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for Lake View Hotel & Golf Club, Thailand
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Largest golf facility with 36 solid holes in Hua Hin
Reviewed April 2, 2024
Played C+D on March 10th/A+B on March 20th, 2024. The 36-hole course is embedded in a hotel resort north of Hua Hin, directly on Highway 37. Since it's about 2 km through the resort from the highway to the hotel/clubhouse, you won't notice any traffic on the lap. The resort is sparsely developed, so you can hardly see any buildings. The clubhouse is not the newest, and the small pro shop where you pay your green and caddy fees is located in the lower part of the building. Opposite are the locker rooms, which are good but cannot necessarily be described as luxurious. Everything seems a little undersized for a 36-hole system. There was only one employee in the pro shop who greeted us in a friendly and busy manner. During our rounds there was relatively little activity on the course, so the two of us were able to start earlier and almost play through. A slow flight allowed us to play through with a break at a halfway house. The caddies who accompanied us were very good and nice. You read the lines on the greens perfectly. They quickly picked up every tee and got us the balls out of the holes and water hazards even though we didn't really want to. The four 9 hole loops are all flat and a cart is not essential. Because of the heat we still rented some for 750 Bath each. The carts aren't the most modern, but there were two small bottles of water per player for free. Unfortunately there is no homepage for the course/club. The URL here at 1Golf. de is stated leads nowhere. The hotel only has a homepage, but there is no information about the courses and certainly not about the green fee prices. Since we booked a golf package in advance of our trip, we assume that the standard green fee is 2,800 Bath, as stated here at 1Golf. We didn't see a price list at the pro shop. The restaurant in front of the pro shop, below the hotel and pool area, offers a wide selection of food at affordable prices. What we ate after the round was absolutely fine, even if the young waitress had a bit of a hard time taking our order and we always had to point to the pictures or texts on the menu. We ultimately had to order the rice we ordered. But now to the courses: The Dessert and the Links Course (C+D) are very similar. There are many bunkers and some water hazards that come into play and come into play strategically, especially in windy conditions. There is also a 90 degree dogleg (the 15 of the link). The Lake Course (B), as the name suggests, has a lot of water. Here, hole 14 (PAR 3) with an island tee is certainly an eye-catcher. The fairways are usually very wide. A few trees here and there, otherwise pretty easy to play. The bunkers are the challenge. Unfortunately there are also a few stones in some of them. The greens were mostly dry, hard and therefore very fast and often undulating. A few greens were obviously watered more and the grass was a little higher and the putts were a little slower. By the way, the Links Course has absolutely nothing to do with a links, it probably just needed a name for this loop. During our first lap we saw a lot of smoke behind the course, apparently from a fire on the mountain behind the course. Since all the employees kept calm, we also stayed calm, even though the smoke was very close to the clubhouse when we left the facility. Overall, a good facility that seems to be less busy than most other places around Hua Hin.
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Advisable
Reviewed January 31, 2024
We played A (Mountain) and B (Lake) on January 31,2024. The course was in very good condition, the greens were very stable and had no defects.
The two courses are wonderfully embedded in the landscape, with the Lake course living up to its name: lots of water!
But never unfair, i.e. always enough landing zones with a fairly straight game.
Regarding the caddies: unfortunately in Thailand it is always a cause for discussion. Unfortunately, very few people have golfing experience and can still show the lines on the greens to some extent. Therefore: Just don't set your expectations too high.
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Everything OK
Reviewed December 13, 2022
12/11/2022 Beautifully situated between the mountains; course maintenance mediocre;
Not very difficult to play;
The obligatory caddies (ladies) transport the luggage and clean the balls. they got 400 baht per caddy from us.
Several drinking stations and toilets on the loop; at 30 degrees very pleasant 😀
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The first time was better
Reviewed January 17, 2018
When I played the A / B class two years ago, I really wanted to go back and play the C / D class because the Q-School had taken the class. Desert and Link are already true names, as there are few shady trees, but the more bunker. Partly very long par 4 and par 5 holes ensure that you can write off GIR as a normal golfer. The fairways were very dry, so sometimes you were better off in the first cut. The greens presented themselves as usual fast and tricky, sometimes not very big. Unfortunately we have the same experience as Monty has to make with the caddies, which left a rather unmotivated impression. Maybe it was because they had to complete the long course on foot. But one was the friendlier in the pro shop.
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Definitely worth it
Reviewed November 19, 2017
We played a couple of places in Hua Hin in November 2017:
10.11. Lake View (B = Lake and D = Link)
11.11. Royal Hua Hin
11.12. Palm Hills
11.14. Majestic Creek
Here's something to Lake View;
The course consists of 4 9-hole courses, which can be played singly or in combination. We played B and D. Basically no problem, even if A + B or C + D are provided on the score cards.
Place A = Mountain = Looks good from afar...
Place B = Lake = Beautifully landscaped, lots of water. So on the one hand for the eye but also care in the tactics. Very nice is hole 5 (the island). Par3 with island green.
Place C = Desert = This also looked good from a distance...
Place D = Link = spacious, nice to play.
Overall, fairways and greens were in very good condition. Annoying but not to circumvent is the compulsory obligation of a caddy who (rightly, the, as the exclusively ladies) was very hard-working, but spoke as good as no English. Please always include the additional 300 TBH as an "expected" tip. Only in Majestik was openly pointed out, expected and partly demanded on all squares.
No preset table. I only found them in the pro shop in Palm Hills.
Accompanied by a "non-golfer" was no problem and also free. Which is not the rule. So this is forbidden in the Royal and costs in Majestik 400 TBH extra.
We have received material and also green fees through a local rental. A new complete set (Cobra iron with Graphite R, Callaway woods and an Odyssey Putter Pro 2) for 500 TBH per day and some 30% discount on green fees were decisive. There are several rentals, we have borrowed at "Fairways Hua Hin" 1 / 11Sasong Road.
We still lacked some of the places around Hua Hin, especially the "hip" Bayan and Black Mountain we have deliberately spared, but overall Hua Hin is indeed a rewarding golf destination.
About Hua Hin as a holiday resort may omit others, for us that was more Tourifang than authentic Thailand.
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Caddies??
Reviewed February 21, 2017
We have the space, A + B, played for the first time. The layout has been possible of course but drier than the others in the area.
Reception and small ProShop ok.
Needless time the mandatory caddies. Our seemed to have been forced to caddy existence. No English, no information, no smile, bat lead and no more.
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Unfortunately, the Q-School in front of the door
Reviewed January 7, 2016
... That's why on this day the area was very crowded. I have played the courses A + B. The layout of the two is interesting and challenging with many water hazards and waste areas. A lay-up was sometimes the better decision than the direct attack of the green. The fairways were in a passable condition, sometimes very dry and hard. The bunkers were difficult to estimate, partly ne shovel sand would have done well. The greens are fast and very demanding and despite Caddy help some 3-putts were there. You have to play a few times, like any foreign golf courses halt.
Preparing for Q-School of the Asian Tour has the place not noted (in a negative sense), the fact that it takes place there, but speaks for the facility.
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Hua Hin's middle class...
Reviewed December 13, 2013
... what is meant pejoratively in any case with the outstanding quality of the courses in and around Hua Hin! The plant now has 36 holes (4 x 9), of which we found the 9-hole loop "Desert Course" on interssantesten. The staff and caddies are - as everywhere in Hua Hin - extremely friendly and accommodating.
If you can look past a few small defects will be on the varied space (water, doglegs, trees!) Sure have fun.
The slightly longer journey to the north was, if at all short, Wartezeitenu outweighed on the round. As you manage every 36 (walking) because he is not as full as the "top dogs" Banyan, Black Mountain and Springfield, and because he is flat.
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