Gassan Legacy Golf Club: Lakeside Risk-Reward in Lamphun
Gassan Legacy in Lamphun, the course longtime golfers remember as Gassan Lake City, brings lakeside risk-reward golf to a Chiang Mai trip: water on hole after hole, under an hour from the city, and a perfect pairing with Gassan Khuntan.
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Water, Water Everywhere
Gassan Legacy in Ban Thi, Lamphun, under an hour from Chiang Mai, is the course longtime visitors remember as Gassan Lake City. It opened under that name in 2005, closed for a full redesign by Lee Schmidt of Schmidt-Curley, and reopened in 2014 as Gassan Legacy, but the promise of the old name still holds: a lakeside layout where water shapes the strategy on hole after hole, including five par 3s that all play across it. If your trip so far has been parkland and mountains, this is the change of scenery, and the change of tactics, that keeps a multi-round holiday fresh.
Why We Recommend It
The variety factor: lakeside golf plays differently, more angles, more risk-reward, more honest conversations with your ball retriever
Multi-round trips: it slots perfectly between the mountain courses and the city ones
The Gassan pairing: combine with Gassan Khuntan nearby for a two-course Lamphun day, or add the third sister course, Gassan Panorama (formerly Gassan Marina), which stretches to some of the longest yardage in Thailand
Practical Notes
Bring a few spare balls, the lakes are not decorative
Caddies accompany every player and their line-reading over water carries is worth its weight in saved balls; tip in cash after the round
We confirm current green fees and conditions when you book
Book Your Round
We arrange tee times at Gassan Legacy with transport from the city. For where it fits in a bigger golf itinerary, see our guide to golf in Chiang Mai, or message us.
Gassan Legacy Golf Club: FAQs
Under an hour south in Lamphun province. We arrange transport with your tee time, or fold it into a two-course Gassan day with Khuntan.
Yes. The course opened as Gassan Lake City in 2005 and reopened in 2014 as Gassan Legacy after a full redesign by Lee Schmidt of Schmidt-Curley. Same lakeside location in Ban Thi, Lamphun.
The water makes it strategic rather than brutal: pick smart lines and it rewards you. Caddies know exactly which carries are honest for your game.
Send us your date and party size, online, by WhatsApp or LINE, or at our offices, and we confirm the tee time and current rates.
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