241/5 Moo 3,
Banchang, Rayong 21130
The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and residential.
Designer:
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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38 km SE of Pattaya / 30 km W of Rayong
From Pattaya take the Sukhumvit Road (route 3) toward Sattahip. Approximately 35 km from Pattaya, in Ban Chang turn right onto Tessaban Street at the Eastern Star Shopping Plaza. After 2 km, following the road towards the coast, golf entrance is on your right.
Eastern Star Country Club & Resort: Close enough to the coast to catch occasional sea breezes, Eastern Star is a golf course that's always a pleasure to play, but its not one from which you will either see or hear the ocean.
There's nothing overly dramatic or technical about this Trent Jones Jnr design. It is one of those pleasing layout's where the trouble is generally in view, and the strength of the layout effortlessly leads you from one well-designed hole to another.
The gently contoured and lightly palm-lined fairways are usually a good-width, occasionally narrowing down as at the 9th and 18th holes. These two closing par-4's not only have more trees to avoid, but also have a pleasant and distant ridge of jungle-clad hills as a backdrop.
Should you hit any wayward drives, ball-finding in the semi-rough between the trees should not be an issue, although you'll definitely need to avoid water hazards on about half the holes. Excellent bunkering is another Trent Jones hallmark found at Eastern Star, although the rather slow-paced greens may not be quite how he envisaged them.
Bird-boxes (usually inhabited) provide your yardage into the greens (red boxes at 150 yards, yellow at 100 yards), and some holes are nicely adorned with a variety of flowering plants, most notably at the excellent par-3 13th. Definitely a course that can be thoroughly enjoyed, while it gently probes and tests your all round golf game.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts available for hire. Caddies used by all players.
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Eastern Star was built on land that was formerly a coconut plantation. The 84 furnished luxury apartments adjacent to the fairway of the second hole are available for visiting golfers to rent. There are also furnished houses to rent near to Eastern Star's clubhouse.
Eastern Star's facilities include its 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, tennis courts, swimming pools, restaurant, residential accommodation and conference facilities.
241/4 Moo 3, Pla., Banchang, Rayong 21130
+66 (0)38 603 018-9
Visit websiteThe 84 furnished luxury apartments adjacent to the fairway of the second hole are available for visiting golfers to rent. There are also furnished houses to rent near to Eastern Star's clubhouse.
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