Thai Country Club
Address
Thai Country Club
88 Moo 1, Bangna-Trad Km. 35.5
Thambon Pimpa
Bangpakong District
Chacheongsao 24180
Thailand
Name of contact for environmental and social issues:
T.W. Hughes, General Manager
Phone +66 38 570-234 
Fax +66 38 570-225
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Website www.thaicountryclub.com
Course description
- 18-holes, 7157 yard championship course
Special features/accolades
- Numerous accolades, consistently voted as the “Best Course in Thailand”
- Tournament course, hosted the Volvo Masters of Asia from 2005 to 2008, the Johnnie Walker Super Tour in 1998 won by Vijay Singh, and the Asian Honda Classic in 1997 won by Tiger Woods.
- Owned and managed by Peninsula Hotels, exceptional service, clubhouse and restaurant.
Key achievements in environment/social activities
- Exemplary program for caddies – large day care nursery for caddies’ children, all caddies are given life insurance, language training in Korean, Japanese and English at special on-course training center, special fund of $100,000 (derived from surcharge on green fees) which pays for various caddie-support activities.
- Give back to the community - sponsor an educational pavilion for mentally-challenged children from nearby communities.
- The overall success of Thai Country Club’s operation in Thailand has attracted the attention of the golfing industry and resulted in invitations to the club’s management to attend seminars and symposiums to give an insight into how to organize and managed a successful golf club in Asia.
Philosophy
"We constantly strive to retain Thai Country Club’s acclaimed position as one of the most successful golf clubs in Asia, based upon our facilities and service standards that we studiously maintain to the highest standards whether on the golf course or in the clubhouse as befits members’ demands and the rigorous requirements set down by tournament organizers.
Our clubhouse operation is geared to providing members and guests with a golf course presented in pristine condition, with extensive course drainage that guarantees playability even after heavy, monsoonal rain. Facilities within the clubhouse include fine dining offering Asian and international cuisine and customer service standards that befits Thai Country Club’s standing as one of a number of successful enterprises owned and managed by The Peninsula Hotels Group of Hong Kong.
Functioning as an environmentally – aware company, Thai Country Club management and staff follow a strict code of recycling and reuse whenever possible with an understanding that a golf course is a living environment with its own, finely-balanced ecosystems. We ensure our course is maintained using products that do not upset the balance of nature and our success in this respect has resulted in a year-on-year increase in migratory birds, along with local creatures, such as monitor lizards, thriving in their own habitats on different parts of the course."
Jean-Pierre Schneider
General Manager (from 1998 through 2009)
News story about Thai Country Club joining IGOLF