Client round or company tournament?
On a weekday, start early to beat the heat; the club confirms its first visitor tee time. At Thai Country Club, weekend and public-holiday visitors play afternoons only, its official site says. Decide the format first, because it changes the course, the tee times and the budget. A client round is 4 to 8 players on booked tee times, with carts and lunch. A company tournament is 40 players or more, usually with a shotgun start, scoring, prizes and a dinner.
A shotgun start sends every group out at once from different holes, so the whole field finishes together. RG Salaya Golf and Sports Club, in the Bangkok area, lists shotgun starts at 06:30 or 12:00. It needs a minimum of 120 and a maximum of 170 players. Smaller fields usually play on consecutive tee times instead.
Best courses near Bangkok for a corporate day
Our pick for a day out from Bangkok is Thai Country Club, the classic choice. Its rate page lists a high-season visitor fee of ฿6,000 on weekdays and ฿7,500 on weekends and public holidays, afternoons only, from November to March. It is about 42 minutes by car from Suvarnabhumi (checked November 2026).
Nikanti Golf Club in Nakhon Pathom is about 67 minutes from the Asok junction in central Bangkok. It is about 83 minutes from Suvarnabhumi. We confirm its current rate before we quote.
Some of the best-known clubs are harder to book. Alpine Golf Club shows only a member's guest rate, and Amata Spring publishes no visitor rate. We ask the club for the group terms in each case. More courses are in our Bangkok golf guide.
Taking the group away: Hua Hin, Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai
For a tournament with an overnight stay, take the group to a golf town. Hua Hin is about 2 hours 50 from Suvarnabhumi and Pattaya about 1 hour 55 (checked November 2026). Phuket and Chiang Mai need a short flight. Each town has several courses, so the group can play two in two days.
Pattaya: Siam Country Club Rolling Hills lists a visitor fee of ฿5,700 on weekdays and ฿6,700 at weekends. Laem Chabang and Chee Chan publish no current high-season rate.
Hua Hin: Royal Hua Hin's latest card has expired, so the rate is on request.
Phuket: Blue Canyon and Red Mountain publish no visitor rate. Mission Hills requires every golfer to take a cart and a caddie.
Chiang Mai: Chiangmai Highlands lists a visitor rate of ฿4,400 from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Koh Samui: Santiburi Samui Country Club's 2026 promotions, valid to 31 December 2026, start at ฿3,550 for an early 18 holes with caddie and cart.
See Pattaya golf and our golf in Thailand hub for each town.
What a corporate golf day costs
The cost is the green fee per player, plus the caddie and the cart, plus food, prizes and transport. Chiangmai Highlands, for example, lists ฿4,400 for 18 holes, with a compulsory caddie at ฿400 paid in cash and a cart at ฿750 per player. Thai Country Club's page does not say what its fee includes.
For a tournament, ask the club for an event package that covers the shotgun start, scoring, a prize table and the dinner. We quote these on request, because clubs set group terms case by case. Published visitor rates are collected on our golf green fees page.
Caddies, carts and etiquette
Caddies are part of Thai golf, and many courses make them compulsory. Chiangmai Highlands and Mission Hills Phuket both require one. Your caddie reads the greens, finds the ball and keeps the pace. Each club sets its own dress code, so we send it to every player before the day.
Tipping your caddie is customary at the end of the round. At Siam Country Club near Pattaya, tips usually start at ฿500, and the club leaves the final amount to you. Keep up with the group ahead and let faster groups through.
Prizes, branding and the 19th hole
The round is only half the day; the dinner after is where the relationships happen. Plan branded balls, tee gifts and hole flags, longest-drive and nearest-the-pin prizes, and an awards dinner on the clubhouse terrace or at the hotel. For Muslim guests, ask for halal food and check the kitchen's certificate.
Keep the speeches short and the prize table generous. Our team books the photographer, and edited photos reach you in about 48 hours, with the vans home already waiting.
When to go
The best months for golf in Thailand are the cool season, from mid-October to mid-February. The hot season runs from mid-February to mid-May, so book early tee times then. The rainy season, from mid-May to mid-October, brings afternoon storms; in Bangkok, September is the wettest month, the Thai Meteorological Department's figures show.
In the wet months, book morning rounds and keep the afternoon free for lunch, a spa or meetings.
Plan it with Tanner
Tanner organises corporate golf in Thailand from tee times to the last van home. One planner books the course, the caddies and carts, the prizes, the dinner and the hotel, and sends one plan and one invoice. Four players or 170, our Thai team runs the day on site. We also tell you which famous courses are too far away to suit your group. Send the date, the number of players and whether it is clients or a tournament.
Example plan. Vans collect eight players late in the morning for Thai Country Club, where high-season visitor rounds are played in the afternoon. Lunch comes first on the clubhouse terrace. Then the caddies and carts wait on the first tee, and the vans have everyone back in the city for dinner. Two to three weeks' notice is ideal, and three days is possible.
Start with the date and the headcount. Our VIP van service and the corporate events chapter cover the rest.
