539 Premium: A Unique 18 Hole Golf Course in Three 6-Hole Loops...in Thailand! with Mark Siegel

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Sports, Golf, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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539 Premium: Our guest this week is Mark Siegel of Golf Asia, a golf travel agency that designs golf tours throughout Asia. This time we talk about the Nikanti Golf Club which is an hour outside of Bangkok, Thailand. Nikanti is the first course I'm aware of that has a layout of 18 holes that are designed as 3x6 vs 2x9. We often complain that golf takes too long, but wouldn't it be great if you could choose to play just 6, 12, or the full 18 holes?Their website says that "Nikanti Golf Club challenges the ordinary and sets a new standard in style and substance in golf in Thailand."Ever wonder how all that detailed yardage information finds their way to your GPS unit and mobile apps? I came across a guy who works for BestApproach.com while he was mapping out a course in my neighborhood. So I grabbed my phone and shot a short interview with him about exactly what he was doing. Enjoy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkxGp3G8FnIFor exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golf Smarter Premium, number 539, published on May 10, 2016.
0:07.1	An 18-hole course in three groups of six, and it works in Thailand with Mark Siegel.
0:14.3	This is Golf Smarter Premium.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Fred Green.
0:20.4	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Mark.
0:23.6	Hi, Fred. How are you?
0:24.6	I'm doing well. How are you?
0:26.6	Yeah, great. Early morning here in Asia, so it's good to talk to you.
0:31.6	And it's great to be able to try to do this. We tried to do it on Blab. We had trouble connecting, but that's not a big
0:38.4	deal because we're able to record this anyway. Isn't this technology amazing?
0:43.3	Oh, great. It feels like it right next door. Yeah. Well, you sound like a neighbor of mine. What are you
0:48.4	doing in Asia? Oh, long story, but came out here to work in the computer chip manufacturing business and retired 10 years ago to Thailand.
0:59.4	It's enjoying life here.
1:01.2	So you moved out there to Thailand for this, or are you retired to Thailand?
1:06.6	I retired to Thailand. I moved out about 25 years ago to Japan.
1:10.6	Okay. Then spend time in Singapore moved out about 25 years ago to Japan. Okay.
1:10.8	Then I spent time in Singapore and came here 10 years ago.
1:15.1	Where did you grow up?
1:17.3	grew up in New York. How about yourself?
1:19.9	Los Angeles.
1:21.2	Los Angeles.
1:22.4	And... Yeah. Well, not the other end of the country.
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