Phuket Country Club's Old Course was the first championship standard 18-hole golf course built on Phuket Island. It is located almost in the center of Phuket and can easily be reached from any of the main beach and hotel areas. The Old Course at Phuket Country Club is best described as a friendly resort golf course. Not intimidating or humiliating; wayward shots are not severely punished. High handicappers can score well, while at the same time low handicap golfers will find the course quite a challenge. The Phuket golf course is set in a valley with the golf course meandering through hills and limestone cliffs and traversing 3 distinct environments (6 holes in undulating hills, 6 holes on the level and 6 holes through landscape forest).

The back nine is flatter and more open, and it’s at the 10th that water first comes into play at what is perhaps the most famous hole in all of Phuket. This 557-yard monster plays right around a massive lake, almost turning 180 degrees.Water is again in evidence both at the par-4 16th and surrounding the island green at one of the best par-3s in Phuket, the 17th. The round finishes with a long dogleg par-5. If your tee shot can avoid the water that cuts through the fairway, the rest of the hole plays uphill to the most difficult green on the course, so you’ll have to work hard to avoid a three-putt blemish to cap off your round.

Note that the club features a members-only 9-hole layout which is sometimes used as an alternative when the other course is closed for renovation.