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PHUKET, Thailand – Three of Thailand’s top golf resort venues have joined the country’s high-profile marketing cooperative, Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience, while a fourth member course has agreed to host another Asian Tour stop in December. Golf in a Kingdom (www.golfinakingdom.com) serves discerning golf holiday-makers by packaging top course venues with accommodations from hoteliers including Hilton, Marriott and Anantara. Starting today, with the addition of Bangkok’s newest track, Riverdale Golf Club, and two premier properties on island of Phuket – Loch Palm Golf Club and Red Mountain Golf Club – these course offerings now cover the full breadth of Thailand, top to bottom. Meanwhile, the Asian Tour has confirmed that Golf in a Kingdom member Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin will again host the Black Mountain Masters December 16-19. Swedish star Johan Edfors will be on hand to defend his 2009 title, also held at Black Mountain, though this year’s prize money should drawn an even stronger field. According to Asian Tour Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han, the purse for the 2010 Black Mountain Masters purse has been boosted by $100,000, to $600,000 USD. “These developments emphasize once again why Thailand is Asia’s top golf destination, for touring professionals and traveling golfers alike,” says Mark Siegel, managing director of Bangkok-based golf tour operator Golfasian (www.golfasian.com), a founding member of Golf in a Kingdom. “It’s a feather in the cap of Black Mountain to earn a return engagement with the Asian Tour; it’s clearly a superb tournament course. “We are just as eager to welcome Riverdale, Loch Palm and Red Mountain to Golf in a Kingdom. We’re all about making golf holiday in Thailand more convenient. Most international flights land in Bangkok, so the more course options we provide there, the better. But Phuket is such a desirable destination and it’s no less convenient: Its international airport accommodates direct flights from Asian hubs like Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney.” Riverdale, Loch Palm and Red Mountain are all owned and operated by the Bangkok-based MBK Group. According to Michael Brasier, PGA Professional and Golf Operations Manager at Loch Palm and Red Mountain, MBK sees great potential in golf, and in Golf in a Kingdom. “At the moment MBK owns three golf properties in Thailand, but over the next few years, we expect this portfolio to expand,” says Brasier, a native of England, who has been in Thailand for 16 years. “This was part of our attraction to Golf in a Kingdom. We are now standing beside the best courses in the country. It’s just the sort of company we want our properties to keep, and it’s no surprise that golfers are attracted to layouts of this quality, especially when economically packaged with rooms at hotel properties the likes of Marriott, Hilton and Anantara.” Located in the Pathumthani district of Bangkok, Riverdale GC opened for play Aug. 1, 2010. It was designed by Welsh architect Jonathan Morrow and his partner, veteran shaper Al Tikkanen, who took a dead-flat site and utterly transformed it through some major feats of engineering. It’s hard to believe dramatic elevation changes at “Rice Mill Corner” – the sweeping dogleg par-4 7th, the epic par-3 8th (with its choice of greens: a water-protected island or plateau postage-stamp) and stern uphill par-4 9th – are man-made. The experience at Red Mountain, also designed by Morrow and Tikkanen, couldn’t be more different. Carved from an abandoned tin mine in the mountains of Phuket, Red Mountain features at variety of remarkable golf holes on startling terrain. The elevation changes, some in excess of 150 feet, are natural; the water hazards (former mining pits) and the exposed red cliffs are legacies of the property’s former industrial use. The golf holes take maximum advantage of all these qualities. Loch Palm, located just down the road from Red Mountain, presents a “far more relaxed experience,” Brasier says. The surrounding terrain is mountainous but the course is level, the tree-lined holes laid out graciously along the edges of Crystal Lake, the largest on any track in Phuket. The layout at Loch Palm underwent minor course renovations this summer. At the close of high season, in April 2011, it will undergo a major renovation of course and clubhouse. Both will return to full operation in October 2011. Well before that time, both Loch Palm and Red Mountain will be served by The Tinidee Hotel @ Phuket, a boutique golf lodge located equidistant from the two clubhouses. The Tinidee is on schedule for a grand opening on 1 November, 2010. By banding together to form Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience the country’s top courses and hotels have created a cooperative itinerary that matches the most desirable “stay” options with its most desirable “play” options. With the addition of Riverdale, Red Mountain and Loch Palm, those play options represent the crème of Southeast Asian resort tracks: For more information on Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience, or to make golf travel plans in Thailand, visit www.golfinakingdom.com, or send email to info@golfinakingdom.com
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    • Niki at GolfAsian Thailand put together our golf itinerary on extremely short notice and every part of the experience was efficient and smooth. From organizing the itinerary, managing payments, being picked up at the hotel by fantastic drivers (Sombat and Rocky in Hua Hin are great!), picked up after our round in a timely manner...all of it was fantastic! I recommend you email or call Golfasian directly because my first encounter with them through their online chat was absolutely awful. But I gave them a second chance and Niki came to our rescue. We couldn't be happier and will definitely use GA again!
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    • We just spent 3days our annual golf event (23pax) in Chiangmai with Golfasian.
      Say....it was brilliant arrangement, all guys of Golfasian performed with professional manners and sincere hospitality. All schedule went on smoothly and all our participants were so happy.
      once again, thank you very much!!
      I highly recommend them to anyone who want to arrange golf event in Thai (or anywhere else in asia). we will be back to soon!!!
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      Hajime Agata
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      Bill Hoy
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    • I have not long returned from Accor Vietnam Masters conducted by Golf Asian and I would thoroughly recommend that you enter in 2017. You won't be disappointed.
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      Jenny Brooks
    • perfekte ,verlässliche Organisation mit hoher Zuverlässigkeit.
      mehrfach mit Gruppe in Thailand,Kambodscha und Vietnam erfolgreich benutzt im Golfbereich in Kombination mit Sightseeing
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    • Thanks for yet another fabulous golf holiday in Thailand. This was our 6th and probably our best yet. This time we were a group of 18 visiting Hua Hin and Phuket. We all loved Banyan and Black Mountain (HH) and Red Mountain & Blue Canyon in Phuket. All the hotels we stayed at - Sofitel (Bkk) Centara (HH) & Angsana (Phuket) were fabulous. The transportation to and from the courses and additional transportation to other places of interest were on time and efficient. Lit who set up our programme and Bua our on-the-ground guide were enthusiastic and a pleasure to deal with. Everything went without a hitch, according to the schedule that Lit had assiduously set up for us. Thanks to Golfasian for their attention to detail and meticulousness. In doing so, you took the stress out of travelling in a large group where things can go horribly wrong very quickly. Because the planning was so thorough, you made everything enjoyable, stress free and fun. We're already planning for next year.
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      Marina Wilson
    • After a little hiccup with the first course AJ sorted for me to play @ Seapines army golf course, really enjoyed my round on a beautiful course
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      Andrew Latus
    • good service, quick answers, just good for golf lovers
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      Beat Duss
    • Very good organisation! Our tour was great thru Thailand!
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