Royal Bang Pa-in Golf Club | Golf Course in Ayutthaya | GoGolf

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Royal Bang Pa-in Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-72 course at Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya province. It was designed by Schmidt-Curley Design and opened in January 2017. Top100GolfCourses describes it as a course built on about 100 hectares of land north of Bangkok.

There are five sets of tees: Red 5,028 yards, Yellow 5,416 yards, White 5,960 yards, Blue 6,446 yards and Black 7,054 yards. From the black tees it runs past 7,000 yards, a setup that is genuinely tough for a recreational golfer.

The heart of this course is its huge undulating greens. Top100GolfCourses calls them huge undulating greens; GoViGolf describes fast and undulating greens. The fairways are wide and the tee shot does not press on you, but this is a design where simply hitting the green is not enough.

It also has a lot of risk-and-reward holes. There are holes where attacking creates a birdie chance, but a miss finds a bunker, water or a difficult pin position and costs you quickly. Check today’s tee times and rates on the GoGolf app or website.

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Course information

The Schmidt-Curley name

Royal Bang Pa-in was designed by Schmidt-Curley Design, a practice with many projects across Asia. The official site lists them as the course architect.

In Thailand, Schmidt-Curley is known for work in the area adjoining Subhapruek in Samut Prakan and at Amata Spring in Chonburi. When you talk about modern championship courses in Asia, theirs is one of the names you cannot leave out.

What opening in 2017 means

According to Top100GolfCourses, Royal Bang Pa-in opened in January 2017, built on about 100 hectares of land north of Bangkok.

Among the comparatively older courses around Ayutthaya, opening in 2017 puts it firmly in the new category. The design thinking is contemporary, and the drainage and maintenance were built to current standards.

Relatively flat, but the greens are another matter

Top100GolfCourses describes the course as a relatively flat but exciting layout.

Which is to say the difficulty is not made by the terrain itself. It is placed in the huge undulating greens and the risk-and-reward holes.

Five sets of tees

The official site lists the following five tee settings.

• Black — 7,054 yards
• Blue — 6,446 yards
• White — 5,960 yards
• Yellow — 5,416 yards
• Red — 5,028 yards

A spread of more than 2,000 yards

The difference between Black and Red is over 2,000 yards. Which means you can play the same course at completely different levels of difficulty.

From the black tees it runs past 7,000 yards, which is genuinely long for a recreational golfer and can feel very tough indeed.

A confident mid or low handicapper can enjoy the challenge of the longer tees, but for a beginner or high handicapper it matters to choose a tee box that fits your level rather than forcing yourself back.

The tee is the design of your day

On a par-72 course, the par 3s, 4s and 5s are balanced, and the whole of your game — tee shot, approach, short game and putting — is asked for.

Simply moving up one set of tees changes the club in your hand for the second shot by one or two. When you are attacking huge undulating greens, whether you can do it with a shorter club is a decisive difference.

Wide fairways and large greens

The appeal of Royal Bang Pa-in is that it has wide fairways and large greens while bunkers and water add real strategy on top.

The fairways are wide, but where you put it matters

With a decent amount of width in the fairways, the tee shot feels reassuring. It is a design that gives playability to anyone slightly unsure of their direction.

But to produce a good score, simply finding the fairway is not enough. You need to think about the angle that makes the green easiest to attack, avoid the bunkers and lakes, and choose the safest route relative to the pin position.

The risk-and-reward idea

Top100GolfCourses records that this course has plenty of risk-and-reward holes.

There are holes where attacking creates a birdie chance, but a miss can cost you quickly through a bunker, a water hazard or a difficult pin position.

So on this course, thinking for a moment before every shot matters. Not “it looks on, so I’ll go” but picturing what happens if you miss, and then deciding.

The idea of creating an angle

What separates players on a course with wide fairways is whether you can think about where to put it so the next shot is easy.

From the same fairway, attacking from the right side and the left side changes how the bunkers and water look and how you can use the depth of the green. With a front pin, from the angle that lets you use the green’s length; with a back pin, from the angle that avoids the hazard short.

With that one step finer in thinking, the difficulty of the second shot drops noticeably even off the same length of tee shot.

Links-style and lakeside combined

GoViGolf lists the features of this course as wide fairways, a water-influenced layout, a combination of links-style holes and lakeside holes, and fast and undulating greens.

Which means holes of different character appear within one round. The same approach will not necessarily work for all eighteen.

Water, bunkers and reading the greens

At Royal Bang Pa-in, the water has a large effect on the experience of playing.

Water in the landing zones and around the greens

With a water-influenced layout, on holes where water is in play in the landing zone or around the green the player has to choose the target more carefully.

Not “I’ll be fine if it goes straight” but picking your target from where it goes when it bends. That judgement shows up directly in your score.

What the modern bunkering does

The modern bunkering is visual and strategic pressure too.

The bunkers are not there simply to make the view attractive; they have the role of making the player choose the right starting line and a safe landing area.

Attack too much off the tee and the ball ends up on the wrong side of the fairway, which can make the approach that follows suddenly much harder.

How important the approach shot is

On a course with huge undulating greens, the approach shot matters enormously.

Hitting the green is not enough; which area you stop it in decides your score. Leave the ball a long way from the pin, or above a strong slope, and the risk is not a missed birdie chance but a three-putt.

On the approach you have to choose the club while thinking about the wind, the pin position, the slope of the green and which area is safe to miss in.

Putting and green reading

Because the greens at Royal Bang Pa-in are large and undulating, putting becomes a major factor too.

Top100GolfCourses describes the greens as large and undulating, and GoViGolf as fast and undulating greens. If your approach finishes a long way from the pin, you tend to be left with a long putt and a complicated break.

On greens like these, there are moments when simply getting down in two is a good result. On a downhill or side-slope line especially, getting the pace wrong can run you a long way past.

Location and access

Royal Bang Pa-in is in the Bang Pa-in district of Ayutthaya province. It lies north of Bangkok, an easy area to consider for a day of golf.

How long the journey takes

Golfasian gives about 60 minutes from central Bangkok and about 30 minutes from Don Mueang Airport. Golfsavers also gives a little over an hour from a hotel in central Bangkok and about 30 minutes from Don Mueang International Airport.

The actual journey time varies with where your hotel is and with traffic. For a morning or evening journey especially, we recommend allowing some margin.

How it works from northern Bangkok

It is a convenient location for a golfer staying in Bangkok, at Don Mueang or around Rangsit, and for anyone wanting to combine golf with sightseeing in Ayutthaya.

Because Bangkok’s golf courses cluster east and southeast, staying on the north side brings the practical advantage of not having to cross the city centre.

Travel by company car or your own, or use ride-hailing services such as Grab, which are common in Bangkok. It is a course on the outskirts, so it pays to think about the car home in advance. Note that GoGolf does not arrange transfers or shuttles.

How to structure the eighteen holes

The opening: measure the speed and slope of the greens

Treating the first few holes as time to measure the speed and slope of the greens rather than time to make a score makes the middle of the round easier.

The difficulty here is concentrated on the greens, so whether you find your feel for putting early decides your putt count for the day. The fairways are wide, so bending a tee shot early is recoverable.

The middle: keep a cool head on the risk-and-reward holes

This is a course with plenty of risk-and-reward holes. The moment you feel you want to win one back is exactly the moment you need to judge coolly.

Whether to attack should be decided on what you lose when it fails rather than what you gain when it works. On holes where water or bunkers are in play, avoiding one double bogey does more for you than making one birdie.

The closing stretch: concentrate on the approach

The closing holes are when fatigue shows. As you tire, the precision of your approach drops, and it becomes easy to hit the green a long way from the pin and three-putt.

Rather than trying anything new, repeating the club and the line that have worked for you that day keeps you together to the end. Hold on to the thought of not “hit the green” but “hit the same side as the pin” all the way to the last.

How to think about scoring

The key to a score at Royal Bang Pa-in is whether you can decide in advance which area of the green to stop it in.

• Choose the tee that fits you. Five sets from Black 7,054 yards to Red 5,028 yards.
• Aim at an area of the green, not just the green. Hitting it is not enough. Avoid finishing above a strong slope.
• Decide your safe miss first. With water and bunkers in play, which way you miss changes the next shot.
• Judge risk-and-reward on the loss. Decide on the cost of failure, not the gain from success.
• Settle for two putts. On huge undulating greens, two putts is a good result.
• Ask the caddie about the slope and the speed. Especially valuable on a first visit.

It runs 7,054 yards off the black tees, but White brings it down to 5,960. This is a course where the score is decided not by distance but by precision around the greens.

How to attack a large green

A large green means more occasions when you are on but a long way from the pin. Look only at greens in regulation and it seems easy; the danger of three-putting actually goes up.

Check the pin position and give priority to finishing on the same tier. Matching the tier and getting up from short of the pin adds up better than going at the flag and missing.

Wide fairways work the same way. Because the penalty for bending one is small, the difference is made by the distance and angle you leave for the next shot. Off the tee, think less about distance and more about the side that leaves the angle you want.

Use the putting green and the chipping green, even for a few minutes. On greens with this much movement, simply getting a sense of the speed beforehand cuts the errors in distance on the first few holes.

Common mistakes, and how to avoid them

1. Choosing the back tees

Black at 7,054 yards feels long to anyone who normally plays the regular tees. Every shot from the second is a longer club, and you end up attacking huge undulating greens with long clubs. White at 5,960 yards still gives you plenty to get your teeth into over eighteen holes.

2. Being satisfied with hitting the green

A large green looks easy at first glance, but finishing a long way from the pin tends to leave a long putt. It matters to think not only about hitting the green but about which area you put it in.

3. Getting greedy on the risk-and-reward holes

There are holes where attacking creates a birdie chance. Which is exactly why you need to fix your criterion in advance. Decide on the loss when it fails, not the gain when it works. With that criterion, you avoid falling apart on a single hole.

4. Hitting a downhill line too firmly

On huge, fast, undulating greens, getting the pace wrong on a downhill or side-slope line runs you a long way past. The putt back is harder still, and it turns into three or four. Downhill, thinking in terms of not quite getting there is often about right.

5. Not confirming the cart and caddie conditions

The official site states that golf carts are compulsory (one golfer per cart) and that caddies are compulsory. Before you book, check whether those costs are included in the package or charged separately.

Facilities and services

The driving range and practice areas

Golfasian lists a driving range and a restaurant among the facilities. Golfsavers also notes a putting green and a chipping green, which are useful for getting ready before the round.

Royal Bang Pa-in has length and asks for accuracy too. Warming up before the round therefore matters a great deal. Loosening up on the driving range and checking your swing tempo for the day before you go to the 1st makes it much easier to settle from the opening holes.

The putting green and chipping green are places you want to use, even for a few minutes. Because huge undulating greens are this course’s feature, checking the green speed beforehand cuts the errors in distance on the first few holes.

The restaurant and clubhouse

After eighteen holes, resting in the clubhouse or the restaurant and going back over the round with the people you played with over a meal is one of the pleasures of a golf trip in Thailand.

Having somewhere to rest before heading back to Bangkok or Ayutthaya matters particularly on a day trip.

Caddies and golf carts

The official site states that golf carts are compulsory, and further that it is one golfer per cart. Caddies are compulsory too. The Golf Asia also lists caddies available, buggy available and buggy usage compulsory.

On this course the caddie’s support is very important. Distances, the position of the bunkers, the safe line to take, the green speed, the route that avoids the water hazards — they tell you what a first-time golfer cannot easily see.

Dress code

Royal Bang Pa-in is a premium-category course. Proper golf attire is required.

Avoid jeans, sandals and T-shirts, and have a collared shirt, golf trousers or shorts, and golf shoes ready.

Points to have in hand before you play

Royal Bang Pa-in is a premium-category course. Here are the points that make the day easier if you check them before you book.

Rates sit above the value courses

There are more affordable courses around Ayutthaya. Royal Bang Pa-in sits on the premium side of that range, with a green fee that is high for a public course while the experience is described as closer to a members’ club.

If budget is your priority, check the day’s rates on the GoGolf app or website and compare with the other courses in the same area.

The cost of the cart and the caddie

The cart is compulsory at one per player, and the caddie is compulsory. Which means there are fixed costs beyond the green fee.

Checking at the time of booking whether those are included in the package or settled separately on the day makes paying on site go smoothly.

Book early for the weekend

At weekends and in high season, the good tee times can go early. If you want a morning start in particular, check availability early.

A large green is not an easy green

A large green looks easy at first glance. But finishing a long way from the pin tends to leave a long putt, and with the movement in them the lines are complicated too.

Play with the feeling that hitting the green is enough and you end up with the result where your greens in regulation are fine but the score does not come together.

What to bring

• A collared shirt and golf shoes — this is a premium course and the dress code has to be observed.
• Spare balls — with water in play on some holes, extras are reassuring.
• Sunscreen and a hat — essential.

And because carts and caddies are compulsory here, checking at the time of booking whether those costs are included makes settling up on the day go smoothly.

The best season and time of day

The dry season from about November to February is the most comfortable; the humidity drops and the greens tend to hold their condition.

In the hot season from March to May the daytime temperature climbs, so give priority to a morning slot. Because this is a course that asks for precision in your approach play and putting, choosing a time when you still have energy carries real weight.

In the rainy season from June to October, most days a short squall passes through in the afternoon. A morning round is little affected, and availability is easier.

At weekends and in high season the good tee times can go early. If you want a morning start in particular, check availability early.

Who this course suits

• Anyone looking for a modern championship course: a Schmidt-Curley design that opened in 2017.
• Mid to low handicappers: the more used you are to fast undulating greens, strategic bunkering and risk-and-reward holes, the more interesting it is.
• Anyone who wants to work on approach play and putting: where you stop it on the green is your score.
• Anyone staying in northern Bangkok or around Don Mueang: you reach it without crossing the city centre.
• Corporate golf and entertaining: well-kept facilities and a premium feel.
• Beginners and improvers: choose Red 5,028 yards or Yellow 5,416 yards and the distance stays manageable.

Anyone focused on value, on the other hand, may find the rates on the high side. And on a day when you just want to hit it straight and enjoy yourself, a course of constant decisions around the greens may make you think a little harder than you wanted to.

How it differs from the other Ayutthaya courses

The courses of Ayutthaya province each have a clearly distinct character. Here is where Royal Bang Pa-in sits alongside the main courses in the same area bookable through GoGolf.

• Royal Bang Pa-in Golf Club: 18 holes / par 72 / Black 7,054 yards. Schmidt-Curley design, opened January 2017. Huge fast undulating greens and risk-and-reward holes.
• Ayutthaya Golf Club: 18 holes / par 72 / about 7,095 yards. Opened 2008. Wide fairways and large greens.
• Rachakram Golf Club: 18 holes / par 72 / 7,127 yards officially. Opened December 2006. Fast greens and night golf.
• Northern Rangsit Golf Club: 18 holes / par 72 / about 6,793 yards. Relatively flat, with water in play on every hole.
• NCR Golf Club: 18 holes / par 72. A setting of river and lakes, with wide fairways.

What sets Royal Bang Pa-in apart in that company is how complete it is as a premium-category course. It is finished to a level of visual polish and strategy a step apart from the value courses around Ayutthaya.

Pairing it with other Ayutthaya courses

If you are playing more than one round during your stay, pairing nearby courses keeps the travel down.

• Ayutthaya Golf Club — wide fairways and large greens, easy to combine with sightseeing.
• Rachakram Golf Club — fast greens, and night golf is available.
• Northern Rangsit Golf Club — a flat layout with plenty of water.
• NCR Golf Club — a calm setting of river and lakes.

Availability and rates across the area are on the Bangkok golf booking page.

In summary

Put simply, there are three reasons to choose Royal Bang Pa-in.

• The design — Schmidt-Curley Design, opened January 2017. A modern championship course built on about 100 hectares.
• The greens — huge, fast and undulating. Hitting them is not enough; which area you stop it in is what is asked.
• Risk and reward — attack and you have a birdie chance, miss and it costs you. Every shot’s judgement shows in the score.

Royal Bang Pa-in Golf Club is 18 holes, par 72. There are five sets of tees from Black 7,054 yards to Red 5,028 yards, so you can choose to suit your game. Both carts and caddies are compulsory.

It is about 60 minutes from central Bangkok and about 30 minutes from Don Mueang Airport. One for anyone looking for a polished, premium round around Ayutthaya. Check today’s tee times and rates on the GoGolf app or website.

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