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Santiburi Country Club Chiang Rai
Santiburi Country Club Chiang Rai
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Memberships & facilities

Memberships available:
Individual, Corporate

Green fee:
Weekdays 800 THB
Weekends 1,100 THB

Caddie fee:
220 THB

Golf cart hire:
500 THB

Facilities:
Driving Range | Equipment Rental
Pro Shop | Restaurant

Santiburi Country Club Chiang Rai

18 Holes | Par 72 | By Robert Trent Jones Jr. | Opened 1992

About the course

Santiburi Golf Club is a semi-private members club with guests welcome by appointment. The course lies in a series of hills and valleys and the designers have kept most of the natural features, making the course a real beauty. The front nine meanders off down a hillside into a low area dominated by a lake that’s in play on six of the holes. The back nine plays primarily through a series of valleys, concluding with a great pair of finishing holes. The greens all have their own challenge; one or two are positively Machiavellian, so warm the putter up or chip so close that there’s nothing left to do but tap in.

Playing the course: Blue tees

The 2nd 373 yard par 4 is a dramatic dogleg turning sharply left round a large lake running the length of the hole. Spot on the sharp turn, sits a large bunker in the landing area with another opposite where the fairway runs out. The perfect place to entice players to hit over the dog-leg and shorten the hole. The alternative is to split the bunkers with a well hit fairway wood and accept a longer approach. Getting onto the green is reasonably straight forward, with a large bunker guarding the left side and a small one right. The 2nd 373 yard par 4
The 13th 493 yard par 5 gently bends to the right following the natural contour of the land. A number of bunkers sit left to focus the golfer on the drive, followed by a whole lot more on the right where a second shot would beexpected to land! However you can play safe into a receptive second landing area to leave a wedge to the green, which is guarded by more bunkers so it needs to be precise. The intricately contoured putting surface requires a deft touch to keep the score at acceptable levels. The 13th 493 yard par 5

The 18th 525 yard par 5 is a double dog-leg with water in play left off the tee and then again to the right leading into the green, it also splits the fairway half-way up the hole. The landing area off the tee is spacious and only a poor shot would receive any punishment. From here the bunker-fringed upper lake looms on the right and a fairway sweeps to the left before descending back down to the green. Getting on in two is possible, but carries the risk-reward factor attached to such bravado. Laying up is good as long as you string three good shots together.

The 18th 525 yard par 5

The 19th hole

A beautiful clubhouse sits on a hilltop with sweeping panoramic views of the course. It really has the feel of a members club as it’s fairly unpretentious, but with a veranda setting and a beer garden for the après golf, along with the usual array of Thai and International cuisine; it's an unusually pleasant spot to linger for a few refreshments and a meal after the game.
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