Golf Tips, Editorials & Course Reviews
Out of Bounds — a golf column
Brett Brasier writes about the game the way he coaches it — from experience, not theory. Golf tips, course reviews and the odd stray thought, syndicated through the Bangkok Post since 1995.
Latest articles
Golf TipCourse Management
Fear, habit and the dreaded "what if" aren't yours by nature — they're just thoughts. On why the golfers who score well are the ones who've learned to let the wrong ones pass.
Read the dispatch →Golf TipSwing Fundamentals
Twenty-eight years of writing tips and Brett had never once covered the ankles. What force plates and Jack Nicklaus both knew about where real power in the swing comes from.
Read the dispatch →Course Review
On a stretch of Hainan coast once scoured by the 2008 tsunami, Coore & Crenshaw built one of the most technically admired courses in China. Brett went to see for himself.
Read the dispatch →A century in the game
In 1929, Brett's uncle Douglas Brasier became one of the first British PGA professionals to take the trade abroad, arriving in Sweden to design some thirty golf courses over six decades — work that saw him inducted into Sweden's Golf Hall of Fame in 2024. Brett has spent the decades since coaching across nine countries and four PGAs — everywhere from Slovakia to Singapore — before settling into the writing that now defines the family's public voice. Brett's son Michael managed golf clubs across three continents until 2021, and now owns Nahm Restaurant and Bar on Koh Samui.
Hall of Fame
2024
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Frequently asked
Brett Brasier has written his "Out of Bounds" golf column for the Bangkok Post since 1995 — 31 years and counting, known there as "the Brasier from Asia."
Brett has coached in nine countries: Thailand, Australia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Singapore, China, and more. He is a member of four international PGAs.
"Paths Crossed" is a recurring thread within Brett's column recounting his firsthand encounters with major professional golfers, including Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tiger Woods, and Bob Charles, among others.
Douglas Brasier (1906–1991) was Brett's uncle and one of the first British PGA professionals to work abroad, emigrating to Sweden in 1929 and working for six decades as an instructor, clubmaker, greenkeeper, and golf course architect — including coaching King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. He was inducted into Sveriges Golf Hall of Fame in 2024.
Michael Brasier, Brett's son, worked in golf club management until 2021, including as General Manager at Red Mountain Golf Club (Phuket), Reignwood Pine Valley (Beijing), Cape Wickham Links (Australia), and Royal Port Moresby Golf Club (Papua New Guinea).
The full, hand-verified archive is on the Writing page, organized into six categories: Paths Crossed, Golf Tips, Mental Game, Rules, Out of Bounds, and Course Reviews — with every entry linked to its original publication on bangkokpost.com.