Our top picks
You are in Phuket for a week and want two or three good rounds between beach days. Our top picks match the course to the day you want.
Best championship course: Blue Canyon, Canyon Course. Par 72, opened in 1991 and designed by Yoshikazu Kato, the club says.
Best resort course: Laguna Golf Phuket. An 18-hole, par-71 course inside the Laguna estate at Bang Tao, close to the beach resorts.
Best views: Red Mountain Golf Club. The course is sculpted into the rocky ground of an old tin mine.
For a two-round trip. Play Blue Canyon's Canyon Course on the first morning and Laguna on the second. You get one serious test and one easy resort round.
For a group with non-golfers. Base the group at Laguna. Golfers stay close to the course, while partners use the spa, the beach club and the lagoon.
Best for a corporate day: Mission Hills Phuket. A Jack Nicklaus design, par 72, with carts and caddies compulsory for every player.
How we choose
We rank courses on design, course condition on the day we checked, service and value. We print only each club's own published rates, with the date we checked them, and never agent prices. No club pays to appear here. Where a club publishes no rate, we say so and quote on request.
What we look at. We weigh the greens and fairways, the pace of play, the caddies, the clubhouse and the drive from the beach hotels. A great course with a poor day out does not make our top picks.
How often we check. Best-of lists like this one are rechecked every three months. Rates change with the season, so we confirm every fee again when we book.
Blue Canyon Country Club: Canyon and Lakes courses
Blue Canyon Country Club has two 18-hole courses, both par 72 and both designed by Yoshikazu Kato. The Lakes Course is defined by water: hazards feature on 17 of its 18 holes, according to the club.
The Canyon Course. The older layout, opened in 1991, the club says, and the one we book first for visiting golfers. It asks for accuracy from the tee and patience on the greens.
The Lakes Course. The newer course. The club's pages give 1998 on one page and February 1999 on another, so we leave the exact year out. With water on almost every hole, it rewards a careful plan.
Fees. Blue Canyon publishes no visitor rates online. We ask the club and quote the current rate with your tee time.
Booking a tee time. Blue Canyon is popular with groups in the dry season. We ask for tee times once your dates are firm and hold early slots where the club allows.
Our tip. With one round here, play the Canyon Course. Book an early tee time and leave time for lunch in the clubhouse before the afternoon heat.
Mission Hills Phuket
Mission Hills Phuket is a Jack Nicklaus design, par 72, measuring 6,806 yards from the Black tees, according to the club's scorecard. Every golfer must take a cart and a caddie, under club policy. The club says its rates include all government taxes, but it does not publish them online.
What to expect. Nicklaus courses reward good course management, and several sets of tees suit a mixed group of strong and newer golfers.
Non-playing guests. A partner or friend who rides along pays a follower fee of ฿1,200 per person, including a shared cart.
Our tip. Ask for a morning tee time and a caddie who speaks good English.
For groups. The cart-and-caddie rule keeps the pace steady, which makes Mission Hills easy to plan for a company outing. See our corporate golf days.
Laguna Golf Phuket
Laguna Golf Phuket is the only course on this list with a full published rate. The club lists ฿5,600 for 18 holes, covering the green fee and the caddie fee, on a rate page dated February 2026. Carts cost ฿700 for one golfer or ฿1,000 shared between two.
The setting. The course is part of the Laguna Phuket estate at Bang Tao. Banyan Tree Phuket sits on the same estate, and its Banyan Café looks over the course, the resort says.
The course. The club describes an 18-hole, par-71 layout: a relaxed resort round rather than a brutal test, and ideal for a morning before the beach.
The caddie fee. The club lists the caddie at ฿400 within the ฿5,600 rate. Tip your caddie on top at the end of the round.
After the round. Banyan Tree Phuket's RAVA Beach Club runs 150 metres along Bang Tao Beach, with three infinity pools. It is an easy place for lunch and a swim after golf.
Where to stay nearby. Banyan Tree Phuket has 217 villas, each with a private pool, and sits about 16 km from the airport. Angsana Laguna Phuket and Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket are also on the estate. See our Phuket hotels guide.
Red Mountain and Loch Palm
MBK Golf owns and runs two neighbouring courses in Phuket: Red Mountain Golf Club and Loch Palm Golf Club. Red Mountain is known locally as the most challenging course on the island, MBK says.
Red Mountain. The course is sculpted into the rugged, rocky land of an old tin mine, which gives it its character and its name. It suits confident golfers. The club announced a new par-3 13th hole from 16 April 2026.
Loch Palm. The neighbour course sits right beside Red Mountain, so the two pair well over two days.
Our tip. Take a caddie who knows the course, and bring extra balls. Play Red Mountain early, when the light on the rock faces is best, and finish with lunch in the clubhouse.
Fees. MBK Golf's official page gives no green fee or season dates. We ask the club and quote the current rate with your booking.
Other courses. Phuket has more courses than this list; our golf guide covers the rest of Thailand. We include only those we can describe from official sources, and we book others on request.
Courses near Phuket: Aquella and Phang Nga
Across the bridge in Phang Nga, Aquella Golf and Country Club adds a seaside round to a Phuket trip. The club describes an 18-hole championship course of 7,019 yards on the Andaman coast. It was designed by Pacific Coast Design, the club says.
Why go. Aquella's coastal setting is very different from Phuket's hill courses. It makes a good first or last round if you split your stay with Khao Lak.
Combining it with Phang Nga Bay. A round at Aquella pairs well with a boat day among the limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay for the non-golfers.
Ask us about the drive from your hotel and the current rate.
Green fees, caddies, carts and tips
Green fees in Phuket often cover only the right to play. Caddies and carts can be extra, and some courses make both compulsory.
Caddies. Most Phuket courses use caddies. Your caddie carries or drives your bag, reads the greens and finds lost balls, which matters on hilly courses like Red Mountain.
Tipping. In Thailand you tip your caddie in cash when the round ends. The clubs we checked in Phuket do not publish a tip figure. Elsewhere, clubs suggest at least ฿400 for 18 holes; see our golf green fees data.
A worked example. At Laguna, two golfers sharing a cart pay ฿5,600 each plus ฿1,000 for the cart. That is ฿6,100 per golfer before the caddie tip and lunch, using the club's February 2026 rates.
Carts. On hilly courses a cart is a real help in the heat.
Dress code. Most clubs ask for a collared shirt and tailored shorts or trousers. Denim and beachwear are not accepted. Soft-spike shoes are standard.
Rain and cancellations. Ask each club about its rain policy; some give a rain check if storms stop play early. We keep wet-season tee times flexible where the clubs allow it.
Club hire. Most clubs hire out sets. If you play often, bring your own clubs in a hard case; our cars carry golf bags easily.
Best time to play golf in Phuket
The best time to play golf in Phuket is December to March, the driest months. The Thai Meteorological Department's normals show February as the driest month, with 24 mm of rain on average. September is the wettest, with 350 mm. November and April are good shoulder months.
Month by month. The same normals show about 50 mm of rain in January, 81 mm in March and 135 mm in April. November averages 178 mm, as the wet season fades. December brings around 82 mm, when the high season begins.
From May to October, expect more rain, but showers often pass quickly. Tee off before 08:00 in any month for the best chance of a dry, cooler round. Our Thailand weather guide shows the rain and heat month by month.
Plan your golf days with Tanner
One planner for the whole golf week: tee times, a car with space for clubs, lunch at the club and a villa for the group. Tell us how many golfers are coming, plus handicaps and dates. Our Thai team matches each course to the players, and we say so when one is too far from your villa. For longer trips, see our golf holidays and the golf trip checklist.
Example plan: a golf week. Arrive and rest on day one. Play Blue Canyon on day two and Laguna on day three. Take a yacht day around Phang Nga Bay on day four, then finish with Red Mountain or Mission Hills before you fly.
