Turkey | Courses & Resorts
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Cornelia
The showcase of another of Belek’s leading resorts is the splendid Nick Faldo design at Cornelia, which opened in November 2006 and bears all the hallmarks of the class and attention to detail that characterised the six-time Major…
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Montgomerie Maxx Royal
The latest addition to Belek’s dazzling array is the Maxx Royal Golf & Spa Hotel which opened in May. Recently, the owners acquired one of the leading courses in the region, The Montgomerie, from the Papillon group and…
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Antalya
The PGA Sultan, which opened in September 2003, is a fair but stern challenge. It is also highly rated as a tournament venue and next year will host the Eisenhower Trophy, arguably the most prestigious team event in…
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Gloria
At the opposite end of the age spectrum – a phrase that is strictly relative given that Belek only came into being as a golf resort 17 years ago – is the Old Course at Gloria. Designed by…
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Lykia Links
Lykia Links, which opened in 2008, is actually half an hour’s drive from Belek (despite being only a few miles away as the crow flies), and is therefore set apart from the region’s other golf resorts. As with most links,…
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Tat International
Thirteen years is a long time in the lifespan of an emerging golf destination – and nowhere is this truer than in south-west Turkey.
During that period, Belek, half an hour’s drive from the international airport just outside the city…
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Carya
A little bit of Surrey can now be found in Belek thanks to five-time Open champion Peter Thomson. By deploying nearly a million heather sprigs throughout the Carya course, which opened late last year, the veteran Australian has produced a…
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Tat
Overall, TatGolf Belek International Golf Club, to give it its full name, offers the visiting golfer much more space than any of the Gloria courses or Nobilis. But its proximity to a much windier stretch of coastline means that players’…
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Gloria
We discussed the charms and temptations of the National Golf Club in the spring issue of Going for Golf, so now it is the turn of the resorts of Gloria, Nobilis and Tat.
The National, laid out by the…
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Nobilis
Across the road from Gloria, the German-owned Robinson Nobilis, which opened in October 1998, is another championship-standard course shaped attractively from the mature conifers and inland waterways of Belek’s coastline. It was designed by Welshman Dave Thomas, whose greatest claim…
