Kanchanaburi Golf Guide

hours west of Bangkok, near the Burmese border, this is the home of the Bridge over the River Kwai, and the same river valley and limestone hills that made the region famous give its golf courses a completely different look than the flat parkland tracks around the capital. The anchor is the 27-hole layout at Artitaya Golf and Resort, long known as Nichigo Golf Resort and Country Club, where the Lake, River, and Mountain nines run along the River Kwai Yai beneath jungle-covered crags. Mission Hills Golf Club Kanchanaburi brings a Jack Nicklaus design with his trademark waste bunkers and water, and Grand Prix Golf Club, owned by an automotive company and decorated accordingly, serves up a well-conditioned test with Burmese mountain ranges on the horizon. Blue Sapphire, Mida, and Evergreen Hills round out a rotation deep enough for a full week at green fees that make Bangkok look expensive.

Off the course, the history does the heavy lifting. Walk the bridge, ride the Death Railway, and give Hellfire Pass the half day it deserves. Then lighten things up at Erawan Falls, one of the best swimming waterfalls in Thailand, and spend a night in a floating raft house on the river, an experience you will not find anywhere else on a golf trip.

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