Phuket

Blue Canyon Country Club

Blue Canyon Country Club is in Thalang district, in the north of Phuket. It was established in 1991 and has two 18-hole, par-72 courses, the Canyon Course and the Lakes Course. Both were designed by the Japanese architect Yoshikazu Kato.

The land had previously been used for tin mining and rubber. The Canyon Course opened in 1991. The Lakes Course opened in 1999 and is laid out around lakes and older mining features. A published length for the Canyon Course is 7,179 yards; for the Lakes Course, 7,129 yards.

The Canyon Course has hosted several professional tournaments. The Johnnie Walker Classic was played there in 1994 (won by Greg Norman), 1998 and 2007 (won by Anton Haig in a playoff). The 1998 event is the one most often retold: Tiger Woods came to the last round eight shots behind Ernie Els, shot 65, and won in a sudden-death playoff. The club also hosted the Honda Invitational in 1996 (Steve Elkington), the Thailand Open in 2005 (Richard Lee), and the Blue Canyon Phuket Championship on the Asian Tour in 2021 (Chan Shih-chang).

Those results are a matter of tournament record. They do not tell you what the course will play like on a weekday in the wet season. For weather, see the Phuket region page and the planning notes.