The Way It Was

Back in October 2005, while on vacation, a Swedish investor discovered a quiet site positioned just 15 minutes west of the center of Hua Hin. 18 months later Black Mountain Golf Club opened its doors. This site was complete with huge valleys, surrounded by jutting mountains with large black rocks protruding from their face and so the name Black Mountain was developed and the concept of the Black Mountain Golf Course was born.

Construction began with the digging of three huge lakes that are the foundation of todays course using 80 excavators, 200 trucks and over 400 construction workers to complete the task.

These lakes, once constructed, were filled with 3-million cubic meters of water and with the largest being 17 meters deep today provides for all water usage on the course, club house and courseside homes. On any given day at Black Mountain, the water usage is the equivalant of 160,000 litres.

Interesting Information

• 120 current employees
• 200 current caddies
• 3 million cubic meters of water in the lakes
• The course uses 160,000 litres of water daily
• 80 excavators used in construction
• 400 construction workers used in construction

Major achievements

• Never closed for weather since opening
• Awarded best new course in Asia 2007
• First course in the area to have major event on the Asian Tour
• Awarded 2nd best course in Thailand 2008
• Awarded 6th best course in Asia 2008
• Awarded 5th best maintained course in Asia 2008