THAILAND . GOLF & DIVING  CAPITAL OF ASIA   
     

Golf
Thailand was voted the Best Golfing Destination in Asia by Asia Golf Monthly Awards.
The Thai Country Club was voted as Best Clubhouse in Asia, the 3rd for Best Course in Asia and Thai Country Club, 6th hole as Best Par Three Site of the 1997 Asian Honda Classic"
Blue Canyon Country Club, Canyon Course was voted Best Championship Course in Asia and its 13th hole was voted the 5th for Par-Four

THE TOP-10 by Golf Digest
25 of Golf Digest''s editors abroad (out of US) picked the best golf courses in the planet using the same standard are:
Blue Canyon Golf & Country Club, Phuket (Yoshikazo Kato)
Navatanee Golf & Country Club, Bangkok
Santiburi Golf & Country Club, Chiang Mai (Robert Trent Jones Jr.)
Forest Hills Golf & Country Club, Saraburi (Forest Hills Country Club)
Mission Hills Golf & Country Club, Kanchanaburi
Lamechabang International Golf & Country Club, Cholburi
Alpine Golf Club, Patum Thani
Thai Country Club, Chachoengsao
Springfield Royal Country Club, Petchaburi (Jack Nicklaus)
Dragon Hills Country Club, Ratchaburi (Jim Engh, Isao Aoki, Jack Nicklaus) 

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Diving experience      
Thailand''s diving sites have been rated as some of the world''s finest as they offer divers and nature lovers an exhilarating opportunity to observe a vibrant underwater world teeming with a tremendous diversity of colourful marine life.

The tropical waters around Thailand are particularly calm and clear and provide an ideal habitat for more than 200 species of coral and a myriad of other fascinating marine life. Thailand''s exceptional marine bio-diversity is the result of two distinct marine ecosystems -- the Gulf of Thailand to the east with the islands of Ko Samui, Ko Tao and Mu Ko Ang Thong, the largest marine national park, being the crown jewels of the region.

To the west, hundreds of idyllic islands are dotted around the Andaman Sea which forms part of the Indian Ocean. Of this tropical islands of the Andaman, Phuket and Phi Phi being the best known, while the Similan and Surin islands have been rated as world-class diving sites.

The best time to be in the Gulf of Thailand is between May and September while the Andaman is at its best between October and April. With access to one of the two locations at various times of the year, snorkelling and diving conditions are ideal all year round

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