AboutComp game a with IGST member Society at Thai Country Club Bangkok Thailand
The golf club / course 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.
more on the course in link above
About, location, map link, satellite view, virtual tour (in progress), social media, website
ORIENTATION
1. Satellite view of course in https://golfer.fyi/ThaiCClubBkk#TOC-Location scroll down to past the image of map for sat link
2. Virtual tour
if we have 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
Bonus: IGST chat groups use the chat groups to share intel or lift to the course as well as last minutes changes to tee - off times, link in main IGST page, link at top of page 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
About vlogger "Lucky Phill" I visit the course and play a round (golf and gadgets) on the course
capture photos, videos and logistical data to create a knowledge base
to share with all, details and links in section Editorial   Locationapprox 60 km from Bangkok - allow 60 mins in no peek traffic
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
MAP LINK
more on how to use the features in the virtual tour page
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
Clubhouse
From the 18th fairway
Big balcony zone extending off the restaurant, smokers and outstanding view onto the course
You can see all the zones in the virtual tour
The course Scorecard  To view the course hazards ... see link Google map 4 options TCC: Course / Street / Step inside / Satellite
Driving range = Yes large zone, North of the 10th tee
more on the course in link above
About, location, map link, satellite view, virtual tour (in progress), social media, website
Game round upPreamble
 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
AT THE COURSE
Another “rainy season” day in August, along the journey from Bangkok on the skyway all around was the threat of rain and prominent on arrival but for a few drops it was a rain free day with a mixture of stunning blue sky and heavy cloud cover
Insights by Charles of IGST video timeline 6.15 Charles in the know 
Best practice ideal to arrive early and take in the beautiful clubhouse and Restaurant
Club house Restaurant  The club house restaurant
the clubhouse Balcony - looking East towards the 10th tee 
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/5762473010459186
2 practice zones - here is the chip and putt before the 1st tee
My group
From left to right Chris Plona / Phill Smith (me) / James Robinson / Harry Hansen
I’ve played 1 game with Chris a few days earlier otherwise we are mostly newbies IGST membership experience 6 games / 4 games / 2 games / 3 games We were the last to tee off which gave us a little more time to prepare and watch the other groups launch The following photos are from our journey around the course, I snap 360 photos for a virtual tour and extract standard / Pano photos to use here .. ie., all the photos can be seen (in better quality) in the virtual tour section (they also have a location Icon to see the position on the course) 3rd hole par 3
3rd hole green
1 of the 4 or 5 kiosks around the course
4th hole par 5 . need to get over water to start a long winding fairway with more water before the green
4th hole par 5 - fairway a long journey around water  4th hole par 5 - a long journey around water
6th hole - par 3
Half way house on the West side of the clubhouse at the 1st tee  11th par 3 over water … this is a big ask
14th par 5 caught in a trap .. I can't look back
17th hole - par 5 - the Green
Can you guess which green this is (photo extracted from virtual tour)
Back of the 18th .. the clubhouse has a stunning view from the front of the green
Balcony view onto the course 
Course challenges To gain a better insight of the hazards, try the satellite view options in the virtual tour page (link in editorial) where you can zoom in and measure the course on the desktop (it's also possible with mobile phone but a little tricky)
Example google maps: Satellite mode View 360 images in position and measure distances
This is explained in our Virtual tour Page TCC - see section Google map
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).
Screen shot below taken before the game
Please do know all welcome to stay and enjoy the fellowship and excellent hospitality of the club restaurant
Charles announced the results
Comp Winners: Tad
show me da money
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
summary of results captured in video - see link under "related topics"
Don’t forget Khun Oh brings an excellent selection of golf shirts to the game
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
Photosoptions
IGST Facebook post - players and course IGST at Thai Country Club https://www.facebook.com/IGST2/posts/5762473010459186
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
Video12 min video published 14/08/2022
Scene: IGST visit, walk thru clubhouse, parts of the course & post game results
Timeline
video external link IGST at Thai Country club August 2022
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Social Media What we did today
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
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”
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
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
Threatening with rain at the start and a few drops fell which I kindly removed from the lense
A few holes later a few 360 shots have a few blur sports which means there was a drop or 2 of rain on the lense
The weather, mostly fine, a few holes with vivid blue sky when the sun go through, otherwise most of the day was cloud cover which is ideal for golf
About the course
Pretty well STUNNING everywhere .. very meticulous in all aspects. The obvious anxiety of so much water is kindly dismissed with the appreciation of the beauty, sweeping fairways, accurate and well planned contoured water boundaries.
Howz the awesome Japanese spa in the men's locker room
Extract from 360 image in the virtual tour
After the game I enjoyed the food in the clubhouse
Phad Sii-ew Gai (Pan fried noodles with chicken)
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
55 x 360 photos taken on the day (already captured the clubhouse on previous visit)
It's become abundantly apparent I can not handle any more than about 4 holes, without an impost on other players let alone the lengthy process of a jig saw puzzle (trying to work out the position of the photos) some platforms only have tunnel vision view during the creation which is just a nightmare when all around is green .. lol
Screenshot: show tips and tricks to access 360 images in google map
Directory page
https://sites.google.com/a/thaibis.com/www/bang-pakong-district/thai-country-club/vr
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
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
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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
Satellite: -> can now rotate screen desktop or mobile
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..
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
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/bang-pakong-district/thai-country-club/vr
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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