Phuket, Thailand: Laguna Golf Phuket is the latest award-winning golfing venue to become part of Asian Tour Destinations.

The Thai establishment is the 10th golf clubs to join Asian Tour Destinations, which was launched in 2020 as an affiliate network of premier golfing properties in the region that have direct ties with the Asian Tour.

“We’re delighted to welcome Laguna Golf Phuket to the expanding Asian Tour Destinations family,” said Cho Minn Thant, Commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour.

“We look forward to working with them and further developing the strong ties that we’ve built with them through the staging of tournaments,” added Cho.

Laguna Golf Phuket hosted the inaugural Laguna Phuket Championship late last year as the Asian Tour resumed play following the Covid-19 pandemic, and also staged the Singha Phuket Open on the Asian Development Tour in 2017. 

Set within Laguna Phuket Resort – Asia’s first fully integrated destination resort with a variety of hotel options, including Banyan Tree Phuket – the Laguna Golf Phuket course is an idyllic golfing paradise.

Darren Robson, Director of Golf at Laguna Golf Phuket, said: “Revitalised in 2015, the layout offers an enjoyable challenge for golfers of all abilities, whether you’re just setting out on your golfing journey … or you’re an Asian Tour professional!

“We’re delighted to partner with the Asian Tour to become an official Asian Tour Destinations venue.”

A Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, Laguna Golf Phuket is a sister club of Laguna Golf Lăng Cô, the first Vietnam club to join Asian Tour Destinations.

Meanwhile, Parahyangan Golf has become the first Indonesian club to sign up with the network.

Parahyangan Golf was the venue for the Asian Development Tour’s Combiphar Players Championship in 2019.

Sentosa Golf Club was the first establishment to become part of Asian Tour Destinations.

The Singapore venue has since been joined by Angkor Golf Resort in Siem Reap, Cambodia; Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand; Classic Golf & Country Club in New Delhi, India; Kota Permai Golf & Country Club and Horizon Hills Golf & Country Club, both in Malaysia; Laguna Golf Lăng Cô in Vietnam; and Japan’s Sapporo Country Club and The North Country Golf Club.