Phuket Holiday Villas and Golf Getaways

Golfing holidays have become big business over the past decade. With the game rapidly expanding across the globe, more and more travelers are taking the game seriously and wishing to visit exotic places in the world in order to play the vast array of courses now available. The game that was once reserved for the wealthy is now the people’s game – and big business in the Phuket holiday villas market.

Phuket might be a relatively small island, but with 6 golf clubs owning 9 courses in total, it makes for the ideal golfing getaway. Areas such as Kathu are lucky enough to own two of the island’s best and most affordable golf clubs - Loch Palm and the Phuket Country Club. Loch Palm is home to a course of the same name and the brand new Red Mountain GC, which is rapidly becoming one of the best new courses in Asia, lauded with critical acclaim from all quarters of the golfing media.

The Phuket Country Club is home to the 18-hole Old Course and a very testing 9-hole course strewn with water hazards. What is so great about Kathu is that within 10-minutes you can be at the ever-vibrant Patong area or on the outskirts of Phuket Town where you will find a host of American style shopping centers. Kathu and Loch Palm especially have some of the best Phuket holiday villas imaginable, all available to rent for affordable rates.

Undeniably, the most famous golf club in Phuket is the Blue Canyon GC, which is famous for hosting the Johnnie Walker Classic on numerous occasions. Tiger Woods, Fred Couples and Ernie Els have all played in the tournament. The canyon course is not only one of the best in Asia, but also in the world. This testing tree-lined course is built on a canyon which comes into play on some of the signature holes. The Lakes course at the club is also top notch. If you are visiting Phuket to play golf, it would be sacrilegious to miss out on this masterpiece.

Imagine booking a golfing holiday while staying in fairway-side Phuket holiday villas – there really is nothing to match this for the golfing enthusiast. The convenience of staying in a rented holiday home gives you the privacy and freedom to do what you want, at your own pace.

Other notable golf clubs in Phuket include the Banyan Tree Course at Laguna Phuket, the Jack Nicklaus designed Mission Hills at the northeast of the island and the recently opened Phukana Golf Club in Chalong, which is a 9-hole course that provides floodlit night golf. Phuket really is the place for high quality courses within a concentrated area. Holidaymakers are beginning to break away from the shackles of hotel accommodation and opting for Phuket holiday villas when booking a golfing vacation. The climate, playing conditions and the quality of the courses are second to none. Listen to this golfer when I say you will have a memorable time when playing one of the oldest games in the world within this tropical island paradise.