The Famous Asian Golf Resorts

Asian golf offers a variety and choice of golf destinations to select. Some of the best golf resorts in Asia are located in Brunei, Cambodia, China, UAE and Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Asian Golfers such as Jeev Milkha Singh and the Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa have found places in the Asian Golf News as well as in the International scenario.

The most famous Asian Golf Resorts are as follows:

United Arab Emirates, Brunei – golf resorts like the Empire Country Club, RBA Golf Club, The Royal Brunei Golf and Country Club.

Thailand is famed for its golf courses such as the Laguna Phuket Golf club. Bangkok has the famous Alpine Golf and Sports Club, Pattaya

Malaysia has the famous Mines Resort & Golf Club near Kuala Lumpur.

Vietnam is still an up-and-coming golf destination, but the Nick Faldo-designed Ocean Dunes Golf Club that opened in 1996 has already gained some acclaim. The Dalat Palace Golf Club is also located in Vietnam.

In China golf is booming and the country already has a number of world-class championship courses, of which the most famous is the Mission Hills Golf Club, spanning Shenzhen and Dongguan.

The most famous golf club in Macau is the18-hole championship course at the Macau Golf & Country Club.

The Philippines is home to a number of world-class courses, including the well-known Manila Southwoods Golf & Country.

In Japan there are more than 2,000 courses in the country. The best among them are the Hirono (which has hosted all the major Japanese championships), Tokyo Golf Club and Naruo.

Indian golf courses. Most Indian metros have a reasonable golf course or two. New Delhi boasts the charming Delhi Golf Club, the oldest in the capital. The Classic Golf Resort in Gurgaon is just across the Delhi border to the south. At the hills are the Ooty Golf Club, the Gulmarg Golf Club, a par-72, 18-hole, 6,760 the Shillong Golf Club an 18-hole with 5,873 yards to play across. Then there is the Royal Calcutta Golf Club at Kolkata the oldest Golf Club in the world outside Great Britain.

Dubai in the Middle East has the magnificent Emirates Golf Club.

Nepal the Himalayan country has excellent golf courses in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Bhaktapur.

It is needless to say that Golf in Asia made its entry with the expansion of the British Empire.