TRAVEL FEATURE: BANGKOK AND BEYOND

CLIVE AGRAN traces Thailand’s unlikely rise from a royal pastime to a world- class golfing powerhouse, travelling from frenetic Bangkok to the mountain air of Khao Yai and the coastal glamour of Pattaya to discover why more than half a million golfers make the long-haul pilgrimage each year
Golf in Thailand goes back much further than you might have thought principally because of the close connection that existed between the Thai royal family and their opposite numbers in the UK.
Golf was