Phuket Country Club offers two golf courses on either side of a road between Phuket Town and Patong Beach. The 18 hole Old Course is fairly flat and simple, and offers the definite possibility of a low score, while the nine hole new course has varied terrain and is a challenge to players of all abilities.
Among the highlights of the Old Course are the 10th and 17th holes. The 10th features a water hazard where the fairway should be. This 557 yard par five offers the temptation of carrying the 240 yards to the green in one. Across the road on the nine hole New Course players are challenged by the 450 yard par five 8th hole which has two fairways, one on a plateau and one that lays up in front of a canal.
The centre of the hole is dominated by trees and the two fairways link again in front of the green. The last hole on the course is a 545 yard par five that throws everything at players, including rough, a narrow fairway and a long water hazard on the approach to the green.
