Where can you stay in a villa next to a golf course in Thailand?
You want to walk from breakfast to the first tee, then from the last green to your own pool. Thailand's best golf villas sit in five areas: Phuket, Hua Hin, Pattaya, Chiang Mai and Koh Samui. Laguna in Phuket has resort villas beside a course. Hua Hin has private pool villas near Black Mountain. Pattaya has the most courses within reach of Bangkok, and Chiang Mai has cool-season golf in the hills.
Phuket. Resort villas at Laguna and private villas on the west coast, close to beaches and dining.
Hua Hin. Private pool villas and stay-and-play villas near Black Mountain and Pineapple Valley.
Pattaya. Siam Country Club's courses, with villas in Pratumnak and Na Jomtien.
Chiang Mai. Alpine Golf Resort, with 27 holes and cooler mornings from November to February.
Koh Samui. A resort stay at Santiburi, with golf on the island arranged around it.
Example plan: three rounds in Pattaya or Hua Hin, then a flight to Phuket for two more and a day on a yacht. Or one villa all week, a different course each morning, and the afternoons by the pool with the scorecards.
Phuket: Laguna and the west coast
Laguna, on Bang Tao Bay, is Phuket's golf resort area, and Banyan Tree Phuket sits inside it. The resort's own site lists 217 villas, so a group can take several pool villas side by side. Laguna Golf Phuket is close by, with its fees on its own rate page. Our verdict: the easiest golf-and-beach base in Thailand.
Laguna Golf Phuket charges visitors ฿5,600 for 18 holes, including the caddie fee, according to its rate page from February 2026. The caddie fee alone is ฿400. A cart costs ฿700 for one golfer or ฿1,000 shared. The page publishes no weekday or weekend split.
The branded golf residences at Laguna are private homes, not hotel rooms, so we do not list them as stays. For a group, book the resort's pool villas or a private villa nearby.
Red Mountain and Phuket Country Club, with 27 holes, are also operating. For a private villa instead of a resort, Surin Beach is about 40 minutes from Phuket airport by car (checked November 2026). See our guide to golf in Phuket.
Hua Hin: Black Mountain and Pineapple Valley
For a group of golfers who want their own villa, Hua Hin is the best area. Black Mountain has 27 holes in three nines, designed by Phil Ryan of Pacific Coast Design and opened in 2007, the club says. Its own site offers private pool villas for stay-and-play trips.
The club's undated rate page lists a visitor green fee of ฿3,500, a caddie fee of ฿350 and a compulsory cart at ฿750. We confirm the current rate when we book.
Black Mountain also sells property on the course, and owners become lifetime members of the club, its site says. That is a purchase, not a holiday. For a trip, take the club's pool villas or a private villa nearby.
Pineapple Valley Golf Club, formerly known as Banyan Golf Club, was designed by Pirapon Namatra. From November 2026 to March 2027, its green fee is ฿4,500 before 14:00. A caddie is mandatory at ฿400, and a cart is optional at ฿850. The club asks for a caddie tip of no less than ฿400.
For a larger group, we arrange a private villa nearby, such as a 5-bedroom pool villa ten minutes from Black Mountain. Breakfast is on the terrace at six and the van is loaded by half past. Suvarnabhumi to Hua Hin is about 2 hours 50 minutes by car (checked November 2026). See our guide to golf in Hua Hin.
Pattaya: Siam Country Club and Chee Chan
Pattaya has the most golf within easy reach of Bangkok, and Siam Country Club is its leading name. Book it for the widest choice of courses near the capital. Suvarnabhumi to Pattaya is about 1 hour 55 minutes by car (checked November 2026). Take a private villa on Pratumnak hill or in Na Jomtien and play a different course each day.
Siam Country Club's own pages list these visitor green fees. The Waterside course, opened in 2014 and designed by IMG, charges ฿5,700 on weekdays and ฿6,700 at weekends. The 27-hole Plantation course charges the same. The Old Course, renovated by Schmidt-Curley in 2007, charges ฿6,500 on weekdays and ฿8,500 at weekends.
Caddies are required at ฿500 each, and every golfer takes their own cart, at ฿1,000. Chee Chan Golf Resort is another option nearby; we quote its current rates on request. See our guide to golf in Pattaya.
Chiang Mai and Koh Samui
Chiang Mai gives you golf in cool mountain air, and Koh Samui pairs a round with a beach resort. Alpine Golf Resort in Chiang Mai has a 27-hole championship course. Its visitor package for November 2025 to February 2026 was ฿6,500, including caddie and cart. The 2026 to 2027 card was not yet published.
On Koh Samui, Santiburi Koh Samui on Mae Nam beach has 96 suites and villas, the resort says. Book it as a couple or a family who want golf as one part of a beach holiday, not the whole of it.
What to look for in a golf villa
A good golf villa gives each golfer a bedroom, room for the bags and an early start every morning. Look for one bedroom per golfer and a locked room for clubs. You also need a van that takes every bag, and a kitchen that serves breakfast before the first tee time.
What makes the week easy is a planner who books the tee times and moves them when the weather turns. We arrange all of it, and the van waits at the course. Ask for a shaded terrace and a pool for the afternoons. A massage at the villa after golf is easy to add. See our villa rental service for the villas we offer.
Green fees, caddies and tips
Most Thai courses require a caddie, and many require a cart. The caddie fee goes to the club; the tip goes to the caddie after the round. Siam Country Club says tips start at about ฿500, and Pineapple Valley asks for no less than ฿400.
Green fees change by course, day and season, and few clubs publish dated rate cards. Our golf green fees data page lists the published rates with their sources and dates. A good caddie carries the bag, reads the greens and finds the stray ball in the rough. The tip is well earned.
Best time for a golf trip
The cool, dry months from November to February suit golf in most of Thailand. On the Andaman side, Phuket is driest from December to March. On the Gulf side, Koh Samui is wettest from October to December, with a peak in November. Start early in the hot season, from mid-February to mid-May.
In the rainy season, from mid-May to mid-October, showers mostly come in the afternoon, so morning rounds still work. Courses are quieter and tee times easier to get. Ask us for the month-by-month picture for your region.
How we choose
We list courses checked open in November 2026, with green fees taken from each course's own page and dated. We only offer villas our team has seen. Branded residences that are not hotels are not listed as stays. We recheck rates each season and drop any course that closes or stops publishing its visitor fees.
Plan your golf trip with Tanner
Tell us how many golfers are coming, your handicaps and the courses you want. Tanner books the villa, the tee times, the caddies and a van for every bag. One planner, one quote for the whole trip, from one golfer to 30 or more. Our Thai staff know each club near the villa, and they skip any course that is too far from the villa for a morning round. We get back to you right away. See all golf in Thailand.
