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2022.08 Pinehurst



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a vlog of the outing including photos / video and tips and tricks for visitors





About 


Pinehurst Golf Country Club


a medium price range course, flat, above average water hazards,


Managed by The Peninsula Hotels group, Thai Country Club is one of Thailand’s most prestigious golf courses. Nestled on the outskirts of Bangkok, this 18-hole course has impeccable greens, some of the best holes in Thailand, and an award-winning club house. Thai Country Club has hosted numerous international and domestic tournaments featuring the world’s best golfers.

Thai Country Club is a prestigious member's course, has hosted PGA wins by Tiger Woods & Vijay Singh

One of the best golf courses in Bangkok, Thai sets the standard for service excellence.

Designed to USPGA standards by Denis Griffiths, the course opened in December 1996. The design adapts to everyday member use up to very tough challenges for major international and PGA tournaments.

The 7,157-yard course was the venue for the 1997 Asian Honda Classic, where Tiger Woods cruised to a comfortable 10-stroke victory after shooting a final round of 68 for a 20 under-par total 268 for the championship. One year later, the second round of the 1998 Johnnie Walker Super Tour was also played in ideal conditions at Thai Country Club, won in style by Vijay Singh, who carded a magnificent score of 66 - two strokes ahead of Ernie Els and Jesper Parnevik. More recently, the Thai Country Club hosted the 2007 and 2008 Volvo Masters.

The Thai golf course, as expected, is well-maintained year-round, features a great variety from hole to hole, and an abundance of water hazards and sand bunkers. With its immaculate presentation and conditioning, coupled with a robust and classic parkland layout, Thai Country Club regularly voted as a Top 5 course in Asia.







ORIENTATION

Satellite view of course - zoom in out

http://www.thaibis.com/pathum-thani/pinehurst-golf-country-club/vr#TOC-Google-maps



Virtual tour 

if we visited the course we will create 360 virtual tour of the club house and parts of the course

check the "editorial" section this page to see what we achieved



more in visitor page PGC






About

IGST ( International Golf Society Thailand ), free membership, 3 games pwk different courses,

more in section Editorial showing link to IGST page this site and member dashboard



more in visitor page IGST






About

vlogger "Lucky Phill"



I visit the course, play a round (with golf and gadgets) on the course to capture photos, videos and logistical data to create a knowledge base to share with all, details and links in section Editorial



more in this page under section Editorial









Location




Pinehurst Golf Country Club



approx 60 km from Bangkok - allow 60 mins in no peek traffic

note: map image IS NOT true North, rotated for best view

note: map image IS NOT true North, rotated for best view





Getting there: 





Directions 


note: map image IS NOT true North, rotated for best view






NAV MAP LINKS

http://www.thaibis.com/pathum-thani/pinehurst-golf-country-club#TOC-Location


Includes Satellite view to orientate course 


Bonus with IGST 

Chat groups to members to share intel including share lift to the course

Link to chat groups in IGST page in this site .. see link top left of page 




ok . about the outing 






Clubhouse 



MONSTER CLUB HOUSE 













Club house foyer (big)


















Mens Locker room










Terrace cafe (enormous)











Driving range 



Aaron (todays winner) was at the range 


















So we caught Aaron for a few words on IGST .. his 3rd game and how he is progressing as a newbie to golf and Thailand / Bangkok



video interview 0.54 Aaron on IGST











Night golf played here





















Putt putt  chip zone 


Extracted from 360 in virtual tour 






The Terrace cafe (enormous)


Extracted from 360 in virtual tour 











The course


27 holes 


South - West - North 



Today we play South and West 







ORIENTATION

Satellite view of course - zoom in out

we made a map of the course with labels, it includes link to Google earth to include access to 360 images we captured during the visit


http://www.thaibis.com/pathum-thani/pinehurst-golf-country-club/vr#TOC-Google-maps













IF IT'S NOT APPARENT FROM THE SATELLITE MAP 


THERE IS A LOT OF WATER ON THIS COURSE .. A LOT OF WATER EVERYWHERE 











Game round up




Preamble



Players are aware of their start times from Tee sheet group chat message 

often there is need for last minute changes due to player delays in which case admin will release updates in the group chat message 

Link to IGST Chat groups 

1. Member dashboard flow.page/igst







AT THE COURSE 

 

 

 

 




Another “rainy season” day in August, along the journey from Bangkok on the skyway there is evidence of rain fall in the distance but in the topics it changes so quickly

On the day the photos and video shows brilliant blue sky as well as heavy cloud cover to insight rain .. but NO RAIN on the day

To view the course hazards ... see link below under editorial

section: Google map Satellite .. show you how to view the course / zoom in and measure distances


Best practice
ideal to arrive early and take in the beautiful clubhouse and Restaurant











Start








22 players



One person in the group is required to sign on to record live score for the group


This means all scores are on a leaderboard for all to view

and immediate results after the game and each player auto receives an email of their scorecard




Groups start at 1st tee



Photos courtesy khun Oh / IGST post

https://www.facebook.com/IGST2/posts/5771764392863381



https://www.facebook.com/IGST2/posts/5771466072893213




Some (NOT all the starting groups appear below)
























































1st tee - water to clear, so many holes.. It’s exhausting but that’s ok we love it




Quite a few holes have seriously long water traps from the tee … you need to be focused



The following photos are from our journey around the course, I snap 360 photos for a virtual tour and extract standard / Pano photos to used in virtual tour and google maps “Step Inside” which are shown in higher quality





2nd fairway



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour








Kiosk 4th tee par 3



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour








3rd green par 4



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour








Hole 6 water, more water



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour








4th tee par 3 over water.. water water water 



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour








Hole S9 big distance and tight gap on par 5 over water



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour







Hole S9 Green



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour









2nd nine



Hole W1 par 5 over water



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Hole W2 Par 4 - huge distance to clear water



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour









The Caddy is indicating … “Good Luck”



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour












Hole W7 tee more water



Extracted from 360 in virtual tour










Hole W 9 over around and over water









Extracted from 360 in virtual tour











The finish - W9 Green



We were all beaten by this course but we are happy as we decided much earlier “to accept defeat / have a few beers and laughs with the caddies - the day was good company memories











We will be back and do better







The course has serious high frequency of water



To gain insight to the hazards, try the satellite view options in the virtual tour page (link in editorial). You can zoom in and measure the course on the desktop (it's also possible with mobile phone but a little tricky)



















Outcome








For the group generally


Weather was, in the main, perfect all day


Course in excellent condition


Speed of play was good


Food, drinks and clubhouse hospitality was high quality



Quite a few stayed for the presentation

(during covid this was discouraged and members needed to leave immediately after the game).


Please do know all welcome to stay and enjoy the fellowship and excellent hospitality of the club restaurant



Comp Winners: Aaron (and 1st Birdie)






screen shot below of results












scores recorded live during the game by 1 person in each group into the free golf genius app

and available to view in the app or on the Golf Genius portal









Full details avail to view in IGST member portal

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/7504812679408685583






Don’t forget Khun Oh brings an excellent selection of golf shirts to the game








Photos




options



IGST Facebook post - players and course

IGST at Pinehurst G C https://www.facebook.com/IGST2/posts/5771764392863381



Facebook Phill (Lucky) - pics and short video



360 images in virtual tour this page



if members have photos of the day please let admin know to share








Video



14 min video published 28/08/2022

Scene:  IGST visit, walk thru clubhouse, parts of the course & post game results


Timeline
























Virtual tour






Image result for gif virtual tour



Newbies go to  VT Pinehurst GC

 

 

Pro users 

jump into tour image below - Driving range

 

image extracted to show how to access images within tour




Newbies

if your unsure how to drive the tour platform go the newbies section to get the basics

 

 

3rd party site/s and Google Street View - STEP INSIDE

 

short url to this section https://golfer.fyi/PinehurstGolfClubBkk#TOC-Virtual-tour

 


 









Member eCard





as explained by Charles during prizes at Vintage

watch in the video at timeline 8.43 - 9.00 Member eCard


screenshot of member e-Card



pls test and give feedback to Charles or Phill








Editorial






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Social Media What we did today 

multitasking


  • Play - a - round

  • Google mapping - “Step inside” (360 photos to virtual walk clubhouse and part of the course

  • Satellite view link of course

  • Virtual tour platform

  • Video of the outing with IGST

  • Directory page of the golf course

  • Vlog the IGST outing 



Scroll down to see each




Photos / videos:

very dependant on weather conditions and the vibe of the player group

If the weather is threatening rain / high humidity then its poor depth of field (low quality)

If the player group is not known or strictly golf then we avoid photo contact

Phill (Lucky) Smith 








Play-a-round 

Apart from golfing on the day, I attempt multitasking challenges (which often means not a good golf score)  

No problem / “Mai Mee Pbun Haa”




Today .. the golfing



My caddy today Khun Maew, lovely lady and now friends on “line” (a popular Thai social media platform)

Tip payment to caddy is between 300 to 500 baht is the benchmark

The weather today started with brilliant blue sky - awesome for photos

During the game the weather moved to tropics with likelihood of rain and then back to nice sunny day so this means lots of photos and videos .. horah


About the course

Massive clubhouse

Night golf facilities

27 holes

University just up the road so they have lots of caddies students that double as caddies

No recall experiencing a course with sooooo much water, not just lots but also hidden as well as in your face (depth off the tee)


From the golf perspective - well beaten by the course and I genuinely look forward to a re match. I also like to try the night golf, they have accommodation so you could do a sleep over and include a day and night game.




360 pics: Google mapping - Step Inside


Images are uploaded to google maps to … same same Street View but when the images go beyond the road it's called  “step Inside” into places, to allow anyone on the net to engage Virtual tour / Step Inside


Today 

75 x 360 photos taken on the day (already captured the clubhouse on previous visit)


Extremely hard to take so many photos and play golf but it was a sunny yday so try, in some instances I can capture 360 video and extract 360 images from the video, otherwise the general rule is no more than 4 holes..   



Screenshot:  show tips and tricks to access 360 images in google map


The blue dots are the 360 images added 



Directory page

Google map 4 options PCC: Course / Street / Step inside / Satellite 



see section Satellite for examples of how to access with links


If your experience with Google maps Satellite is not seamless, please let me know, I will be pleased to help and get the feedback.


Hey … did we capture you in google map ?


if your in a 360 pic you can share the link

From google map: view the 360 section of the google map listing


In directory page section "Location" for map link, then scroll photos or you try the Satellite view (see down this page)


Tip: same (and more) 360 pics in virtual tour with many more options, see the section on virtual tour down this page



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Satellite view of course


Golfers will enjoy this

zoom in and move along the course (you can also get measurements)

View on desktop or mobile phone

  • As we record 360 images on the course you can access via this view



screenshot showing tips and tricks



Imperative to know tips and tricks 


Map (desktop and mobile) has an icon / symbol to “change layers”,  please change them to 

  1. Satellite: ->  can now rotate screen desktop or mobile


  1. Street view - >  see blue lines / dots of 360 images to access (if multiple, you can jump / fly)






Bonus for golfers

I use an excellent golf app that has a “flyover” of each hole, welcome to ask me more as I’ve been using it for years


GolfPad - amazing app 

  • Does all the usual stuff like record score, shots, measure distance 




It also has 

  • flyover each hole 

  • History of games and players score

  • Dashboard of score with map of hole 









try it..

link to my game at the course August 2022 score view holes Pinehurst G C


more on Golfpad

Also a live group leader board score to share with players or friends


Tag set (cheapest around) to record all shots club and distance

See app features 


 




Virtual tour 


same 360 images are used in a 3rd party platform for extra features such as info labels, links and more 

some images with members used in a separate IGST virtual tour 


Screenshot of image from virtual tour - comments how to access images 


Link to Virtual tour 

https://sites.google.com/a/thaibis.com/www/pathum-thani/pinehurst-golf-country-club#TOC-Virtual-tour





NEWBIES: 

if your unsure how to drive the tour platform go the newbies section to get the basics


Tricks:

You can change the display style of the 360 to various styles and then snap screenshots, 

more info on tips and tricks in the help section within the webpage


Separate IGST virtual tour at link http://www.thaibis.com/a-z/i/igst/vt

The concept is a few shots from each place with jump link to the tour of the course




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Video of the outing 


screenshot of timeline contents 




the video is embedded in this page with timeline as per screen shot 


Pls watch it directly in the youtube channel



please visit, we get 1 view credit

https://youtu.be/tRyFVXj6pOs







Vlog the course 


Screenshot below 







please visit the page 

we get 1 view credit



Link https://golfer.fyi/PinehurstIGSTAug2022









IGST Golf Air-club Bangkok


All we know (so far)  Screenshot 



And we are trialling a few ideas for the group



please visit page,

we get 1 view credit




Link golfer.fyi/IgstAirClubBangkok




 


 




Golf Hub Bangkok


We are building a service directory of all things Golf Bangkok




please visit, we get 1 view credit


Link golfer.fyi/GolfingBangkok





Feedback


Do let me know “complaints are a gift” 

e: Feedbackgolf@austhai.biz


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such as mobile phone social media platforms 


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