Beautiful golf courses in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap

Have you ever thought of organizing a beautiful golfing holiday in Cambodia? Apart from its excellent golf courses, this beautiful country also deserves to be discovered to fully enjoy its profound charm as well as to have a chance to see the Cambodian people in their daily life.

PHNOM PENH

As an ideal destination to discover, Phnom Penh has the mixture of brilliant past and bright future making it a developing city in Cambodia. Coming there, you will have a great chance to visit pagodas and palaces with unique architecture and the rapidly rising number of huge shopping malls meant for shopping lovers. Besides, Phnom Penh has some famous golf courses such as Garden City Golf Club, Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club, Royal Phnom Penh Golf Club, Cambodia Golf and Country Club, Vattanac Golf Resort, etc.

1. Royal Phnom Penh Golf Club

Situated in the serene Pur Sen Chei area, Royal Phnom Penh Golf Club is conveniently located only 5km from Phnom Penh International airport. If you are looking to escape the busy city center, the golf course offers a tranquil setting within the surrounding countryside, while still accessible to the BBK1 and riverside area. Opened in October 1999 the 'tree-lined' layout offers a great challenge, with four tee boxes ranging from 5,200 yards to 7,200 yards. Golfers of all skill levels can enjoy the experience at Royal Phnom Penh Golf Club.

Complementing the preservation efforts, they improved the surroundings by introducing trees and flowers and added a number of ponds to enhance the migratory habitat for waterfowl and other migratory critters.

More than 2 decades golf course has Four tee boxes on each hole allowing players to play the course according to their own abilities; or not, if they choose the wrong tees and bite off more than they can chew. It is 7,075 yards from the tips and in the warm humidity that is a lot of golf course. Water comes into or nearly into play on a dozen occasions and the rough changes width in places to add to the difficulty of missing the fairways and greens.

2. Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club

Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club is a part of the Grand Phnom Penh City. It is situated in the Sen Sok area, prime location for access to and from the BBK1, riverside area and Phnom Penh International airport. Opened in October 2009 the Nicklaus design offers a great challenge, with four tee boxes ranging from 5,200 yards to 7,200 yards. Golfers of all skill levels can enjoy the experience at Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club.

Behind the stunning Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club lies a remarkable story of collaboration. Chip Mong Land, one of Cambodia's leading property developers, envisioned a world-class golf course to complement their premier residential development.

3. Garden City Golf Club

Garden City Golf Club is a semi-private golf club opened in April 2013 with the vision of providing a world class golfing experience to members and visitors alike in Cambodia. Designed by renowned architect, Major General Weerayudth Phetbuasak, with the ultimate goal of creating a challenging and enjoyable course, the design transformed flat fields into a 7,258 yards masterpiece par 72, 18 hole championship golf course, encompassing 240 acres. Garden City Golf Club is located just 15 kilometers northeast of downtown Phnom Penh, between National Road 5 and 6.

Garden City Golf Club has engaged IMG from pre-opening, one of the world’s leading golf course management companies, to deliver the finest golf standards in Cambodia. The golf course team aims to provide exemplarity service to all members and guests with a touch of Khmer hospitality.

4. Cambodia Golf & Country Club

Cambodia Golf & Country Club is a 18-hole golf course designed by Seichii Enoue with tree-lines parkland, just 1 hour drive from Phnom Penh city. This championship course is 18 holes, par 72, with total length of 6500 meters. Unique fairways is designed by Taiwan and Japanese experts, with hightlight point is bunker of out nines, meanwhile, inside nines are small lakes. The out round has undulating fairways with large fairway, instead of be subjective after first stroke, you need to see carefully surrounding bunkers.

Playing at Cambodia Golf & Country Club, golfers will have experience in many terrain, long fairways, small lakes and large water hazards, therefore, carefull playing style is very important. The course is also dubbed as “ Palm course” because there are a bunch of palm trees growing here. The course is definetly a paradise for golfers.

5. Vattanac Golf Resort

Vattanac Golf Resort has two contrasting Sir Nick Faldo designed championship courses are located just 45 min drive from the Phnom Penh city center. Both the East and West Course provide a spectacular setting around famous cultural expressions that include scale models of Khmer historical architectural sites, such as: Angkor Wat, Preah Vihear, Terrace of the Elephants and Bayon.

The East Course was designed in 2019, is a strategic golf course that utilizes dramatic water features, creative bunkering and various forms of native fauna to challenge golfers of all levels.
Over and above the highly enjoyable golf experience, the “East” pays homage to the marvels of Khmer architecture and the counties rich history, with magnificent scale replicas of the world-renowned Angkor Wat, Bayon Temple and Preah Vihear Temple.

The West Course open in 2020 has distinctive differences from the East Course, of which are defined by narrower and more undulating fairways, a variety of unique water features and testing Paspalum greens. The West Course is a rewarding test of skill for players of all levels, featuring 5 sets of tees, starting at 4,935 yards, right through to 7,249 yards.

SIEM REAP

Siem Reap’s lure for golfers is underpinned by its appeal as a tourist destination, with the main attraction being the World Heritage Sites of Angkor Wat that includes Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument.

Siem Reap has three fine courses open to public including Angkor Golf Resort, Siem Reap Booyoung Country Club, Phokeethra Country Club.

1. Angkor Golf Resort

Originally designed by Nick Faldo, the Angkor Golf Resort opened in January 2008. The course is considered as one of the best golf courses in Cambodia, and any keen golfer visiting Siem Reap should play at least one round here. The tee box, fairways as well as putting green are carefully taken care in a good condition. The course has three tee boxes to adapt to golfers' ability.

2. Siem Reap Booyoung Country Club

Siem Reap Booyoung Country Club, designed by Kento Sato - the renowned course designer, is an international golf course at Siem Reap, with total length of 6800m. The course is a wonderful combination of natural landscape and art beauty. The palm trees lined fairway with five tee boxes make it great for both professional and amateur golfers. The creek and water hazards are main features of the course, furthermore, flatting fairways, and large putting green delivering interesting experience.

3. Phokeethra Country Club
The Sofitel-managed Phokeethra Country Club is one of the best courses available in Cambodia. The golf course hosted the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic and 2010 Cambodian Open. Major renovations in 2018 have brought up the course standards to those set when first opened.

The location is perfect for Cambodia golf visitors as it is close to the Siem Reap International airport. The course itself reflects much having to do with Cambodian culture and history. For example between the 9th green and 10th tee is a restored 'Roluh' bridge, which is also the iconic image used in the course's logo, dating back to the 11th century Khmer empire.

Bermuda and Paspalum grasses are used on the greens and fairways, respectively. The combination ensures fast rolling putting surfaces and a high standard of course conditions all year round. The new 7,363-yard layout reflects Phokeethra Country Club's dedication to enhancing an exclusive golfing experience.  Eight of the new 2018 greens improve playability while adding many enhancement challenges on the back nine in particular.

Practice facilities consisting of separate pitching and putting greens are located close to the clubhouse, allowing golfers a chance to brush up their skills before heading out on the course.