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There are around 70
courses in the country from Putao at the northern
end to Kawthaung in the deep south, just across the bay
from Ranong Thailand.
Some better known Myanmar Golf Courses and Golf
Clubs beside of the two with the link above are:
Yemon Island Golf Resort, on the highway
from Yangon
to Bago after about 1 hour drive from Yangon on
a lake, it is possible to stay overnight but the
accommodation is very basic.
Thayet Golf Club at Pyi, Phone
95-068-21006,
the
first golf course built in Myanmar during
colonial times by the British in 1887.
YCDC Golf Club,
a relatively new 36
holes golf course. Implemented in 1994, with
wide fairways and quite large green suitable for
players with various handicaps. A 30 minutes
somehow bumpy drive from the center to the north
will bring you there.
Yedagun Taung or Waterfall Golf Club, in
Myanmar's second largest city
Mandalay
offer 18 holes to play.
Located near the
Mandalay-Pin Oo Lwin -Maymyo- road it takes
around half hour to reach the golf course. the
place is in somehow reasonable conditions and
offer hotel facilities a good place for golf
vacations.
At
Mandalay
there are 2 more gold clubs, the
Shwe Sar Yan, a 18 hole golf course built in
1997 over 200 acres, located on the Mandalay -
Pin Oo Lwin -Maymyo- road along the Myit Nge
River, a attractive place and the
Shwemann Taung Golf Club, it takes a
half hour drive over 8 km from downtown
Mandalay
to reach the golf course, the 18-hole course was
opened in 1975
is is still excellent for golf vacations, phone:
95-2 60570
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Ayetharyar Golf Resort, located in Taungyi
in the northern Shan state, this is the famous
or infamous
golden
Triangle, Myanmar side. At Ayer Thar Yar
Golf Resort you can do a 18 hole round within a
nice mountain scenery.
Maymyo Golf Club, Pyin Oo Lwin, Pyin Oo Lwin
is the new Name for
Maymyo it means Maytown and is named after
Colonel May of the 5th Bengal Infantry Regiment
in 1886. At 1,040 meters above sea level, Maymo
is pleasantly cool and a relief from the heat of
the plains. The Golf Club is located
within a lush green area, opened in 1941, a
somehow challenging 18 hole course wait for you
to get your colonial days feeling, a great place
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