Chiang Mai Golf Festival

[OOB]

Ala the Hua Hin variety, only all of the major courses here are participating, not just a select few.

Green fees are 800 Baht all of May and June and there is a Saturday competition every weekend at one of the courses for 900 Baht (includes green fee, dinner and prizes - 12:00 shotgun start).

Remarkably (or perhaps not) their flyer does not include a website address, but for more details you can contact the local TAT office on 053 248 604.

Edited April 21, 2010 by OOB

[Thailand]

ChiangMaiGolfFestival - They now have website.

How on earth did Stardome qualify for this, particularly the competition. It's a 9 hole course and the prices will actually go up from 700 to 800 baht- not much of a deal or am I missing something?

As for the others, some great courses at very favourable pricing.

[OOB]

ChiangMaiGolfFestival - They now have website

Cheeky! Hijacked domain name?

I agree with Stardome, but with nine tourneys to play I guess they had to be imaginative. Personally, I'd have followed the Hua Hin precedent where you have qualifiers and then a final. That way you could have played one of the premium courses twice (qual and final).

Either way, I won't be going for the tourneys. So fed up with the system 36 (lottery) method and the six hour rounds. If only all players in the Kingdom had fair handicaps, we could all enjoy proper competition...

[Fore Man]

ChiangMaiGolfFestival - They now have website

Cheeky! Hijacked domain name?

I agree with Stardome, but with nine tourneys to play I guess they had to be imaginative. Personally, I'd have followed the Hua Hin precedent where you have qualifiers and then a final. That way you could have played one of the premium courses twice (qual and final).

Either way, I won't be going for the tourneys. So fed up with the system 36 (lottery) method and the six hour rounds. If only all players in the Kingdom had fair handicaps, we could all enjoy proper competition...

Good point on the handicap issue. I played in the annual Christmas tourney at Gymkhana, winning the senior division on both low raw score and low net score...but there were players out there who shot in the 90s claiming handicap indexes of 30--the max allowed. Pure BS. I also saw a man in my foursome who continually hit balls OB and into water hazards...and never counted his penalty shots. I won't be entereing this new gimmick either...who wants to endure 5-6 hours in the sun in the hot season? Only mad dogs and Englishmen...

[Thailand]

Good point on the handicap issue. I played in the annual Christmas tourney at Gymkhana, winning the senior division on both low raw score and low net score...but there were players out there who shot in the 90s claiming handicap indexes of 30--the max allowed. Pure BS. I also saw a man in my foursome who continually hit balls OB and into water hazards...and never counted his penalty shots. I won't be entereing this new gimmick either...who wants to endure 5-6 hours in the sun in the hot season? Only mad dogs and Englishmen...

Saw the results of a tournament at Hang Dong, I think early last year.

Amongst other great net scores the winner and runner up hit 76 and 77 respectively and each had 26 handicaps. Net 50 & 51- that's good isn't it.