Lagoons, a long seventeenth and a resort on the doorstep.
Laguna Golf Phuket is the course inside Laguna Phuket, the integrated resort that grew up on the old tin-mining lagoons behind Bang Tao Beach. It sits within the Banyan Tree Phuket property, and much of its appeal is practical. You can stay, eat, take lessons and play without getting into a car, and it is one of the few Phuket courses that publishes its visitor rates in full. The layout is shorter than the island’s tournament courses, at par 71, but the lagoons and a reworked set of greens keep it honest. It suits mixed groups and resort holidays where golf shares the week with the beach.
Laguna Golf Phuket green fees and tee times.
Visitors book online through the club’s tee-times page, by contacting the club, or through hotels inside Laguna Phuket, which handle reservations and transfers for guests. The club publishes one 18-hole visitor rate rather than weekday and weekend tiers, which makes budgeting easy. The caddie fee is added to the green fee, and you choose between an individual or shared cart. Groups are limited to four. Non-playing companions can come out as followers for a fee, but they cannot walk the course for safety reasons and must have a cart.
INDICATIVE GREEN FEE · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026From ฿5,600
Published 18-hole visitor green fee; the ฿400 caddie fee and cart are added on top.
18 holes, visitor
฿5,600
9 holes, visitor
฿3,100
18 holes, junior
฿3,000
Caddie, 18 holes
฿400
Cart, 18 holes (individual / shared)
฿700 / ฿1,000
Prices change by season and booking route, so confirm the current rate with the operator. Official rates ↗
The round, in perspective.
The course was established in 1993 to a design by Max Wexler and David Abell, and Paul Jansen redesigned it in 2014. It measures 6,756 yards at par 71. It sits on a valley floor below low wooded hills, with marshland around the edges. Jansen’s rework added tiers, hollows and mounds to the fairways and greens, so approach play matters more than length. The front nine is shaped around the lagoons; the back nine moves through mature trees. The 17th is the hole people talk about: a 612-yard par five that asks you to carry water at least twice. The 18th is a fair par four, a chance for a closing birdie after the long hole before it. The course has hosted Asian Tour events, and the greens are kept fast.
Know before you go.
Green fee
฿5,600 for 18 holes, ฿3,100 for 9 (visitor)
Caddie
Included with every round: ฿400 for 18, ฿300 for 9
Carts
฿700 individual or ฿1,000 shared for 18 holes
Group size
Up to 4 golfers
Non-playing companions
฿1,000; they cannot walk the course and must take a cart
Rentals
Titleist sets ฿1,800 for 18 holes
Make the trip work.
For 18 holes, a realistic total is ฿5,600 for the green fee, ฿400 for the caddie and ฿700 for an individual cart, plus a tip. Titleist rental sets cost ฿1,800 for 18 holes. Nine holes cost ฿3,100 plus a ฿300 caddie, which suits a late-afternoon round after a beach day. The practice ground is unusually complete for a resort course, with a range, putting and chipping greens and practice bunkers, and the on-site golf academy runs lessons. The scorecard was updated in January 2025 and can be downloaded from the club’s site.
Phuket International Airport (HKT) is about 25 minutes north by road. The course sits within the Laguna Phuket complex at Cherngtalay, between Bang Tao Beach and the main Thepkasattri Road. Patong is roughly 20 minutes south over the coastal hills. A resort shuttle connects the Laguna hotels, so guests can usually reach the clubhouse without a taxi.
Staying in Laguna Phuket is the obvious choice. The complex includes Banyan Tree Phuket, on whose grounds the course sits, along with several other hotels and villa resorts around the lagoons, linked by shuttle and boat. Bang Tao’s long beach is a short walk from most of them. Outside the complex, the Cherngtalay and Bang Tao areas have independent hotels, villas and restaurants, and Surin Beach is ten minutes south.
Make a trip of it.
Blue Canyon’s Canyon and Lakes courses are around 25 minutes north; Red Mountain and Loch Palm in Kathu are about half an hour away. Together they make a five-round week without long transfers. On a rest day, take a long-tail boat into Phang Nga Bay, or visit the Heroines Monument and Thalang National Museum for the island’s history before the resorts arrived.
Find your season.
November to April is Phuket’s dry, busy season, when Laguna’s tee sheet fills with resort guests. May to October brings the south-west monsoon and frequent afternoon showers. Mornings are the safer bet then. With one published rate rather than seasonal tiers, the low season is mostly about easier tee times, not cheaper golf.
The published visitor rate is ฿5,600 for 18 holes, plus a ฿400 caddie fee and ฿700 for an individual cart (฿1,000 shared). Nine holes cost ฿3,100 plus a ฿300 caddie. Juniors pay ฿3,000 for 18. Rental clubs are ฿1,800.
Who designed Laguna Golf Phuket?
Max Wexler and David Abell designed the original course, which was established in 1993. Paul Jansen redesigned it in 2014, reshaping the fairways and greens with tiers and hollows. It plays to par 71 over 6,756 yards.
Can non-golfers come along at Laguna Golf Phuket?
Yes. Followers pay ฿1,000, but for safety reasons they are not allowed to walk the course, so the golfer must buy a cart for them at the same cart rates.
How far is Laguna Golf Phuket from the airport?
About 25 minutes by road from Phuket International Airport (HKT). The course is inside the Laguna Phuket resort complex at Cherngtalay, near Bang Tao Beach, and about 20 minutes from Patong.
Last checked 16 October 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
