Loch Palm Golf Club

Courses Details

Loch Palm is described as "balancing challenge and fairness." The greens are maintained at playable speeds that are never superfast, thus encouraging visiting golfers to return.

Nevertheless, there are plenty of testing carries across water and close encounters with impenetrable jungle. Placed neatly within a cordon of hills, the flight of most shots can be easily tracked through the air against a background of forest or jungle.

Loch Palm Course

Swift changes in terrain provide great variety. Three new holes were added in 2004 as part of an upgrade that increased tee space, enlarged water features and improved landscaping, making the course even better. Water comes into play on 13 holes and there are 67 bunkers. Five kiosks dot the course. Varieties of Zoysia grass have been used on the fairways and greens, with Seashore Paspalum on the tees.

There are 300 memberships, with a few taken by corporations, and 250 caddies. Golf carts are available. Because of Loch Palm's popularity, booking a tee time is recommended. A much-anticipated second course is also being carved from the surrounding hills. Due to open in 2006, it will be around 7,000 yards and predictions are that it will make stunning use of outstanding natural features and be "unlike any other in Thailand."

Golf Course Summary

• Designed by Dr. Sukitti Klangwisai
• Opened November 1998
• 18 holes 72 par
• Total Yardage 6,434

Top holes

Hole 14
Hole 14 takes golfers to giddy new levels of high anxiety. The new par three calls for a shot of 168 yards off the back tee to an island-style green. Because the tee is 60 feet above the putting surface, players need to chose their club and assess the wind with great care.

It's possible to stray right and recover but anything to the left or under or over ends with a splash. The hang-time is nerve-wracking.

Hole-by-Hole Review

Hole by hole full review of the course: Hole 1 - Blue 363 - White 347 - Yellow 329 - Red 305 - The first hole starts with typical Loch Palm style: a lagoon carves into the fairway from the right while stocky palm trees run riot along the left. The elevated tee provides a view that can quickly lose its appeal with a splash. (Read more...)

Prices & Discounts

The Loch Palm Golf Club Phuket, with 18 hole, par 72, has been built around Crystal Lake, the largest body of water on any Phuket golf course, the course has smooth slopes and dramatic elevation changes, taking you across and around ravines and plateaus that test all levels of skill. (Read more...)

Red Mountain Course

This former tin mine property features dizzying elevation changes. Holes have been sculpted into and through rugged 'rock' cliffs and canyons, perched on precipitous ledges climbing to a high plateau cut away from the mountain by decades of mining. (Read more...)

Facilities

From Loch Palm's clubhouse, golfers can be seen driving balls into the lake from the aqua practice range -- and sometimes from the first tee as well.

The clubhouse is perhaps the most relaxed on the island, with panoramic views across Crystal Lake and beyond from the dining areas, a new pro shop, enlarged putting and chipping practice facilities, and a spa addition in the works.

Accommodation

Packages should be available with the alternative of local hotels or Loch Palm private residences. Kathu waterfall is not far away and the more adventurous may be enticed by bungee jumping, a shooting range or a water ski park, all within three kilometers.

Transport

Loch Palm has full taxi services available for golfers. Costs are in line with local rates. Standards and prices are set by the club.

Location

Virtually at the island's center, Loch Palm is well-placed for golfers coming from every direction. About 1400 stocky Oil Palms, planted along a route around a large lake and through hill country, give the course a character and charm of its own.

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