Black Mountain Golf Course Opens on April 20

seasides · Member Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 89

on april 20st the sparkling new black mountain golf course opens its greens to the public.

only a 10 minutes's drive from hua hin.

they say they wanna be the club for the rich and bigshots. no, they dont want to go mainstream.

meaning their initial bargain offer for a round of golf will be 2000 baht. plus caddie @ 250 baht and so on.

the normal fee will be 4000 baht per round.

will they have a chance?

one must say it is a beautifully located golf club with all the potential. but more expensive than overseas?

and still only a dirt road to the club house ...

lets wait and see, but my take is they gonna have to go mainstream.

prcscct · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject:

Do they have a good source of water to keep all that green, 'green'? Many a course on this side of the gulf which are in slightly better condition than a desert, during this dry season. You would think they would all drill wells and put in a pump/sprinkler system but apparently they don't. I keep seeing water trucks driving around the courses spraying everything which doesn't do much good. Pete Cheers

seasides · Member Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 89

they built three huge reservoirs in the back of the mountain. must have cost them a fortune.

during the last rainy season they already stored excess water from flooded areas. dont tell me how they got the water there, but the owner told me they used the water that otherwise would have been emptied into the sea.

the greens are very juicy and very green, so water is not a problem for them obviously.

DawnHRD · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be a party pooper, but when people are suffering from drought & getting water cut off for days in a row, it seems very sad that reservoirs are being built (at the company's costs, I understand that) to keep the grass at a high end golf club green. Rolling Eyes

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seasides · Member Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 89

JW · Ace Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 1394 Location: hua hin

The water is there, they just havent got the money to ecavate the wells etc. The golf course should be beautiful, the greens are great already.

DawnHRD · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject:

ozuncle · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject:

Dawn,
I can understand your concerns about drought , global warming etc, however in this case it was stated that the company used their own funds to build dams to collect rain water. If they are not drilling bores to use underground water I cant see any enviromental problems.
I presume they are planting trees and employing people to care for the grounds so how can you complain?
If they were using govt water supply at reduced rates I would agree with you.
I say good on them if they used water that would previously have run off into the sea.
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DawnHRD · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

ozuncle · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject:

Dawn,
Please dont be shocked.
Golf is a big deal!
We like our greens green.
I havn't had my water cut off YET!
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The understudy · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject:

I can understiand you clearly Mrs. Dawn

I think it's very sad too that the Authorites only care about themselves and the powers they have. But No Nothing is done for the people who elected these people to Power.

Drilling a well for the People.isn't that hard for the Authorities to do but what clearly lacks is the Will of doing something for the people!

Your's the understudy!!!
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prcscct · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject:

PJG · Specialist Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 167

I may be wrong but I was lead to believe that the Golf courses are not permitted to use bore hole water. Most have large lakes/reservoirs but even these need a tremendous amount of water and go dry by the end of the dry season.

On the point of water for the people, Artesian wells are not really a viable long term option. More reservoir capacity is definitly needed for Hua Hin but whether the Govt. has the will to do so is another subject.