Chiang Mai Songkran Golf Guide
Chiang Mai Songkran, April 13-15, is a water fight around the Old City moat and Tha Phae Gate. April is also the hot season with daytime highs of 35-40 degrees, so golf fits either an early-morning finish or an evening night round after the daytime festival. This guide pairs 7 Chiang Mai courses with that schedule: courses 20-30 minutes from the Old City, courses offering night golf, and Lanna Golf Club on Chotana Road in the city itself.
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Compare Chiang Mai courses by early-morning and night-round availability, travel time to the Old City and cart rules rather than a fixed ranking.
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Best forA festival morning, then a round in the cooler evening
Summit Green Valley Chiangmai is a 7,202-yard par 72 designed by Denis Griffiths and opened in 1990, 15 km and 20 minutes from the city. Both night golf and twilight play are available, so you can enjoy the moat festival by day and play in the evening. The restaurant and range are open 08:00-20:00 and a massage facility is on site.
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Chiang Mai Golf
Best forFestival by day, then dinner and golf late into the night
North Hill Golf Club Chiang Mai is a 6,241-yard par 72 opened in 2011, 15 km and 30 minutes from the airport and 30 minutes from the city. Night golf is available and the restaurant is open 11:00-22:30, so after the daytime festival you can continue with dinner and a night round. Carts are compulsory and may enter the fairway.
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Chiang Mai Golf
Best forA dawn start with the clubhouse available into the late evening
Mae Jo Golf Club is a 6,730-yard par 72 designed by Seni Thirawat and opened in 2004, 20 km and 35 minutes from the city. The restaurant is open 06:00-22:00, so both a dawn tee-off and a late dinner can be handled at one place. The range runs 06:30-17:00 and carts are compulsory.
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Chiang Mai Golf
Best forA group staying near the Old City who want to cut transfer time
Lanna Golf Club is a Royal Thai Army course on Chotana Road in Mueang Chiang Mai District, a 27-hole par 108 opened in 1974. The range is open 06:00-18:00 and the restaurant 08:30-20:00. Bookings need at least three players and no compulsory cart is listed, so check cart inclusion first.
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Chiang Mai Golf
Best forFestival until sunset, then a night round
Gassan Legacy Golf Club is a 7,089-yard par 72 designed by Schmidt-Curley, 25 km and 30 minutes from the city. Night golf is available, so you can play in the evening after the daytime festival. The range runs 09:00-18:00 and carts are compulsory and may enter the fairway.
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Chiang Mai Golf
Best forA dawn round, a rest at the clubhouse and then on to the festival
Alpine Golf Resort Chiangmai is a 27-hole par 108 of 11,238 yards, 35 km and 45 minutes from the city. The restaurant runs 06:00-21:00 and the range 06:30-18:00, so after a dawn tee-off you can rest until the afternoon, and the holes can be adjusted in nines. Carts are compulsory.
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Chiang Mai Golf
Best for18 holes in the early morning and back to the city around lunch
Gassan Panorama Golf Club is an 18-hole par 72 opened in 2006, 29 km and 30 minutes from the city. The restaurant opens at 06:00 for a dawn tee-off and a massage facility lets you loosen up and return to the city around lunch. Carts are compulsory and may enter the fairway.
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For Chiang Mai Songkran, the nearest choice to the city is Summit Green Valley. At 20 minutes it offers night golf and twilight play, so you can enjoy the water fights at the moat and Tha Phae Gate by day and play in the evening.
North Hill has a restaurant open 11:00-22:30 and night golf. Gassan Legacy also offers night golf, which suits a daytime festival followed by an evening round.
To play in the morning and join the festival in the afternoon, look at Mae Jo (restaurant 06:00-22:00) and Gassan Panorama (opens 06:00). Alpine is 27 holes so the length can be adjusted, and its restaurant stays open to 21:00 for a rest after a dawn tee-off.
Lanna Golf Club sits on Chotana Road in the city and may offer the shortest transfer. It needs at least three players and lists no compulsory cart, so check cart inclusion. April can have hazy days, so check air quality too.
Before booking, confirm tee times, whether night golf is operating and cart inclusion on the product page. Dates around April 13-15 can be busy, so settle the date first.
Courses with a 06:00 restaurant suit an early tee-off, and courses with night golf let you play in the evening after the daytime festival.
Summit Green Valley is 20 minutes, Mae Jo 35 and North Hill and Gassan Legacy 30 from the city. Work back from the water-fight hours around the moat.
April comes at the end of the dry season and some days can be hazy, so check air quality on the day. Also check hydration options and cart rules (mostly compulsory) by course.
Teams are 4-6 players and Lanna Golf Club requires at least three. If you are planning the festival days with friends, settle the group first.
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Night golf and twilight play make it easy to link the daytime festival with an evening round.
A 27-hole course on Chotana Road with a three-player minimum and range hours 06:00-18:00.
Compare North Hill's night golf and 22:30 restaurant with Mae Jo's 06:00-22:00 restaurant.
Gassan Legacy has night golf, Gassan Panorama a 06:00 restaurant and Alpine 27 holes.
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