ASEAN NOW Golf

One of the best organised clubs around. The cost of the annual membership can be recouped after playing two or three rounds with the discounts members get.

they also have a very popular bar and serve breakfast and good BBQ's too.

 

This event is now in its 5th year and brings all of Phuket’s finest hotels and restaurants together, for a fantastic day out. Golfers are able to sample food and drinks from all hole sponsors, while they make their way round the course. The golf is followed by a BBQ and prize presentations at Cassia Hotel!

 

The emphasis is on fun and camaraderie, with the format being a four man Texas scramble! Being the first golf event in the covid19 era in Phuket, it is sure to fill up quickly so do not miss out!

 

Click here to find more information and sign up your four-man team!

On 8/1/2020 at 8:47 PM, TigerandDog said:

My sources tell me that the closure is only for 2 weeks, NOT permanently as implied by the news article.

if you have any news about this club's future it would be good to hear.

 

Rachakram Golf Club & Resort - Holiday Promotion - 12 August

 

 

 

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Caddie Injured by Expat’s Golf Ball: Should Golfers Take Out Insurance Cover?

 

Injured caddie Pairin Kantawongs. Photo: supplied

 

 

Many of you will have read recently about a Thai caddie who was injured by an Expat golfer.

 

It poses the question should golfers take out insurance cover?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175701-caddie-injured-by-expat’s-golf-ball-should-golfers-take-out-insurance-cover/

 

Hua Hin Cha Am Golf Festival - 1 Aug to 30 Sept 2020

 

Caddie Injured by Expat’s Golf Ball

 

Injured caddie Pairin Kantawongs. Photo: supplied

 

Many of you will have read recently about a Thai caddie who was injured by an Expat golfer.

 

It poses the question should golfers take out insurance cover?

 

The case here was when Pairin Kantawongs, 56, a caddy working in an undisclosed Chiang Mai golf club, reported to police, after a 67-year-old Italian client whose golf ball hit her in the eye causing her injury earlier this year.

 

According to Pairin, she was standing between 150-200 metres away when the Italian’s ball hit her in the eye socket. 

 

She has been negotiating with the Italian since January but neither can agree to a sum. She has therefore come to the police to report this incident, demanding 500,000 baht in compensation.

 

Pairin told police that her eye socket was cracked, and she has not been able to see properly since the operation, requiring sunglasses while out in the sun.

 

She said that while it was an accident, it was still the client’s fault and he must take responsibility.

 

As to the Italian, he has reported to the police but says that caddies must always stand behind the golfer, but Pairin did not do so and went to stand in the fairway, which lead to her accident. He said that he has paid 5,000 baht already towards her medical cost, but insists that half a million is too much.

 

Who is Responsible?

 

This news story has now gone viral and brings up the topic, who is responsible?

 

Some will say the golf club should take out some insurance policy to cover their staff. Others might say it is up to the player to have adequate cover.

 

No one intentially wants to hurt anyone when playing a round of golf, except that accidents can happen. Which is why for example we all know to beware when we hear ‘FORE” being shouted out during a round of golf.

 

Golf related injuries can result from errant shots, reckless swings, overturned golf carts and thrown clubs. 

 

Few people associated with golf courses are immune from the hazards of the golfing accident…. players, caddies, spectators, passing motorists and even adjacent homeowners, they are all at risk. 

 

There is Cover in Thailand

 

With insurance becoming increasingly expensive or largely unavailable, “the legal implications of such accidents are vitally important to golfers, golf courses and insurers.”

 

According to Pattaya based broker Jack Levy of Macallan Insurance, there are insurance policies just relating to golf in Thailand for under THB1,000 per year.

 

These include Public Liability cover for Death or Bodily Injury to a Third Party and Loss or Damage to Third Party Property arising whilst playing or practicing golf at any golf course in Thailand up to THB500,000. 

 

Bodily Injury to the Insured from any Accident or unforeseen event whilst playing or practicing golf at any golf course in Thailand. 

 

Loss of or Damage to Golf Equipment from any Accident or unforeseen event whilst playing or practicing golf at any golf course or driving range in Thailand or during transit directly between the golf course/range and the Insured’s residence. 

 

These policies would have been handy for this Italian player in Chiang Mai, but perhaps the golf clubs themselves should consider taking out cover for their staff and players too.

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

Do You Know How to Clean Your Clubs?

 

 

Kenny Harms brought Kevin Na his golf clubs Thursday morning. 

 

He carried them during the day. 

 

He had given them a shower and tucked them in at night. 

 

On a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday night, ahead of this week’s World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Championship, Harms, Na’s caddie, showed “how we on the PGA Tour clean our clubs.”

 

Harms takes a wet towel and cleans the head of an iron. He cleans out the grooves. He polishes it. 

 

Harms flips the iron over and also cleans the grip. 

 

“The most important thing is to make sure that the grip is nice and tacky for tomorrow,” Harms said. “So for all you players out there, you might want to do that everytime you play.”

 

 

 

Full story: https://golf.com/news/pros-caddie-shows-how-to-really-clean-golf-clubs/

 

— Golf.com

Golf Tutorials for Beginners

 

John Wither

 

Banyan Golf Club, Hua Hin, the award-winning 18-hole championship course nestled between the mountains and the sea on Thailand’s glittering gulf coast, is inviting Thai residents and potential travellers to discover their new post-lockdown passion with a choice of professionally-led golf tutorials.

 

Underlining its reputation as an ideal venue to learn golf, the Banyan Golf Academy is now offering a choice of lessons for beginners. Led by John Wither, an award-winning coach and PGA pro from St Andrews in Scotland, guests will be able to learn the basics of grip, stance and swing, to advanced techniques for chipping and putting.

 

Alternatively, a ‘Play Golf in 3 Days’ package will give guests the confidence to play golf in just three sessions. Having learnt the sport’s fundamentals on the first day, students will spend Day Two perfecting their swing and using different clubs. Then on Day

 

Three, golfers will tee-off for their first nine holes.

 

Each day will end with a debriefing and video analysis, followed by refreshments. Upon completion of the course, players will be given a certificate and a handicap profile. This comprehensive package is priced at THB14,900 for singles and THB21,900 for couples, including green fees, equipment rental, carts and caddies.

 

The two-hour ‘Introduction to Golf’ programme is designed to equip beginners with the basic skills and knowledge they need.

 

After a welcome drink at the golf club, students will be given a summary of golf rules and etiquette, a tour of the course and facilities, a short game session, and coaching on the driving range.

 

The lessons, which conclude with a video analysis and refreshments, is priced at THB3,500 for singles or THB4,500 per couple.

 

https://www.banyanthailand.com/

 

 

Asian Stars Aim to Find Second Wind at WGC-Fedex St. Jude Invitational

 

Sungjae Im. Image: Getty

 

July 29: Korea’s rising star Sungjae Im will be gunning for a strong debut in the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational starting on Thursday to reignite his form in time for next month’s lucrative FedExCup Playoffs.

 

The 23-year-old standout was amongst the hottest golfers on the planet prior to the temporary suspension of the PGA TOUR in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic but since the Return to Golf last month, Im’s rock solid game has been off the mark.

 

Aside from a tie for 10th finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge last month, the Korean, who won The Honda Classic and finished third in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in March, has missed two cuts and finished at the wrong end of leaderboards in three other starts.

 

He has lost his top spot on the FedExCup standings and enters this week’s US$10.5 million showpiece at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee in third place behind leader Justin Thomas and second-ranked Webb Simpson.

 

Im’s lull in form somewhat mirrors a lean spell being experienced by Asia’s brightest stars on the PGA TOUR. In seven tournaments since the restart, there have been surprisingly only one other notable finish by China’s Xinjun Zhang, who came in equal 10th at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide two weeks ago.

 

And with three weeks remaining before the FedExCup Playoffs kick off with THE NORTHERN TRUST, BMW Championship and culminating with the TOUR Championship, Im and company are hoping to turn their golf fortunes around.

 

“It’s starting to get better,” said Im, the 2019 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year.

 

Before the season resumed, Im was determined to challenge and become Asia’s first winner of the FedExCup, which comes with a cool US$15 million top prize. “I would, of course, like to win the FedExCup but there are so many strong competitors on the PGA TOUR. If I were to win, I don’t think I could even put into words what it would mean to me.”

 

Countryman Byeong Hun An and Sung Kang will also line-up at TPC Southwind as they seek to rediscover their best form. An, who featured in the Presidents Cup alongside Im last December, has not hit full stride, with a tie for 46th being his best finish in five starts that include three missed cuts. The former U.S. Amateur champion started working with putting guru Brad Faxon a couple of months ago to help improve his conversion rate with the flat stick.

 

Like many others, An is eyeing a first appearance in the Playoffs finale, the TOUR Championship, which is limited to the top-30 players on the FedExCup points list following the BMW Championship.

 

“I want to get into the TOUR Championship. The benefits that come with getting into TOUR Championship is great, so that’s the goal,” said An, who is currently ranked 36th on the FedExCup standings.

 

With no halfway cut at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan is counting on a strong showing to improve his current 176th position. The Presidents Cup International Team member has a best finish of tied 44th at the Memorial Tournament in six starts since competition resumed. He finished joint 48th in Memphis last year.

 

Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond, who has based himself in Orlando since March, is looking forward to a debut appearance in Memphis. Despite missing the cut in his last four starts on the PGA TOUR, the 24-year-old is keeping his head up.

 

“You’re playing against the best in the world and you put yourself there. It’s good gauging yourself and knowing how much more to improve and how far I’m away from them,” said Jazz, the reigning Asian Tour No. 1.

 

“I know I’m not there yet. People say Jazz ‘you’re so good, you’re No. 1 on the Asian Tour’ but to compete week in, week out with the best in the world, you need to step up in every part of your game. You can’t make stupid mistakes.”

 

China’s Haotong Li will be looking to improve on his tied 20th finish at last year’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. He missed the cut at the Memorial Tournament two weeks ago in his first tournament back since March.

 

To date, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama is the only Asian golfer who has won two World Golf Championships tournaments, including the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational when it was played at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio in 2017. He is also in this week’s field, with a tie for 21st being his best finish to date since last month’s Return to Golf.

 

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Welcome to the 13th Singha Amazing Thailand Pattaya Golf Festival 2020

 

August 1 & Sept 5,2020

 

16 golf courses in the Eastern region of Thailand have come together to honor this prestigious tournament.

 

Many Thai expat and residents have enjoyed making new friends and competed each other.

 

But most of all it had made Pattaya and the surrounding area become one of the best Golf destinations in Thailand.

 

Please join us in making 13th year the most memorable one golf experience..

 

Apply now at a participating golf course.

 

Hosted by Singha Corporation
Ega Thailand

 

 

 

 

PGA Tour Goes Stableford This Week

 

 

The Barracuda Championship starting this week at the Tahoe Mt. Club (Old Greenwood), Truckee, CA is the only PGA TOUR event that uses the Modified Stableford scoring format.

 

With all the star players opting to play in the WGC FedEx St Jude Invitational in Tennessee, this Tahoe tournament gives an opportunity for all the journeymen to earn some dollars.

 

Stableford encourages aggressive play, and combine the format with Reno's altitude -- which allows the ball to travel farther -- and fans can expect to see plenty of birdies.

 

Unlike traditional scoring methods, where the aim is to have the lowest score, the objective in a Modified Stableford tournament is to have the highest score.

 

POINTS STRUCTURE

 

Modified Stableford awards points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole. Scoring at the Barracuda Championship will look like this:

 

• Double Eagle: 8 points
• Eagle: 5 points
• Birdie: 2 points
• Par: 0 points
• Bogey: -1 point
• Double Bogey or more: -3 points

 

PLAYING STRATEGY

 

The strategy in Modified Stableford formats can, in most instances, be summed up in three words: "Go for it." This scoring format will reward risk-taking on the golf course.

 

For instance, if the professional is facing a carry over water that he normally wouldn’t try, the Modified Stableford format presents an incentive to go for it. A birdie is worth twice as many positive points (2) as a bogey is worth punitive points (-1).

 

Eagles offer huge payoffs (5 points) and the worst a player could possibly do would be a double bogey (-3 points) at which point he could pick up his ball and carry on to the next hole. 

 

Those golfers who make a few bogeys but also make a lot of birdies or eagles are more likely to be atop the leaderboards.

 

Even though all the big guns are taking part in the WGC FedEx tournament this week, still worth watching on TV for sure.

 

 

 

Thousands of Lost Balls

 

 

No wonder you tend to spot loads of Thais swimming around in the lakes at the hundreds of golf courses around Thailand.

 

That shot where you lose your ball into the water hazard, is big business for the re sale market in golf balls.

 

Assume that an average of 60 players book a tee time on a typical Saturday at all 250 courses. That’s potentially 15,000 rounds of golf. So if you are like the most of us, at least 2-3 balls either end up in the water, or lost in the rough or out of bounds. That’s between 30,000 and 45,000 lost balls just on a Saturday.

 

Therefore, over an average 7-day period it is likely that close to 100,000 golf balls are lost every week.

 

OK, so some balls maybe second hand already, but if you add up the number of new balls and the value is quite staggering. For example, a box of 12 Titleist Pro V1 golf balls retail at THB2,500.

 

Even if you have just seen your ball drop into the drink, the Thai swimmer will just smile when you ask for your ball back, as he knows you will probably end up buying your ball back at one of the many roadside shops selling second hand balls.

 

It would be interesting to find out how many golf balls you lose every month? It soon adds up of a 12 month period!

 

 

 

Thana City Country Club: Special green fee price on Tues 28 July 2020

 

 

Grab your friends for a round of golf at Thana City Country Club on Tuesday, 28 July 2020, a great place for your golfing enjoyment.

 

Only THB 2,400
includes Green Fee, Caddy, and Golf cart.

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For more information and reservation, please contact

 

02 172 2300 or email [email protected]

 

More info: https://www.facebook.com/Thanacity.cc/

 

The Bangkok Wanderers

[email protected]

http://bkkbwgc.com/

 

The Bangkok Wanderers Golf Club is a friendly society comprised of fairly eclectic, sometimes eccentric, individuals living in and around Bangkok.

 

We come together twice a month or so for fun golf tournaments, playing strictly under the rules of the R&A, and during each year wander to some of Thailand’s finest golf courses.

 

Membership is open and a Wanderers handicap will be assessed after submitting cards at three events.

The British Club

189, Surawong Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

+66(0)2234 0247.

[email protected]

https://www.britishclubbangkok.org/

 

The British Club Golf Section (BCGS) uses the UK Congu handicap system. Every month the BCGS plays a Medal and a Stableford competition at courses around Bangkok. In addition, there are six major competitions, which are held over two- or three-day weekends, usually in Hua Hin or near the Khao Yai National Park.

 

We also play around four competitions a year against other societies; these are held around Bangkok. If you would like more information, please contact BCGS. 

Chiang Mai Social Golfers

[email protected]

+66(0) 87-237-5707

http://chiangmaisocialgolfers.org/

 

In 2002 there was a small but keen group of expats who enjoyed the occasional social round of golf and who regularly gathered at the Aussie Cafe. To promote interest, enthusiasm, and support for the game of golf among Golfers in the Chiang Mai and surrounding areas.