Cambodia Gold Tours
Golf in Cambodia - Asia's newest golfing destination!
 Golf holidays in Cambodia are a new introduction, yet pioneerng golfers are finding it a fascinating country in which to play a few rounds. Golf is a relatively new pastime in Cambodia yet is developing fast. Until the mid 1990s golf was unheard of in the country, but with its entry in to ASEAN and top Cambodian officials meeting on a regular basis with there contemporaries in the more developed golfing Asian nations such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand it was only a matter of time until the popularity of golf grew. And what more could a nation ask for as a golfing ‘ambassador’ than the Prime Minister himself – yes Cambodia’s Premier Hun Sen, is an avid golf player with a handicap of 15.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia's laid back capital, has 2 full scale 18-hole golf courses on its western outskirts. However, the real golfing excitement is in Siem Reap, the home of the magnificent Angkor Wat temples. In early 2007 the Sofitel Phokeethra Country Club opened, and will be followed in late 2007 by the Nick Faldo designed Angkor Golf Course - it is claimed this course could emerge as not only the finest in Cambodia, but one of the best in the Asia-Pacific region.
Below please find a brief description of Cambodia Golf Courses, along with a full list of suggested Cambodia golf vacation packages.
Royal Cambodia Golf Club (Phnom Penh)
 The Royal Cambodia Golf Club lies 10km west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s charming capital city and was the first 18 hole golf club to open in the country. The 7,075 yard course is set in an attractive environment sitting amongst rice paddies and coconut palms. The course is rather flat yet it still provides a challenge with numerous sand and water hazards, including a large lake near the third hole! Being the closet course to Phnom Penh it is popular with local dignitaries, and it is said it is the Prime Minister’s preferred course - perhaps due to the fact he got a hole-in-one here in 2004! Not of the same quality as the Siem Reap courses but playing a round here gives you an insight of the development of golf in less developed countries.
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