates, memberships and golf societies — where the value hides for people playing two or three times a week instead of twice a year. The lifestyle around it. Practice ranges, club fitting, second-hand gear, societies and scrambles, and the 19th holes worth knowing. Beyond Phuket. Away rounds — Hua Hin, Pattaya, Chiang Mai and the north — because golfers who base in Thailand tend...
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About Jay & Scott — Jay and Scott are travelers and writers living in Thailand. We enjoy traveling around Thailand — the food, the beaches, the small towns — and writing about it as we go. Back home in Phuket we run Patong Harbor View Condominium, our long-stay condo rentals in Patong. Have a look at the room photos, then come stay a while: www.phvcondo.com.