No, I have about as much interest in golf as I have in cards or football, which is around zero. Golf seems about the best out of them though, just wandering around a huge green park whacking a ball every now and again is far from the worst activity I can imagine. Sort of like snooker but on a large scale.Gardiguy wrote:Did you golf? Would love to go for a round but I haven't seen anything even remotely worth it here.Lucky Lucan wrote:I was at Garden City Golf Club for a couple of days recently and didn't see a single person on the course. It's a weird place, the gate is about 2 km from the hotel, and there's much further to go before you'll see anyone on the road.
Just what Phnom Penh needs... a new golf course
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Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Haha, that is a pretty accurate description, add in the beer and you nailed it.Lucky Lucan wrote:No, I have about as much interest in golf as I have in cards or football, which is around zero. Golf seems about the best out of them though, just wandering around a huge green park whacking a ball every now and again is far from the worst activity I can imagine. Sort of like snooker but on a large scale.Gardiguy wrote:Did you golf? Would love to go for a round but I haven't seen anything even remotely worth it here.Lucky Lucan wrote:I was at Garden City Golf Club for a couple of days recently and didn't see a single person on the course. It's a weird place, the gate is about 2 km from the hotel, and there's much further to go before you'll see anyone on the road.
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The only reason I ever went to Phnom Penh was for a weeks drinking and entertainment session in a sleazepit of the lowest order interspersed with 4 rounds of golf to sober up, it was fantastic even if the quality of the 2 old courses were shite. The nightlife was good then so we could put up with the crap courses. Sadly the good bars have closed and the new courses exemplify what's wrong with the country.
Have any of you lot ever excelled at sport anyway, sport has never been a big topic on this forum.
Have any of you lot ever excelled at sport anyway, sport has never been a big topic on this forum.
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I've golfed since I was 4 years, at one point considered trying to get to q school but life got in the way. I played AAA baseball and junior b hockey as well, sports used to be my life until injuries made me reconsider.rl66 wrote:The only reason I ever went to Phnom Penh was for a weeks drinking and entertainment session in a sleazepit of the lowest order interspersed with 4 rounds of golf to sober up, it was fantastic even if the quality of the 2 old courses were shite. The nightlife was good then so we could put up with the crap courses. Sadly the good bars have closed and the new courses exemplify what's wrong with the country.
Have any of you lot ever excelled at sport anyway, sport has never been a big topic on this forum.
Not exactly a sport friendly country from what I can tell unless its soccer, then your golden.
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I'm pretty good at pool, on the rare occasions I play, if that counts as sport. I'm also pretty sure the title a "sleazepit of the lowest order" has been trademarked by your manor, Pattaya? What are these "good bars" that have closed? Classy joints?rl66 wrote:The only reason I ever went to Phnom Penh was for a weeks drinking and entertainment session in a sleazepit of the lowest order interspersed with 4 rounds of golf to sober up, it was fantastic even if the quality of the 2 old courses were shite. The nightlife was good then so we could put up with the crap courses. Sadly the good bars have closed and the new courses exemplify what's wrong with the country.
Have any of you lot ever excelled at sport anyway, sport has never been a big topic on this forum.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
It's a shame that the good bars have closed. Even until quite recently the sex tourists would religiously stick to the same circuit, Sharky, Walkabou and Martini. Of course Sophies was part of that as well early on and GSM became the mecca later.
Most of the dropkicks from Patyre as they always call it would avoid the hostess bars because they were tight arses.
But Patyre does have many good gold courses apparently. although playing golf or any sport in the tropics is madness.
Most of the dropkicks from Patyre as they always call it would avoid the hostess bars because they were tight arses.
But Patyre does have many good gold courses apparently. although playing golf or any sport in the tropics is madness.
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Pattaya courses are exceptional and I think there might be some golf course envy in Cambodia. I actually think its cool they are opening up a course, but there's so much more to make it profitable. Hopefully, they have their act together and make it a golfing destination like Black Mountain Golf Club in Thailand.crazyjohn wrote:It's a shame that the good bars have closed. Even until quite recently the sex tourists would religiously stick to the same circuit, Sharky, Walkabou and Martini. Of course Sophies was part of that as well early on and GSM became the mecca later.
Most of the dropkicks from Patyre as they always call it would avoid the hostess bars because they were tight arses.
But Patyre does have many good gold courses apparently. although playing golf or any sport in the tropics is madness.
Also, its funny you bring up the playing sports in the tropics. While I'll play golf and be miserable in Thailand I have friends who actually play Aussie Rules in SE Asia. Nuts!
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I used to be a pretty good rugger player but now it is only running that I am into. Not very good at it but I could probably run most people here into the ground .rl66 wrote:Have any of you lot ever excelled at sport anyway, sport has never been a big topic on this forum.
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With one or two exceptions among the honourable members of this forum, the level of knowledge about the pleasures of a golf tour to PP is deplorable. Let me enlighten you:
Check-in at the Lux Hotel, which has the advantage that the distance from the front door to the Oasis Bar is about 30ft. Warm up night until 2 a.m. and then retiring with one or two ladies.
Day 1. Wake up at 8.30, breakfast at La Croisette (the breakfast at Lux is shite) then a 30 minute bus ride to Garden City Golf Club, a truly world class venue. A four hour game of golf with your mates testing ones skills. Lot's of laughter and banter with the caddies. Late lunch at the club restaurant. The pork chop is excellent. Bottles of beer served in ice buckets. No, they don't cost $8 each. Back to the hotel by bus. Relaxing massage and perhaps a short snooze or if the ladies are still in the room a more strenuous recovery. Meet mates at Oasis, Xanadu or some other bars along 130 (I like Loco and Angry Birds).
Day 2, and 3: See above. However, depending on age, nocturnal activities seem to taper off a bit.
Day 4: Return to the airport.
Cost for bus, 3 rounds of golf and lunch around $500. Cost for other activities depending on stamina. Perhaps another $500 (some spend much more).
So what's not to like? Of course that's a two years budget for the types hanging out in front of Neils Minimart. Who cares. I don't.
Check-in at the Lux Hotel, which has the advantage that the distance from the front door to the Oasis Bar is about 30ft. Warm up night until 2 a.m. and then retiring with one or two ladies.
Day 1. Wake up at 8.30, breakfast at La Croisette (the breakfast at Lux is shite) then a 30 minute bus ride to Garden City Golf Club, a truly world class venue. A four hour game of golf with your mates testing ones skills. Lot's of laughter and banter with the caddies. Late lunch at the club restaurant. The pork chop is excellent. Bottles of beer served in ice buckets. No, they don't cost $8 each. Back to the hotel by bus. Relaxing massage and perhaps a short snooze or if the ladies are still in the room a more strenuous recovery. Meet mates at Oasis, Xanadu or some other bars along 130 (I like Loco and Angry Birds).
Day 2, and 3: See above. However, depending on age, nocturnal activities seem to taper off a bit.
Day 4: Return to the airport.
Cost for bus, 3 rounds of golf and lunch around $500. Cost for other activities depending on stamina. Perhaps another $500 (some spend much more).
So what's not to like? Of course that's a two years budget for the types hanging out in front of Neils Minimart. Who cares. I don't.
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What's not to like? Are you kidding? I doubt I'm alone in avoiding sex-tourists from Pattaya like the plague. Probably going around speaking Thai bar-girl Engrish to Cambodian waitresses and thinking they're something special.Montkiara wrote:With one or two exceptions among the honourable members of this forum, the level of knowledge about the pleasures of a golf tour to PP is deplorable. Let me enlighten you:
Check-in at the Lux Hotel, which has the advantage that the distance from the front door to the Oasis Bar is about 30ft. Warm up night until 2 a.m. and then retiring with one or two ladies.
Day 1. Wake up at 8.30, breakfast at La Croisette (the breakfast at Lux is shite) then a 30 minute bus ride to Garden City Golf Club, a truly world class venue. A four hour game of golf with your mates testing ones skills. Lot's of laughter and banter with the caddies. Late lunch at the club restaurant. The pork chop is excellent. Bottles of beer served in ice buckets. No, they don't cost $8 each. Back to the hotel by bus. Relaxing massage and perhaps a short snooze or if the ladies are still in the room a more strenuous recovery. Meet mates at Oasis, Xanadu or some other bars along 130 (I like Loco and Angry Birds).
Day 2, and 3: See above. However, depending on age, nocturnal activities seem to taper off a bit.
Day 4: Return to the airport.
Cost for bus, 3 rounds of golf and lunch around $500. Cost for other activities depending on stamina. Perhaps another $500 (some spend much more).
So what's not to like? Of course that's a two years budget for the types hanging out in front of Neils Minimart. Who cares. I don't.
Whatever about the course which I admit to knowing nothing about, it's a cookie-cutter large Chinese-style hotel in the middle of nowhere. If you bothered to look a bit closer it's very poorly finished, they laid broken tiles in those vast hallways and put filler in the gaps. That's not world-class, it's cheap and nasty.a truly world class venue
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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The course is in excellent condition.
But it isn’t a fantastic course with regard to layout. It isn’t particularly difficult.
I have played on at least half a dozen better courses in the UK - and I’m not really a well travelled golfer.
The clubhouse is vast and soulless. Like many buildings here it is unnecessarily large
It’s far from world class. This guy Montkiara clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about.
But it isn’t a fantastic course with regard to layout. It isn’t particularly difficult.
I have played on at least half a dozen better courses in the UK - and I’m not really a well travelled golfer.
The clubhouse is vast and soulless. Like many buildings here it is unnecessarily large
It’s far from world class. This guy Montkiara clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about.
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As I have already said, I know nothing about golf or golf courses. However I have been to many beautiful golf-courses in Europe. Nestled between hills with natural lakes or coast bordering them, I don't believe this featureless course built on reclaimed swamp can compare.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:The course is in excellent condition.
But it isn’t a fantastic course with regard to layout. It isn’t particularly difficult.
I used to go to this place a bit as a teenager because my friend was a member, it's a lot prettier than Garden City:
http://delganygolfclub.com/gallery/
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Fair enough. Very pretty. As golfers we look at the condition of the tee boxes, fairways, bunkers and of course the greens when judging the golf course. We don't spend much time on our hands and knees counting cracks in the clubhouse flooring as one gentleman seems to do. He is probably much more at home outside Neil's minimart ogling the girls he can't afford.Lucky Lucan wrote:As I have already said, I know nothing about golf or golf courses. However I have been to many beautiful golf-courses in Europe. Nestled between hills with natural lakes or coast bordering them, I don't believe this featureless course built on reclaimed swamp can compare.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:The course is in excellent condition.
But it isn’t a fantastic course with regard to layout. It isn’t particularly difficult.
I used to go to this place a bit as a teenager because my friend was a member, it's a lot prettier than Garden City:
http://delganygolfclub.com/gallery/
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