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Lam Luk Ka Country Club
Lam Luk Ka Country Club
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Memberships & facilities

Memberships available:
Individual

Green fee:
Weekdays 1,000 THB
Weekends 2,200 THB

Caddie fee:
250 THB

Golf cart hire: 700 THB

Facilities:
Driving Range | Equipment Rental
Pro Shop | Resident Professional
Restaurant

 

Lam Luk Ka Country Club

36 Holes | Par 72 | By Roger Packard | Opened 1994

About the course

There are few courses in Thailand as well maintained as Lam Luk Ka. With two 18 hole tracks, playing either is a treat and well worth the visit, plus they don’t become crowded on weekend afternoons. Split into A-B (East Course) or C-D (West Course), either side will give you an enjoyable test of your game.

Although set in flat surroundings the courses are anything but even, with lots of mounds, hollows and many a raised green. The tee boxes suit most levels of golfer in terms of distance, but some serious positional play is still required to do well. Trees line at least one side of most fairways with water often taking up the other side.

Lam Luk Ka should leave you tingling with satisfaction after a good round or wanting to do it all over again after a bad one.

Playing the course: Yellow tees

The 5th 386 yards par 4 on Course B has a fairway split by a massive tree right in the middle with a bunker in front of it. The only difficulties are water right and left and − of course − the tree, but the best thing to do is aim straight at it and, unless you're a professional, there's not much chance of colliding with it!

The approach is quite tricky as the left half of the green has a large mound shielding it so, if the pin is in that quadrant, it’s almost a blind shot.

The 5th 386 yards par 4

The 6th 349 yards par 4 on Course B might look totally innocuous from the raised tee box but this one can bite back. A lake is positioned at the end of the fairway so a big hit will mean a wet ball, but a large bunker on the left almost forces the drive out towards the water. The same lake shields the right side of the raised green with a steep bank that will not hold a shot leaking right, so maybe a fairway wood off the tee leaving a short second shot to the middle of the green is the best bet. It’s a slippery putting surface so being below the hole is at a premium.

The 6th 349 yards par 4
The 18th 415 yards par 4 on Course B is a superb finishing hole and rightly index 2 on this side. With water all down the right, trees left and a small stream crossing the fairway some 30 yards from the green, this hole requires two good shots for a chance of birdie. Bunkers left along the tree line and right near the water add to the complications of the drive; the stream in front and left of the green will catch the poor second shot. The only generosity shown is a large and fairly flat green! The 18th 415 yards par 4

The 19th hole

Centred on a semi circular restaurant with large bay windows overlooking course B, the clubhouse has a comfortable feel. The main restaurant is spacious with a choice of excellent food and drinks. Upstairs are rooms for private functions and the kitchens are more than capable of putting together very good buffet lunches and dinners.
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