The Golf Course Inside An Airport

This has to be one of the world's most unique golf courses

golf course inside an airport

"It's probably the only course in the world where you could be arrested for being a bad golfer.''

The Golf Course Inside An Airport

Introducing one of the world's most unique golf courses - Katarat Golf Course in Bangkok, Thailand.

Normally golfers have to avoid hazard such as lakes, bunkers and out of bounds areas, but here players have to avoid the huge passenger aeroplanes.

A slice or shank at the wrong time could prove seriously costly around Katarat.

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The course is actually set in between the two runways at Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, where golfers tee off just 20 yards away from passenger jets.

The 18 holes are laid out in a narrow strip inside the airport where international and domestic flights arrive and depart every few minutes, it really is a plane-spotter's dream.

The video below, shot last month, shows footage of the course which has CCTV installed and a rule that golfers must be accompanied by caddies at all times.

They even have to pass through an explosives detector and have their bags scanned before teeing it up there.

A British holidaymaker told the Associated Press that Katarat Golf Course was ''utterly surreal'' and expressed concerns about players being able to venture onto the runway.

The keen golfer said: ''You're teeing off and there's literally an aeroplane going up 20 yards away.

''One bad shot and the ball could slice right into its path. It's probably the only course in the world where you could be arrested for being a bad golfer.''

The golf course sits inside the airport (Screenshot: Google Maps)

Don Mueang Airport, which is home to a Royal Thai Air Force base, has had commercial flights since 1924 and last year carried 40 million passengers.

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The airport was given a "red flag" in June 2015 by the International Civil Aviation Organisation which led to safety changes.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV