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Take a box of balls if you intend to take on the Tiger Challenge tee shot on the canyon course

Blue Canyon 13th hole fr. Blk tee?? __ I did the "Tin-Cup" on this hole & never made it (lost 4 balls)

best tip is self belief

If you do not have faith in your ability nobody will.

You will always struggle to become a single figure player if you do not believe you are capable of becoming one.

Sound simple but works

So think of yourself as a single figure golfer NOW!!!

Yes! this quote is the best tip !! (I did beleive in myself & I am an 6.4 hcp)

very expensive (5K+) If you're not staying @ their lodge, you may not be able to play Canyon course (member & guest only) Canyon course is far better than lake course. Beside the Lake course is under renovation. Good luck

Easy, Feb/05 Blue Canyon (Canyon course) 1st hole par 4_346 yrds down hill w/ slight dogleg left. Eagle fr. 130 yrd

Most of the group I play with in Pattaya generally tip anywhere from 300 to 500, depending on how good the caddy is.

If the caddie does two rounds a day, she gets about 1000 baht from people like you. Someone in 7/11 gets 200 and a degree-qualified teacher gets 250 baht.

Something wrong here don't you think? Why do girls go to pattaya to prostitute themselves - they should get a job as a caddie, screwing foriegn golfers.

You sound like a frustrated teacher.

First of all, as a regular golfer myself, you must understand that you are in a minority of ONE when you talk about giving a caddy less than 100 baht!!

Secondly most caddies at the larger courses do NOT go out more than once a day. Some of these courses have 00's of caddies, some do not even get out once per day.

If it is about affordability, then you should not be playing golf.

I wish I could set a video camera up, of when you arrive at the golf course. Those poor caddies are running for cover hoping that its not their turn

I could not agree w/ you more. Having traveling to Thailand every year (since 2000) to play golf, I know many caddie could not get a round in because there are not enough golfer @ their course. On top they are require to be there everyday to work. If they don't, simply they loose their job! at this time of the year (monsoon season) they still require to be there

Good morning Quick Silva & welcome to the game you love to hate . The "bug" had bitten me few years back (jan 07 2000 @ BKK Airport "Sanam_Ngu") currently I manage to keep my hcp to 6.4 although I would like to see it lower.

I had read many reply to your post and I could not agree more to Mark Lamai post. However; I want to add few things:

• Definitely you should have your club longer than standard. Many club maker Mfg. base their standard on male @ 5'10" shorter clubs would have tendency for you to hunch over as well as path travel esp. on down_swing become to upright. Longer club should be a bit more stiffer flex due to club_head weight.
  
• Being a beginer you should start taking lesson as soon as possible (when you really know the golf_bug had bitten you) to prevent the develop of bad swing habit in the early stage. When you select the intructor, be sure to select a person w/ similar build (height, weight, etc.etc..) of you, so they could really understand what you are going thru. Also; observe the particular intructor first to see how well they communicate w/ their students before making decision to take lesson w/ them. Remember; it is your $$ & your time to spent w/ them, make it worth.
  
• Back to you clubs, many club Mfg. do make Forge cavity back. I would recomment you to have custom fit and select this type of club head (more forgiving) as well as you might need the lie adjust (approx. 1* upright)
  

• When you practice @ driving range, swing your your clubs as fast as you can ( in control ofcourse ) let it rip!! but pay attention to range balls weight. Many drvng range in BKK their balls have tedency to be a bit lighter than normal balls. But if you want to improve your score; then, you should work from putting green out (i.e. spend much more time on putting, chipping, pitching than full swing) shorter club always easier to control than longer club (i.e. driver)
  

Other than that, welcome to the game that many of us would take life time to master. Remember: "it is not the destination you're mainly interest of your journey, but the things you learn along the way to your destination"__ Best of luck & always keep your ball in the short grass__ Sincerely Luv2glf