How a green fee is built
Take Blue Canyon's Canyon Course in the low season: the agent table shows THB 4,500 per person, which breaks down as green fee 3,400, caddie fee 400 and cart 700, both of the latter compulsory. Red Mountain is 4,600 on the same basis. At Laguna Golf Phuket the club's own rate is 5,600 for 18 holes with the caddie included and the cart optional (700 for one golfer, 1,000 shared). Courses where the cart is optional look cheaper on paper: Loch Palm at 3,600 and Phuket Country Club at 3,200 exclude it, and PCC charges 900 if you want one.
The lesson: always ask for the all-in price for 18 holes with caddie and cart before you compare two courses.
High season and low season
Thai operators run two price periods. On Phuket the low or green season is 1 April to 31 October and the high season 1 November to 31 March; the 2026 agent tables we could fetch cover only the low season, and the Hua Hin table is valid to 30 September 2026. Nobody publishes a fixed uplift, but Phuket Expat Guide reports off-season fees running 15 to 20 percent below peak, and Fairways of Eden notes that demand and prices for tee times and hotels peak from November to February. Plan on the November price being the highest of the year and confirm it in writing.
For orientation, Fairways of Eden's 2026 tiers for Thai green fees are roughly THB 2,000 to 3,500 at value courses, 3,500 to 5,500 mid-range and 5,000 to 7,000 or more at the premium end. Phuket sits mostly in the top two bands; Hua Hin is cheaper.
Hua Hin for comparison
The Hua Hin agent table valid to 30 September 2026 lists 18-hole green fees only (before caddie and cart) of THB 2,500 at Black Mountain, 2,200 at Pineapple Valley (formerly Banyan), 1,600 at Springfield, 1,350 at Majestic Creek and 1,300 at Royal Hua Hin. Black Mountain's own rate page adds a 350 caddie fee and a compulsory 750 cart, so a full round there is about 3,600 before the tip. Pineapple Valley's cart is optional at 850.
Caddie fee versus caddie tip
Caddies are mandatory at almost every Thai course, one per golfer. Two payments are involved. The caddie fee, THB 300 to 600 depending on the course (400 at Blue Canyon, Red Mountain, Laguna and Pineapple Valley; 350 at Black Mountain), is paid at check-in and goes to the club. The tip is cash, handed to the caddie after the 18th, and is their real income for the round.
How much: GolfSavers says a minimum of 400 and 500 for exceptional service; Fairways of Eden 400 to 600 with 800 or more for premium service; LENGOLF 400 to 500 at standard courses, 500 to 600 mid-range and 600 to 1,000 at premium clubs; Asia Golf Journey puts Phuket at 700 to 1,000. The Blue Canyon and Red Mountain agent pages recommend 500. Pineapple Valley's own rules set a minimum of 400. Bring small notes; many pro shops post their guideline.
Carts
Whether you can walk depends on the course. Carts are compulsory at Red Mountain (the club says the course is not walkable), both Blue Canyon courses and Black Mountain, typically THB 700 to 750 per person. They are optional at Laguna, Loch Palm, Phuket Country Club and Pineapple Valley. Caddies normally drive.
Club rental, followers and extras
Rental sets run from THB 800 at Royal Hua Hin and 900 at Springfield to 1,200 at Pineapple Valley, 1,500 at Black Mountain and 1,800 at Laguna (Titleist AP1) and Loch Palm. Shoes are 100 to 300, umbrellas 50 to 150. A non-playing partner riding along pays a follower fee: 1,000 at Laguna and at Blue Canyon when sharing a cart, up to 2,100 at Blue Canyon with a private cart and caddie. Nine-hole rates exist at some courses: Laguna charges 3,100 with caddie.
Twilight rates
Late starts are where the savings are, but they are inconsistently published. In Hua Hin the agent table shows Springfield at THB 900 for a 14:00 to 15:30 start against 1,600 in the morning, and Palm Hills at 700. On Phuket, Blue Canyon promotes a "Twilight Escape" on the Canyon Course on its home page, but the price is not on the page we could read. Ask each course directly; a mid-afternoon start in the dry season still gives you four and a half hours of light.
What a package usually includes
A Thai golf package from an agent normally bundles hotel with breakfast, green fees, one caddie per golfer, carts and private transfers between airport, hotel and courses. It normally excludes flights and caddie and driver tips, and some packages leave the caddie fee and cart out too, so read the inclusions line by line. GolfSavers' bundled Phuket packages, for example, are quoted per person by group size: Blue Canyon Canyon with transport is THB 6,300 for a single golfer and 4,900 each for four.
A realistic day on Phuket
Low season, Red Mountain, two golfers: 4,600 each all-in, plus a 500 tip, plus 1,800 if you rent clubs, plus a shared taxi. Roughly THB 5,100 to 7,000 per head before lunch. The same day at Blue Canyon Lakes is closer to 3,500 to 5,300. In November expect the top of those ranges and add the seasonal uplift.
