The 10th running of the Honda LPGA Thailand saw forty nine of the World’s top 50 female golfers descend on Siam Country Club’s Old Course competing for a record US$1.6million.
Lexi Thompson claimed her seventh LPGA title in impressive fashion at the 2016 Honda LPGA Thailand and shot a final-round 4-under 68 for a six-shot victory over reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion In Gee Chun.
With this win, Thompson moves to No. 3 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and surpasses Stacy Lewis as the top-ranked American.
With nine Thais on the full LPGA tour interest in golf here in Thailand is very strong. Pattaya is perhaps the ideal place to host this major global sporting event as they love their golf here with over 26 top courses all within 60 minutes from the city.
The Old Course was in first class condition and was praised by all the players as one of the best tracks on tour, with the par 5 18th hole providing more drama than a Thai soap opera.
Good news for golf tourism is the fact that the tournament was seen by over 172 countries on live TV and the organisers said that attendance was up by a massive 15% with over 13,000 watching on the final day.
- We would like to pass on our thanks and appreciation to Sophie, Bill, Tony & the whole of the Golf Asian Vietnam team for organising our golf and transfers during our time in Ho Chi Minh, nothing was too much trouble and everything was professionally arranged
Thanks again from DAGS Adelaide
Tony Nickson - I wish I could give it more then 5 stars. From the moment we got out of airport until the moment we got back there we were taking care of extremely well and everything was perfectly organized and worked out like a dream. The van and driver was a very pleasant experience. Again Kudo’s to driver, excellent excellent person and golf asian lucky to have him work for them.
Neil Lowes - Just finished two wonderful weeks of golf in Thailand organized by Golf Asia. Incredible courses in both Hua Hin & Chaing Mai. Black Mountain and Banyon are outstanding. Ian Morgan in Hua Hin was a complete professional and had a chance to stop by so we could meet him.
Definitely recommended as a complete turn-key service. Caddies are new to us but great aspect of golf in Thailand.
Bill Donahue - great service getting us to and from golf courses and local knowledge sombat out driver was amazing. got us onto some great courses
James Williams - Most outstanding and professional service ever best layout of golf. The hotel was beautiful and the best breakfast ever fresh fruits 🍉 I wish I could have played two rounds each day that’s my only regret... golf Asia. I’m going to use you every year so remember my name and review very well
Nirav Vallabh - This was our 6 th trip booked thru golf Asian and all of them have been great & hassle free. We were booked at excellent hotel and played on wonderful courses in Phuket Chiangmai, Pattaya and Bangkok.
Our next plan is Vietnam next year, and we will leave it Golf Asian to plan it out for us
Khalid Iqbal - 01/18
10 day trip to Cambodia, 8 rounds of golf, 3 courses, perfect trip, all transfers were perfect and so we could enjoy golf and temple tour.
11/17
2nd trip with golfasian, perfect organization,
Alex Alexander - Used Golfasian to organize a 2 week trip for 6 people - 3 golfers and 3 non-golfers, travelling to 4 different parts of Thailand and playing 7 different courses. We were very, very impressed by the level of service we received. Had to make a couple of changes along the way and everyone we dealt with was very accommodating. Overall a wonderful experience. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone and will personally be using them again in the future.
Dave Blumgart - We just returned from Bali after a golf holiday.It was well organised by the Golfasian and must compliment them.This has been a yearly ritual with them.The previous two were at Thailand and Vietnam. Davinder Grewal and 7 other golfers with the ladies.
Davinder Grewal - This is the 2nd time i engaged GolfAsia for the HCM package. What impressed me much was they archived my last record and was able to recommend me 'new' courses to play this time. As was the last trip, they were organised and reliable. The arrangements (including a golf game that required speedboat transfer) were seamless and hassle-free.
Well done, GolfAsia. Looking forward to another trip by you.
Khai Leong
