jacknyc

My two cents:

Look into the Lam Lukka Golf Course and the area around it. Excellent course with 36 holes, fast greens and a good value. It's easily accessible from either airport, and there are other courses nearby.

I don't know about hotels immediately nearby, however. As for food, it's Thailand, so food is great everywhere.

I enjoy also staying at Bangpra, north of Pattaya. They discount for those staying in their hotel, which is clean and well run. Near the seafood restaurants of Bang Saen, which is a fun scene.

I reside on the course and have been monitoring the situation daily.

Then, Polar V, likely you saw me hacking my way around Phoenix on 11 January 2014.

Wish I had seen this thread before heading out there. I paid about 3500+THB, and gagged doing so. It was too late in the day to travel to any other course, so I was stuck. Last played there a year earlier, and it was 2000THB, which I already thought was overpriced.

One thing not mentioned in this thread that I wanted to add: the greens were inconsistent and in poor shape, with a heavy and uneven coating of sand on many. With prices like that, you should get superb, not muny quality, greens.

it's a shame, as the place is really convenient to Pattaya, and is a good track.

I skipped it on subsequent rounds, heading up to a favorite, Bangpra, for a couple rounds, where the greens are superb.