Updated on November 10, 2026
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What is the best golf course in Thailand? Ayodhya Links, a private club north of Bangkok, and Amata Spring, in Chonburi, are tied; Ayodhya takes the lead thanks to its No. 1 ranking on Top100GolfCourses. Next are Alpine and the Siam Country Club in Pattaya. Bangkok and the East Coast are home to eight of the top 15 courses.
Top photo: Amata Spring Golf Course in Chonburi. Mokawn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The 15 Best Golf Courses in Thailand: The Rankings
15 courses shown.
| Rank | Course | Location | Golf Digest 2024 | Top100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayodhya Links | Wang Noi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Amata Spring Country Club | Chonburi (Amata Nakorn) | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Alpine Golf Club | Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani (north of Bangkok) | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Siam Country Club — Old Course | Pattaya, Chonburi | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Black Mountain Golf Club | Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Thai Country Club | Chachoengsao (east of Bangkok) | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Chiang Mai Highlands Golf & Spa Resort | Chiang Mai (north) | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Blue Canyon Country Club — Canyon Course | Phuket | 16 | 6 |
| 9 | Pineapple Valley Golf Club (formerly Banyan Golf Club) | Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan | 19 | 5 |
| 10 | Siam Country Club — Plantation | Pattaya, Chonburi | 11 | 14 |
| 11 | Laem Chabang International Country Club (B & C) | Si Racha, Chonburi | 20 | 8 |
| 12 | Santiburi Country Club | Chiang Rai (north) | — | 10 |
| 13 | Red Mountain Golf Club | Kathu, Phuket | — | 11 |
| 14 | Nikanti Golf Club | Nakhon Pathom (west of Bangkok) | 17 | 19 |
| 15 | Blue Canyon Country Club — Lakes Course | Phuket | — | 12 |
Consensus ranking = average of the Golf Digest (December 2024) and Top100GolfCourses rankings. “—”: Course not included in Golf Digest’s top 20. Click a column header to sort.
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How We Ranked Thailand's Golf Courses
Golf Digest does not publish a separate ranking for Thailand; we have included the Thailand section from its Golf Digest (Asia Rankings, December 2024) and cross-referenced it with the rankings Top100GolfCourses (accessed November 10, 2026). The consensus ranking is the average of the two; a course not ranked in Golf Digest’s top 20 receives a ranking of 25, and one not ranked in Top100’s top 30 receives a ranking of 35. In the event of a tie, the higher ranking—followed by Top100—breaks the tie. The GOLF.com's World Top 100 (2025-26) was reviewed: no Thai courses are included in it. This ranking is updated annually.
The Rankings in Detail
Architects and years of opening: official websites of the courses and the ranking lists cited, accessed on November 10, 2026; no information is provided when the source does not specify it. Photos under a free license via Wikimedia Commons.
1. Ayodhya Links 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 2 · Top100 1
A private club founded in 2007 north of Bangkok, by invitation only: No. 1 on the Top 100 list and No. 2 in Golf Digest. Water hazards are present on all 18 holes.
2. Amata Spring Country Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 1 · Top100 2
The Schmidt-Curley course in Chonburi is famous for its floating green on the par-3 17th hole, which is reached by boat. It hosted the inaugural Honda LPGA Thailand in 2006 and the first four Royal Trophy tournaments.
3. Alpine Golf Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 3 · Top100 3
Ron Garl's tropical course, opened in 1996 north of Bangkok, features an island green on the par-5 7th hole.
4. Siam Country Club — Old Course 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 4 · Top100 4
The oldest course in the top 15 (1972), in Pattaya, renovated by Schmidt-Curley in 1997. It has hosted the Honda LPGA Thailand several times since 2007; holes 15 to 17 are nicknamed Thailand’s “Amen Corner”.
5. Black Mountain Golf Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 6 · Top100 9
Located in a mountain valley near Hua Hin, it hosted the first Thailand Classic in 2015. Published green fee: 4,500 THB, plus caddie fee (400 THB) and mandatory golf cart fee (750 THB).
6. Thai Country Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 9 · Top100 7
Denis Griffiths’ course east of Bangkok, where Tiger Woods won the 1997 Asian Honda Classic by 10 strokes with a course-record 64.
7. Chiang Mai Highlands Golf & Spa Resort 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 7 · Top100 13
A Schmidt-Curley mountain course near Chiang Mai, built on the former hermitage of a revered monk from northern Thailand.
8. Blue Canyon Country Club — Canyon Course 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 16 · Top100 6
The course is laid out in a former tin mine and a rubber plantation in Phuket. Tiger Woods won the 1998 Johnnie Walker Classic there in a playoff against Ernie Els.
9. Pineapple Valley Golf Club (formerly Banyan Golf Club) 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 19 · Top100 5
The former Banyan Golf Club in Hua Hin, renamed in 2024, is located on a former pineapple plantation. Its signature hole is the par-3 15th, which overlooks Sing To Island.
10. Siam Country Club — Plantation 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 11 · Top100 14
Lee Schmidt's 27-hole golf course in Pattaya, host of the 2015 Thailand Open, features Asia's first triple green.
11. Laem Chabang International Country Club (B & C) 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 20 · Top100 8
One of the six Jack Nicklaus courses built in Thailand in the early 1990s, on rolling, rocky terrain.
12. Santiburi Country Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 — · Top100 10
A course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. that opened in 1992 in the mountains of Chiang Rai.
13. Red Mountain Golf Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 — · Top100 11
Routed through a former tin mine in Phuket, between rocky cliffs and flooded ravines.
14. Nikanti Golf Club 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 17 · Top100 19
On former rice paddies west of Bangkok, a unique course featuring three 6-hole loops.
15. Blue Canyon Country Club — Lakes Course 🇹🇭
Rankings: Golf Digest 2024 — · Top100 12
Blue Canyon's second course, which opened in 1999: water comes into play on all but one hole.
Where can you play golf in Thailand?
The Bangkok area (Ayodhya, Alpine, Thai Country Club, Nikanti) and the Eastern Seaboard around Pattaya (Amata Spring, Siam Country Club, Laem Chabang) account for eight of our top 15 courses. Phuket has three (both Blue Canyon courses and Red Mountain), Hua Hin two (Black Mountain, Pineapple Valley) and the North two (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai).
See also
The Countries with the Most Golf Courses
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The 10 Best Golf Courses in Mauritius
The 15 Best Golf Courses in Japan
The 15 Best Golf Courses in Portugal
Top 100 Golf Courses in the WorldFrequently Asked Questions About Golf Courses in Thailand
What is the best golf course in Thailand?
Ayodhya Links, a private club north of Bangkok, and Amata Spring, in Chonburi, are tied; Ayodhya takes the lead thanks to its No. 1 ranking on Top100GolfCourses.
Where can you play golf near Bangkok?
Alpine Golf Club, the Thai Country Club, and Nikanti are among our top 15, as are Amata Spring and the Siam Country Club, located about two hours east, toward Pattaya.
What are the best golf courses in Phuket?
Blue Canyon (Canyon Course, 8th, and Lakes Course, 15th) and Red Mountain (13th).
How many golf courses are there in Thailand?
317 according to the R&A's "Golf Around the World" report: see The countries with the most golf courses.