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Si am Count r y Cl ub Ve r y near by t he popul ar c i t y of Pat t ay a, Si am Count r y Cl ub was t he r s t pr i vat e l y owned gol f c our s e i n  ai l and, bui l t i n 1970, bef or e be i ng r e novat ed by Sc hmi dt Cur l ey i n 2007. e r e ar e now t wo 18- hol e l ayout s at t he c l ub — t he Ol d Cour s e and t he Pl ant at i on — bot h of whi c h ar e we l l r egar ded, al t hough t he ol de r c our s e i s t he f avour i t e.  e Ol d Cour s e has wi de and c ont our ed gr ee ns wi t h a mul t i t ude of l andf or ms t o wr e s t l e wi t h, i nc l udi ng ove r 100 s and t r aps and pl e nt y of t r ee s . I t ’ s has bee n home of t he LPGA i n  ai l and s i nc e 2007.  e Pl ant at i on hos t ed t he Honda LPGA i n 2009 and i s al ways ve r y we l l mai nt ai ned. I t ’ s pos i t i oned s ome way f r om t he Ol d Cour s e, i n t he hi l l s wi t h a br ee ze t o c ont e nd wi t h. Al pi ne Gol f Cl ub Many gol f e r s ’ f avour i t e  ai c our s e, t he Al pi ne i s anot he r e xc e pt i onal i nt e r nat i onal s t andar d gol f c our s e. Jus t 20 mi nut e s nor t h of Don Mueang ai r por t , t he Al pi ne’ s l ayout and c ont our ed de s i gn be l i e s t he at r i c e paddy t e r r ai n t hat s ur r ounds i t . t was de s i gned by US c our s e ar c hi t ec t , I Ronal d M Gar l . Al pi ne was t he hos t of t he 2000 and 2004 Johnni e Wal ke r Cl as s i c PGA t our name nt , wi t h t he l at t e r won by Ti ge r Woods .  e gr ee ns ar e f as t and f ai r ways undul at i ng, dot t ed wi t h t r ee s and ot he r nat ur al l andf or ms . e r e ar e pl e nt y of wat e r and bunke r hazar ds t oo. I t i s a c hal l e ngi ng c our s e, but a r ewar di ng one. Ope n t o me mbe r s ’ gue s t s and t our s .