Note from Richard Ellis – I have been running professional and amateur golf events at numerous destinations around the world for more than 25 years. Over the past 8 years we have been running this event in Thailand. Thailand is a world class golf destination where you will find some of best championship and resort courses in Asia with hotel accommodation to match. We have a great tournament and 5-star tour planned, you don’t have to have a single figure handicap to play. If you enjoy the challenge of playing great championship courses and don’t mind a few side bets and a good laugh, we would love to see you.
Thailand Golf Classic Tour will take place March 30th to April 6th at the seaside town of Hua Hin and Thailand’s capital city Bangkok.
The Thailand Golf Classic is an annual tournament played over 3 rounds on three of Asia’s finest courses, this is an individual and team’s tournament, invitations are for teams of (4 players) to compete. The event is limited to the first 9 teams entered (36 players), for those people who don’t have a team and wish to enter individually the organisers will endeavor to place you into a team for the team’s event.
All competitors will stay at the beautiful Hua Hin Hilton Resort & Spa for 5 nights during the tournament then onto the Westin Grande Hotel in Bangkok for 2 nights. The tournament package includes 7 night’s accommodation, daily full breakfast, transfers to all golf courses, 5 rounds of golf including cart and personal caddy, lunch and drink on course, special players gift pack, great prizes, welcome cocktail party, nightly drinks at the tournament bar during the tournament and final night prize presentation dinner.
The tour kicks off on the 30th of March, on arrival at Bangkok Airport competitors will be met and transfer to Hua Hin, we travel by coach down the motorway about 2 hours south of Bangkok to Hua Hin, a former fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand and home to the Thai Royal family. These day’s Hua Hin is a thriving town with great waterfront accommodation, numerous restaurants and has become a fantastic golf destination with 6 championship golf courses, including two world class layouts, both voted the best in Asia over the past 6 years Banyan Resort and Black Mountain, Black Mountain is the venue for a European tour event. Accommodation has been reserved at the five star Hilton Resort & Spa for the first 5 nights.
As most people will have traveled for more than 12 hours to get to Thailand, day one is a rest day with an opportunity to have a look around the local area before the tournament starts. People traveling on our Asia Championship Golf tour will join the group in time for the welcome cocktail party where you will receive your event gift pack and all information on the tournament.
The Thailand Golf Classic tournament will take place April 1st , 2nd & 3rd the first round will be played at the Jack Nicklaus designed Royal Springfield , second round at Banyan Country Club and final round at Black Mountain. After three rounds of competition on fantastic golf courses it will time to present the prizes at the tournament dinner.
The next morning, we travel back towards Bangkok and a round at one of Asia’s best new course “Nikanti” we played this course the last two years, it’s amazing. After golf and dinner, we make our way the Westin Grande Hotel in Bangkok city. The final round of the tour is at Alpine Country Club, a private course in Bangkok former Jonnie Walker Classic venue and considered as one of the best private courses in Asia.
Read on to find out all the details and how you can be part on this great golfing experience.
As with most golf tours there will be a fair number of side bets taking place. There will be separate competition for every round on the tour and to give everyone a chance of winning we will adopt a special handicapping procedure.
Handicaps- Everyone will play the first round of the tour on their normal club handicap, after each round players will be re-handicapped down or up depending on their previous day’s score. The maximum handicap movement will be 2 strokes a day.
The betting fund (prize pool) there will be prize pool set up with all players expected to put in (500 Bhat) $20 a day. Daily prize money will be for first, second and third stableford and the best gross.
There will be a Calcutta held in conjunction with final round at Alpine Country Club. The format for the Calcutta will be a team’s ball best ball stableford. Once the draw is completed the teams will be auctioned.
The tournament will be run by Richard Ellis and his Pacific Golf Management team. Pacific Golf has over 25 years in golf event management and organises some of the largest pro-am and amateur tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.
If you enjoy playing world class golf courses in a competitive tournament environment, top class accommodation, a few side bets and having a great time -- then enter today or better still get three of your friends or club members to enter as well and make up a team.
You may be interested in extending your trip by taking in our pre- tour option 4 nights in Cambodia , see details below
If you would like to join the 2019 tour contact us today and enter as an individual or better still, arrange a group of 4 players (your team). richard@pacificgolf.co.nz phone +64 21989996
*Cost to upgrade to a single room for the 7 nights is only- $AUD798 - $NZ872
Cost is based on an exchange rate of 22 Thai Bhat equals $1.00 NZ and 92cents Australian = $1.00NZ, the cost could change due to currency fluctuations.
March 26th to 30th - 4 nights in Cambodia staying at the Sokha Angkor Resort with daily breakfast, airport transfers and 3 rounds of golf Cost $US789 per person twin share – Cost to upgrade to a single room for the 4 nights is $US204.00
The golf course we will be playing on this tour are listed below, if you go on line and Google Golf Courses in Thailand and enter the courses name you will find a full description and layout of each course.
Royal Springfield Hua Hin, Banyan Country Club Hua Hin - Black Mountain Golf Resort Hua Hin
Nikanti Country Club, Bangkok - Alpine Country Club Bangkok
| March 30th | |
| Arrive Bangkok and transfer to the Hilton Resort & Spa Hua Hin for 5 nights | |
| March 31st | |
| Breakfast at leisure, day off to relax or take in some of the sights around Hua Hin or an optional round of golf | |
| 6.30 - 7.30pm | Welcome cocktail function with food at the Hilton |
| April 1st | |
| 7.00- 8.00am | Breakfast |
| 8.30am | Transfer to Royal Springfield GC for round 1 of the Thailand Golf Classic |
| 3.00pm | Transfer back to the Hilton |
| 6.00 - 7.00pm | Drinks at the Tug Boat bar, optional, own cost |
| April 2nd | |
| 7.00 - 8.00am | Breakfast |
| 8.30am | Transfer to Banyan Country Club, for round 2 of the Thailand Golf Classic |
| 3.00pm | Transfer back to the Hilton |
| 6.00 - 7.00pm | Drinks at the Tug Boat bar, optional, own cost |
| April 3rd | |
| 7.00 - 8.00am | Breakfast |
| 8.30am | Transfer to Black Mountain Country Club, for round 3 of the Thailand Golf Classic |
| 3.00pm | Transfer back to the Hilton |
| 7.00pm | Tournament prize presentation dinner & drinks at Prime Steakhouse |
| April 4th | |
| 7.00 - 8.00am | Breakfast |
| 8.30am | Depart Hilton and transfer to Nikanti Golf Course Bangkok, early dinner after golf. |
| 6.30pm | Arrive Westin Grand Hotel Bangkok. |
| April 5th | |
| 8.00 - 9.00am | Breakfast |
| 9.30am | Transfer to Alpine Country Club , Calcutta on final round. |
| 4.00pm | Transfer back to the Westin |
| April 6th | |
| Breakfast at leisure | |
| Transfer to Bangkok Airport for homeward journey. | |
The tournament will be played over 3 rounds, round one at Royal Springfield ,round two at Banyan Country Club and the final round at Black Mountain.
The main event is the Team’s competition
There will also be an individual stableford competition, with daily and overall prizes and a gross competition for players with 9 handicap or less.
Team’s event will be played as follows
1/ Each team will be made up of 4 players A, B, C, and D
2/Two of the team members will play together each day, (with two players from another team.)
3/ The team members will rotate partners each day, so all team members will have a different playing partner each round.
4 / Round one players A & B will play with 2 players from another team as will C & D
5/ Round two players A & C, will play with 2 players from another team as will B & D
6/ Round three players A & D will play with 2 players from another team as will B & C
The competition will be the pair’s best ball stableford (best score on each hole from one player)
The team’s score will be the total of the two pair’s best ball scores each day.
Eg Round 1 players A & B = 44 points
Players C & D = 46 points
Team Total round one 90 points. And so on for the three rounds.
There will be a Calcutta / Auction on the final round.