APRIL 2004
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Dear Fellow Golfthinker!
We can't make our regular tee time this month
and we thought we'd show up early rather than late.
Firstly, Congratulations to Bruce Andrews from Hong
Kong who is the winner of a free playing lesson at Kiarti Thanee
Country Club for playing the odds and referring 20 of his friends to this
golfletter back in January.
If you're feeling lucky and want the chance to win a free round of
golf at Alpine Golf & Sports Club, just forward this to five of your
friends and CC: golfletter@golfthink.com.
We'll announce the winner in our July issue.
Hope you're playing some great golf and find something below
to improve your game in the golf capital of Asia...
Great golfing!
Kim Inglis
Chief Golf Thinker
Golfthink Co.,Ltd
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In This Edition You'll Find
Out...
Jumping Jack
Nicklaus!
Book 35 hours of instruction with
golfthink, and we'll give you a Free set of golf clubs. That's right
- we'll give you a full set including three woods, nine
irons, putter and bag! And yes you're right, they
aren't Callaway X16's, but we made birdie with the seven iron so they've
got the golfthink approval. What's the catch? Just sign up
for 35 hours of instruction during April and you've got yourself a
sweet set of brand new clubs. LET THE BIG DOG EAT!
Oh My Golf
Gods!
Book a tee time or
golf package with golfthink during April and we'll
give you...wait for it...A free one hour golf lesson before
your round. O.K, that wasn't so amazing, but still not bad for
booking a round of golf with Golfthink. There's some small
print but you'll have to email us to find out. LET THE BIG DOG EAT!
You Gotta Be Vijay
Singhing Me!
Book any of our "On-Demand" programs during
April and we'll give you...here it comes...A dozen Nike Mojo Golf
Balls! These balls are great and will make you play better because
who wants to lose their Mojo?! Go to our Game Improvement Pages
to check out what programs are available and then give us a
call. LET THE BIG DOG EAT!
If you're looking for the the most up-to-date
and informative golf course reviews and information, check out golfthink's
Pro Picks at www.golfthink.com/travel.htm
You won't find our reviews anywhere else on the web and we don't review
courses that we haven't played in the last year.
You'll get inside information on all the best
courses. We admit it, it's a bit biased and even controversial, but
if you really don't agree with us then you're welcome to submit your
comments for review. There are some well-known courses left off our
list but not without reason. With so many great courses in Thailand,
why should you play second rate courses with second rate
service?
The Country Club Khao Yai is golfthink's
favourite course of all time. That's right, we like it better than Blue
Canyon, better than Thai Country Club and even better than famed
Winged Foot Golf Club. One of two Jack Nicklaus courses in Khao-Yai,
it is now temporarily closed for renovations after the last owners turned
it into a goat-track.
This course really does have 18 memorable
golf holes. The most memorable Par 3 is the 7th, tee it up from an
elevated tee to a green guarded by water at the front and a step bank
behind. Club selection is difficult and with the wind blowing it's
just a tough, tough golf hole. The 18th is one of the great Par
4's in Thailand, with a fairway bunker in the middle of the fairway and a
tightly protected green guarded by wastelands left and bunkers right,
this one's a scorecard wrecker. The 3rd is a superb
risk-reward Par 5 with a split fairway on your approach.
It's reachable in two for longer hitters, but it's tough enough played as
a three shot hole at the best of times.
There is absolutely nothing to do in Khao-Yai
except play golf and amuse yourself feeding the National
Park's monkeys. Green Fees are dirt cheap, but the inside word is
that the new Khao-Yai will be a little more expensive and a little
exclusive. We'll let you know when it's open because it's well worth
the two and half hour drive to play this golf course.
- Pete Dye's Subhapruek Golf Course in Bangkok has an interesting 19th hole. The 140 yard Par 3 can be used for settling bets and unhalving halved matches.
- Tipping the caddies at Navatanee Golf Course is against club regulations, so be discreet or you might get them in trouble.
- All but a few courses in Bangkok have gone to the "One Player Per Cart" rule. The reasoning is a partly logical, but no matter how much you complain, this is one rule that you can't break.
- Thana City's six hour rounds, tee off when you're ready if you've got a spare 100 baht, shocking restaurant service and grouchy Assistant Manager is finally getting around. Just read the reviews on thaigolfer.com or go play yourself. On second thoughts...don't.
- Bangkok Golf Club's Par 3 course has a hole in one "pot" that sometimes gets into the six figures for the gambler in all of us. Great idea and great little course for after your round on the Championship course and for beginners.
Coming into Thailand's hot season, this
month's tip is going to seem a bit obvious, but we can't emphasize the
importance of drinking enough water. I've witnessed several
casualties including one guy who stopped after 9 holes and lay down in the
middle of the Pro Shop for an hour because he didn't drink enough
water. Trying to un-dehydrate (is that a word?!) himself,
he drunk about six bottles of water, two Gatorades, three Cokes and
still couldn't get off the floor.
There are drinks stops every three holes
at most courses in Thailand and they're there for a reason. During
the hottest of hot weather, I'll drink a bottle of water every hole.
Watch the Pro's and they'll drink water even when it's cool. You may
not be able swing a club like the Pro's but you can sure drink like
them. Become a fish and save yourself a few easy shots.
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