Black Mountain Golf Club is a championship golf course located ten kilometers west of the city of Hua Hin, Thailand. Recognized as one of the best in Thailand and Asia-Pacific, it has hosted the Black Mountain Masters and the International Series Thailand on the Asian Tour, as well as the True Thailand Classic, co-sanctioned by the European Tour.
History The club was founded by Swedish entrepreneur Stig Notlöv in 2005. Notlöv was born in Pajala and founded , a chain of 200 home improvement stores, which he sold to invest in the course in Hua Hin. The original 18 holes opened on 20 April 2007, and in 2016 another 9 holes, the West course, were added.
Numerous awards followed rapidly. In 2011, Black Mountain was named the best course in Thailand and the best championship course in Asia-Pacific by the Asian Golf Monthly.
In 2012, Black Mountain became the first course in Thailand to be included in US Golf Digest's list of the Best 100 Courses Outside the United States.
The Black Mountain Championship was voted Tournament of the Year on the 2024 Asian Tour by the players.
Tournaments hosted The club has hosted several Asian Tour events as well as events co-sanctioned by the European Tour.
Professional tournaments YearTour Tournament Champion2009 ASA Black Mountain Masters Johan Edfors2010 ASA Black Mountain Masters Tetsuji Hiratsuka2011 ASA, EUR 2011 Royal Trophy Europe2013 SGT Black Mountain Invitational Johan Edfors2014 SGT Black Mountain Invitational Björn Hellgren2015 SGT Black Mountain Invitational Björn Hellgren (2)2015 ASA, EUR True Thailand Classic Andrew Dodt2016 ASA, EUR True Thailand Classic Scott Hend2016 SGT Black Mountain Invitational Malcolm Kokocinski2022 ASA International Series Thailand Sihwan Kim2023 ASA International Series Thailand Wade Ormsby2024 ASA Black Mountain Championship M. J. Maguire
See also Golf in Thailand
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