Well we've made it through our first six months of business.
With a beat-up laptop that doesnt shutdown, a worn-out looking cell phone
and "a little help from our friends", it's been a bit of a rollercoaster
ride and despite the fact we sometimes have absolutely no idea of what
we're doing, we're enjoying every minute of it and hope to bring you new
and improved Thailand golf services as we continue to grow, sometimes out
of control!
This month it's also my birthday, and if you're thinking of
sending me a pair of sperm-reducing (tight) underwear, Golf
"Oversize Head" Condoms or something else I might struggle to find a
use for, thanks for the thought, but please save your money and just
visit my website
www.golfthink.com and tell me how I
can make it better as more people start to visit the site...
Enjoy your golf and remember Golfthink "Because Great Golf
Starts With the Mind"!
Kim Inglis
Chief Golfthinking Officer
In This Edition...
Yep, it's starting to rain cats and dogs in Bangkok, so we've put
together a couple of deals to get you out and have you singing in the
rain...
Golfthink Short Game School - THB
6,500.-
This two day, 10 hour program is great for those
executives wanting to shave shots of their handicap without having to hit
thousands of balls on the range to make a swing change.
Golfthink Cure Your Slice in a Day -
THB 4,000.-
This is a one day, five hour program designed
specifically for slicers. You'll learn how to start drawing the ball
and stop having to aim 50 yards of the target everytime you tee it
up.
Rather than fill up your inbox with all our
prices, here's a selection of clubs that'll give you an idea of some our
discounts available. We don't carry any inventory, so can offer
below-retail prices and if you know what product you want, just send an
email to: proshop@golfthink.com and we'll let you know the price...
TaylorMade XR-05 CTI Driver
Retail THB
29,200
Golfthink THB
26,495
TaylorMade RAC OS
Irons
Retail THB
31,920
Golfthink THB 27,495
Titleist 983K
Driver
Retail THB 17,520
Golfthink THB
15,495
Titleist 690MB
Irons
Retail THB
41,600
Golfthink THB 35,995
We also have a HU-mungus selection of custom
clubs at won't-even-put-a-dent-in-your-wallet prices. There's
actually a brick-wall shop for that, so you can "bust a few moves"
on the cute shop manager and try to get a
discount...
Despite getting lost everytime I go play at Bangsai Country Club,
it's always a pleasure to tee it up on Bangkok's best value for money
course. It has a reputation for being a long way from Bangkok, but in
fact, if you go the right way, it shouldn't take longer than an
hour. The conditions are sometimes a little suspect, but there are
some great golf holes, our favourites being the driveable 301 yard (back
tees) Par 4 2nd, and the 557 yard difficult Par 5 14th. Designed by
Pirapon Namatra, who also designed Koh Samui's first golf
course, Bangsai's rolling fairways and deceiving greens make this course a
real treat to play. It's challenging, yet very playable for all
levels of golfers providing several options from tee to green and offering
several risk-reward holes sure to please the ego-golfer. It's become very, very popular for corporate golf outings,
groups and societies so make sure you check availability before
playing. Telephone 035 371 491 or 01 643 9121 or contact Golfthink
if you require transfers or a playing lesson there.
- If you're playing any course on the Bangna-Trad
Highway to Chonburi, be prepared for some heavy, heavy traffic jams on the
way out. Road works (what they're doing I have no idea) have caused
severe back-ups on the approx. 5 km stretch of road to the elevated
tollway and recently it seems trucks and pick-ups have been having
competitions amongst themselves to see who can get themselves
into the most confusing accident scenario. (They know people are
going to have a good (read: stop the car and take pictures) stare, so
probably figure they should make it interesting) Maybe quicker to
take Rama IX out to the Outer Ring road and cut back...
- Lam Luk Ka Country Club and Muang Kaew Golf
Course have joined Bangkok's elite courses in going to the
once-unthinkable four players per group policy on weekends and public
holidays. Nice to know the courses are slowly realizing fivesomes +
seven minute tee time intervals is not a winning
formula...
- Kiarti Thanee Country Club has recently opened
the Asian Tennis Academy. The club is transforming itself
into one of Bangkok's only true sports clubs and look
out for Kiarti Thanee to be at the forefront of Thailand golf developments
in the future.
- There's a new Thailand Golf Guide out
on the shelves. At the risk of getting taken off a few peoples xmas
card lists, it's a bit disappointing with some spelling errors,
factually incorrect information and the usual amateurish photographs...to
it's credit, the course descriptions go a little beyond the "laid out on a
flat terrain with the good arrangement of water hazards" used by a certain
other golf guide...
Golfthink 19th
Hole Chit-Chat
Donald Trump, who sports a 4
handicap, has created some of the most expensive golf courses in the US
catering to America's rich and famous:
- In case he gets bored of his USD$5 billion New York City
development to be known as Trump Place, Trump has recently
purchased the largest parcel of land in California to build Trump National
Golf Club California which fronts almost 2 miles of the Pacific
Ocean.
- This is in addition to Trump National Golf Club in New
York and Trump International Golf Club in Florida, where memberships go
for USD$300,000 and USD$350,000 respectively. Free tees are included
for the members as an apology for his lack of creativity in naming the
courses
- In Building Trump International, Jim Fazio moved 3 million cubic
yards of earth, dug lakes 55 feet deep, and piled dirt 58 feet to create
mountains from an old rubbish dump.
- The development cost
USD$40 million including USD$15 million on the clubhouse. (The
average cost to build a course in the US is around USD$5 million)
And for when there's an awkward silence...
It takes a few minutes to download if you're on dial-up, but it's
well worth the read.
- Earlier this year, Joe Gibbs,
owner of Chaoclay Downs Golf Course in Marquette, Michigan, unveiled a
1,007-yard double-dogleg par 6 hole to displace the Satsuki golf course in
Sano, Japan (which boasts a 964-yard, par-7 hole) from The Guinness
Book of World Records.
If you haven't already, enter the Golfthink Oracle Competition to be
in with a chance to win two nights at the Anantara Resort & Spa Golden
Triangle. Just visit
www.golfthink.com and click on the
Competition icon to enter.
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Thailand
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