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[callao]

buy a Hobo map of VTE at either of the minimarts downtown vientiene golf club and km14 (lao cc) are clearly shown and indexed asean games course it not but its right past the new national stadium a right turn

[callao]

a couple more updates KM 6 Vientiane golf club is now 115000 kip during the week for 9 holes, course is in the best shape  Ive seen it, played Lao Inter  again, there is a sign for Lao Inter at Luang Prabang rd and there is road construction on the road all the way to the course, wouldn't recommend going on a motorbike, alternatively you  can take Kaolieo village rd past the paved rd dirt rd over a small bridge throu Ban Mai just past a village temple right turn at power pole marked km23 about 5 kms past Tadmoon waterfalls another 1km left turn at the sign for the course, again only a coulpe other groups playing and enjoyed it more knowing the course a little bit, either way tou go its a  rough track the road is pretty rought both directions

[lovelaos]

callao, on 2012-02-26 06:17:35, said:

a couple more updates KM 6 Vientiane golf club is now 115000 kip during the week for 9 holes, course is in the best shape  Ive seen it, played Lao Inter  again, there is a sign for Lao Inter at Luang Prabang rd and there is road construction on the road all the way to the course, wouldn't recommend going on a motorbike, alternatively you  can take Kaolieo village rd past the paved rd dirt rd over a small bridge throu Ban Mai just past a village temple right turn at power pole marked km23 about 5 kms past Tadmoon waterfalls another 1km left turn at the sign for the course, again only a coulpe other groups playing and enjoyed it more knowing the course a little bit, either way tou go its a  rough track the road is pretty rought both directions

I will head up there in a few weeks when I get some time off work. There isn't any information locally about this course. I work with some keen Laotian golfers and they didn't know about it.

To the OP, how about them photos??

[sticklee]

Ok, ok, ok. pictures. first up pictures of Dansavanh. I won't post them all as I took one from every tee box
 DanSavanh Golf Course 001.jpg   5.46MB   4 downloads
The locker room had a very 'colonial' look to it

Edited by sticklee, 2012-03-07 09:23:11.

[sticklee]

Not in any particular order. I enjoyed Dansavanh despite the condition which is apparent in the photos. I shot a reasonable 86.  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #17, 2nd shot 450yd par 4.jpg   5.33MB   2 downloads This nasty 450 yd. par 4 2nd shot I had was about 200yds. all downhill with no lay up because it sloped all the way to the water. I managed to get it into the gnarly rough slpoe in front of the gren. Luckily found the ball by almost stepping on it. Popped it out and 2 putted for a happy bogie.  DanSavanh Golf Course 003.jpg   6.83MB   3 downloadsVery cool one person buggie.  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #1.jpg   5.07MB   1 downloads Short uphill first hole for opener  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #2.jpg   5.57MB   1 downloads#2 tight tee shot  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #3.jpg   5.86MB   1 downloads#3 206yd. form blue. Nowhere to miss!  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #5.jpg   5.2MB   1 downloads#5, difficult tee shot if you can't draw your driver.  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #7.jpg   6.08MB   1 downloads#7, one of many dog-legs  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #13.jpg   4.74MB   2 downloads#13, par 5. Lay up in front or stream, 2nd shot to the corner  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #17.jpg   5.21MB   1 downloadsThis is the tee shot on nasty #17, no idea what is over the hill!  DanSavanh Golf Course hole #17 from green.jpg   4.78MB   1 downloads#17 looking back, gives an idea of what you have to deal with

[chuckd]

Great photos.  Thanks.

[sticklee]

Lao Country Club. 6737 from blue tees. I shot an ok 87 spoilt by one triple bogie.I hope the pictures can give a good idea how  fabulous this course is. My trusty Samsung camera decided to pack it in after about 15 holes so a few shots didn't turn out. I had to purchase a new camera for the rest of the trip, i wasn't going to be in Laos for 5 days without one!  Laos Country Club #2.jpg   2.76MB   1 downloadsthis is the 2nd shot on the double dogleg par 5 #2 around the dead tree, fabulous hole  Laos Country Club #7.jpg   2.79MB   2 downloads#7 par 4 430yds  Laos Country Club clubhouse from #1 tee.jpg   2.9MB   2 downloadslooking back at the clubhouse. I have been in some nice ones but none come close to the locker room here.I should have taken pics inside!  Laos Country Club hole #1.jpg   2.81MB   2 downloads1st tee short 310 yd par 4 to lull you  Laos Country Club hole #2.jpg   2.86MB   1 downloadsthe tee shot on the double dog leg par 5  Laos Country Club Hole #5.jpg   2.83MB   1 downloads#5 par 5 519yds. the par 5's are short but testy  Laos Country Club hole #8.jpg   2.92MB   1 downloads#8 par 3 182  yds. One of the prettiest par 3's I've see. Sculpted bunkers. trees right, very well laid out.  Laos Country Club hole #10.jpg   2.84MB   0 downloads#10 par 4 385yds.  Laos Country Club hole #12.jpg   2.84MB   1 downloads#13 par 3 184 yds  Laos Country Club#5.jpg   2.69MB   1 downloadsApproach to par 5 #5. the fairway is split with bunkers down the middle.Interesting feature  Laos Country Club from 1st fairway.jpg   2.84MB   1 downloads just a nice feature

[sticklee]

Last round of my trip at SEA Games course I played course 'A' 3331 yds from white and course "C" 3367 from white. Best round of the trip shooting 84 with 9 pars. The course condition should be apparent from the pictures, very nice. Hard to get good photos due to the course being very flat. As you can see each hole is narrow with thick brush down the sides. Keep it in the fairway!  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #15.jpg   4.4MB   1 downloads#15 par4 360  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #1.jpg   5.12MB   1 downloads#1 par 4 412 yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #2.jpg   5.17MB   1 downloads#2 par 5 579yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #3.jpg   4.74MB   1 downloads#3 par 4 373yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #6.jpg   4.98MB   1 downloads#6 par 4 396yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #7.jpg   4.69MB   1 downloads#7 par 3 135 yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #9.jpg   4.49MB   1 downloads#9 par 4 383 yds. the most interesting hole. The green is to the right of the clubhouse. 1st shot to the right of the group ahead, carry both ponds.  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #10.jpg   4.73MB   1 downloads#10 par 5 536 yds.  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #12.jpg   4.88MB   1 downloads #12 par 3  162 yds. I caught up to the group ahead, a 6 ball, and another guy joined them on this hole making them a 7. they asked me to join and play through making us an 8 ball!! I hit thin hitting the tall weeds over the water. Not wanting to waste time I dropped then  pitched in for an unlikely par. The gallery liked it.  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #14.jpg   5.37MB   4 downloads#14 par 4 394 yds.  S.E.A. Games Golf Course 029.jpg   4.6MB   4 downloadsyour author  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #15.jpg   4.4MB   4 downloads#15 par 4 360yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #16.jpg   5.18MB   2 downloads#16 par3 150yds  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #17.jpg   4.98MB   3 downloads#17 par4 369 yds. Feeling brave? I got a little right luckily hit the cart path and ended up with 100 yds. Gotta be lucky to be lucky.  S.E.A. Games Golf Course hole #18 3rd shot.jpg   5.58MB   3 downloads#18 par 5 537 yds. Final shot of the day.  S.E.A. Games Golf Course 001.jpg   4.87MB   4 downloadsnice feature

[chuckd]

Again, thanks for the photos.

[lovelaos]

Yeah Sticklee thanks for posting. I'm just starting to play again after a long long break and am looking forward to playing all these courses after I get back into the swing of it. Cheers.

[farangme]

Played Lao CC Thursday. Course in great shape. 300,000 kip all-in walking. 98 degrees with no breeze...hot, hot, hot. Make sure you don't get caddy 155. Think she must have been beaten lifeless in a re-education camp. Totally useless. Wifes caddy seemed ok. Best greens I've played in the past month. Playing SEA Games course today.

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[farangme]

Played SEA Games course last Saturday. Course in good shape with fun layout. Clubhouse and locker room basic. Crusty towels. No bag drop. System is to park in car park and wait for a caddie to find you. We had to go get them. Wife's caddie was fair. Mine was worthless. Other caddie was actually trying to help her and stay motivated. Eventually just stopped using her. I've had bad playing partners ruin a round, but an annoying caddie? Totally lame. But did I mention the course was fun?

Lao CC was overall better experience. Just remember its walking only, so avoid 40 degree afternoons.

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[lovelaos]

callao, on 2012-02-21 06:10:04, said:

I went up to the new Lao Inter golf course, you drive out Laung Prabang road past the airport about 6 kms as soon as you pass the right turn that takes you towards the university ( its the main road and has signs for various places on the raod and a police box) no more than 500 meters left turn paved road and just stay on this road for a I guess 6 kms (we got lost and backtracked a couple times) past Ban Champa another 1 km or so right turn theres a sign for Lao Inter golf course and follow it back, Its not officially open yet and the course shows it the grass is thin with soft sandy dirt but its nice much like Dansavanh every hole has the bush on both sides narrow fairways and many bunkers greens are nice interductory price is 200000 kip $25 including caddy, it has a 680 yard par 6 and 1 green with a sand trap in the middle of it, we played on a monday mornng early and literally were the only 2 people to play all day!!!! we will play again this week and get a better feel for the place, it is out in the boonys thou difficult to explain where you want to go it would be easier to tell a driver that you want to go to Tadmoon waterfalls its less than 500 metrs from there, if you have a hobo map the turn is right above the note showing red roofs police box, that 3 hole course is on a lao military base, callao

I finally went up to have a look last week, looks really nice. I didn't play but I will next week. Price is still the same 200000 and they are offering a yearly membership for 8 Million ($1000) seems reasonable to me. I spoke to the manageress, she assured me with yearly membership you can play anytime and just pay caddy fees.

[callao]

glad to see you made it up there I think you'll like it, I did, it will be better after the grass fills in, difficult to find course though

[callao]

I understand there is a new golf course in Luang Prabang too, but its 3000 baht plus to play there I don't have a link, maybe someone here else does

[lovelaos]

callao, on 2012-04-06 21:32:56, said:

glad to see you made it up there I think you'll like it, I did, it will be better after the grass fills in, difficult to find course though

I am planning to play there in the next few weeks after New Year. They were doing some major work on the road to the course and I suspect there are big plans for that area. There were a few Koreans having a look around at the same time I was there and a few government cars in the carpark. Let's hope they keep the prices reasonable.

[Gym]

Thanks to sticklee's post.

Went to Vientiane over Songkran and played SEA Games and Laos Country Club. Both very enjoyable and well worth a visit.

Preferred SEA although the greens were a little patchy. Also strangely no used golf balls for sale!? Just managed to get round - only 1 left.

[lovelaos]

lovelaos, on 2012-04-05 18:59:42, said:

callao, on 2012-02-21 06:10:04, said:

I went up to the new Lao Inter golf course, you drive out Laung Prabang road past the airport about 6 kms as soon as you pass the right turn that takes you towards the university ( its the main road and has signs for various places on the raod and a police box) no more than 500 meters left turn paved road and just stay on this road for a I guess 6 kms (we got lost and backtracked a couple times) past Ban Champa another 1 km or so right turn theres a sign for Lao Inter golf course and follow it back, Its not officially open yet and the course shows it the grass is thin with soft sandy dirt but its nice much like Dansavanh every hole has the bush on both sides narrow fairways and many bunkers greens are nice interductory price is 200000 kip $25 including caddy, it has a 680 yard par 6 and 1 green with a sand trap in the middle of it, we played on a monday mornng early and literally were the only 2 people to play all day!!!! we will play again this week and get a better feel for the place, it is out in the boonys thou difficult to explain where you want to go it would be easier to tell a driver that you want to go to Tadmoon waterfalls its less than 500 metrs from there, if you have a hobo map the turn is right above the note showing red roofs police box, that 3 hole course is on a lao military base, callao

I finally went up to have a look last week, looks really nice. I didn't play but I will next week. Price is still the same 200000 and they are offering a yearly membership for 8 Million ($1000) seems reasonable to me. I spoke to the manageress, she assured me with yearly membership you can play anytime and just pay caddy fees.

I got round to playing Lao Inter last Friday, really enjoyed the course. We got there at 6 a.m to find the place empty, told by the cleaners there will be someone along at 7. By 7:30 a few caddies turned up and quickly called the manager. By 7:45 we had managed to rent a couple of sets of clubs (50,000 kip each set) and tee off. We only played 9 holes as it was way too hot to play 18 (hence the 6 a.m start)
It's quite an open course with not too many hazards. This will be a nice course when it is more established and I think the rainy season will make the ground better. The caddies weren't bad.
We were the only players there. We will be back next week.

Also played at KM6 onTuesday and really enjoyed it. Much better than I was expecting, nice layout but it was very busy. The caddies were terrible and turned their noses up at the 50,000 kip tip!!

[Dorkers]

Lao Country Club is a peach of a track.. $40 US when I was up there 6 months back. Curiously the whole course is shut each Monday. Apparently it is a 'maintenance day'. The course is Korean owned. The SEA course (27holes?) is tight, course is ok, but still in its infancy. The hiso Laos love there golf and the owner of one of the banks up there has recently got the ball rolling on building another course near the city. Luang Prabang also had a reasonable looking golf course. Only got to look at a couple of holes though. Was green and had definition between the greens, fairways and rough and had some undulations on the fairways so hopefully has some reasonable groundwork throughout the course.