Chiang Mai Golf Guide

If Bangkok is Thailand golf at full volume, Chiang Mai is the same country with the dial turned down and the scenery turned up. The Rose of the North sits ringed by forested mountains, and roughly a dozen courses take full advantage of the backdrop. The headliner is Alpine Golf Resort Chiang Mai, a Ron Garl design tucked into a valley in the San Kamphaeng forests that hosted the Asian Tour's Chiang Mai Golf Classic in 2013 and 2014. Its 652-yard par 5 fourth is the longest hole in Thailand, and yes, it plays every bit of it. Chiangmai Highlands Golf and Spa Resort offers 27 holes in the foothills east of the city with mountain views from nearly every tee, Royal Chiang Mai brings a Peter Thomson design with pot bunkers and bumpy fairways that feel imported from the other side of the world, and Summit Green Valley comes from Dennis Griffiths, the same architect behind Thai Country Club in Bangkok.

The other reason to come north is the climate. From November through February, Chiang Mai serves up cool mornings and dry afternoons while the rest of Thailand sweats. Off the course, this is the cultural capital of the country. Climb to the temple at Doi Suthep, wander the old walled city, spend an ethical afternoon at an elephant sanctuary, and end every day with a bowl of khao soi and a stroll through the night bazaar. Green fees run lower than Bangkok, the pace runs slower, and nobody has ever regretted the trade.

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