http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-canyon-course-blue-canyon-phuket/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-canyon-course-blue-canyon-phuket/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:00:30 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3063 Share|Well, I’m back. On our final third round of the BMW Cup International World Final 2010 in Phuket, Thailand, we finally got our Birdie on the 16th hole of the Canyon Course. This short 323 yard Par 4 tempted us to take our 5-wood off the tee, but our caddie insisted to use the driver. [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-canyon-course-blue-canyon-phuket/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-lakes-course-blue-canyon-phuket/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-lakes-course-blue-canyon-phuket/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:37 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3057 Share|At the BMW Cup International World Final 2010 at The Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand, we were playing our third consecutive round – one practice round and this was the second day of competition. But this was our first time on the Lakes Course and on the 348 yard Par 4 6th, our [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-lakes-course-blue-canyon-phuket/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-putahracsa-hua-hin-thailand/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-putahracsa-hua-hin-thailand/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:00:40 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1170 Share|The owner of this beautiful Putahracsa Hua Hin boutique resort, Velvadi Sritrairatana, is R’s buddy from university a long time ago (I won’t say how long). She inherited this property from her grandmother, Khun Ying Supatra Singholaka, who served in the Royal Court of His Magesty, King Rama VI. Velvadi transformed the land into a [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-putahracsa-hua-hin-thailand/feed/ 1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-banyan-golf-club-hua-hin-thailand/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-banyan-golf-club-hua-hin-thailand/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:00:16 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1172 Share|Not to be mixed up with Banyan Tree, this course opened in October 2008 and already was voted as the Best New Course in 2009 by Asian Golf Monthly. The designer, Pirapon Namatra of Golf East, built this course amongst an existing pineapple plantation and purposely kept some and made them in play on some [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-banyan-golf-club-hua-hin-thailand/feed/ 3 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-black-mountain-golf-club-hua-hin-thailand/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-black-mountain-golf-club-hua-hin-thailand/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:00:25 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1171 Share|We expected this to be a nice course. Asian Tour Pro Darren Beck played the Black Mountain Masters here in March earlier this year and came in tied for eighth place. Opened just 2.5 years ago, the course conditions were excellent and very well maintained. The clubhouse was pretty big with lots of open air [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-black-mountain-golf-club-hua-hin-thailand/feed/ 2