henry2109 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Today I played a round on the Plutalung Navy Golf Course, near Sattahip, which took me almost 5 hours. Some flights in front of us was a flight with 6 persons. So we waited on every single whole. Nothing we could do about it. The caddies did not unterstand the words "marshal" or "manager". My caddy was a young navy boy and did not unterstand anything about golf. Did not see and find any ball, could not speak a word of english, and on the green he once even gave me the driver, was more than useless. One caddy told us that were many people every day, and also many koreans. This course is better to avoid in high season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 nothing you say surprises me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I went to play there yesterday but it looked like there was people on all 36 holes so went to Emerald instead. Nothing worse than slow play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul955 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Welcome to High season golf in Thailand. The Thai Navy course is often like this, did you not get suspicous when you booked your tee time? ( assuming you rang and prebooked as opposed to just turning up ). At Thai Navy there is never a problem whatever time you ask for. This is contrary to most other courses in and around Pattaya. I run a golf group in Pattaya, my advice to you, pre book tee times, and expect slow play at the cheaper ( green fee ) course like Thai Navy. Also 5 balls and 6 balls ( Thai / Japanese/ Korean ) are common in Thailand, although they are made to have a cart each person. Dont ever expect to be let through, and expect them to be slow slow slow on the greens, they are usually playing for money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 plus the old chestnut that you might get bumped and lose your tee time altogther if an admiral etc turns up and decides to play. ive decided not to play there again after my whole group tee time got cancelled in the morning, and we had to phone around and find a new course to play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 7 hours total for a round at Hangdong Chiangmai 2x9 holes last Wednesday. Not me but my regular caddy with a group of Thais. Groups playing in 4 & 5's and 1 x6 at every hole! Queues over 30 people on the first tee at 8.30am! No marshal or starter but the caddies control it well, amazingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetongue Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I went to play at Soi Dao up in the hills last week, lots of Koreans in big groups, no caddies left, wait for a caddy no thanks, went to the driving range and hit 80 balls instead, 40baht. Usually I beat them but this day I was a bit late. Edited January 22, 2015 by Bluetongue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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