Golf in Belek: courses, season and tournaments

2026-10-08 · Author: Grand Emlak

Belek, in Antalya's Serik district, is known for golf courses laid out inside red-pine forest; this article relies only on official and institutional sources.

Why Belek became a golf hub

The Antalya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism describes Serik as one of the districts closest to central Antalya and the Belek Tourism Zone as an area shaded by the red-pine forest running along Belek beach. According to the same source, accommodation was planned to fit the forest fabric, and thanks to golf Belek quickly became one of the centres where the sport's world-famous stars appear. Source: Antalya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, accessed 08.10.2026

Türkiye's official promotion platform GoTürkiye presents Belek as a year-round golf destination: the average temperature is 19 degrees and there are more than 300 sunny days. The same source notes that Türkiye's golf resorts were designed by world-renowned course architects. Source: GoTürkiye (Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency), accessed 08.10.2026

The Turkish Golf Federation course list

The Turkish Golf Federation (TGF) course list contains the following clubs for Antalya: Antalya Golf Club (Serik), Carya Golf Club, Cornelia Golf Club, Cullinan Links, Gloria Golf Resort, Kaya Palazzo Golf Club (Serik), Montgomerie/Maxx Royal Golf Club, National Golf Course, Robinson Nobilis and Sueno Golf Club. The list gives only names and locations; hole counts and architects below are given only where they could be verified on the courses' own websites. Source: Turkish Golf Federation, accessed 08.10.2026

The courses, in the clubs' own words

National Golf Club, according to its website, opened on 18 November 1994 as Belek's first golf club and was the first course in Türkiye to host an international professional tournament. The Regnum Hotels golf page states that the course was designed by David Feherty and David Jones, has 18 holes and illuminated final four holes; the club runs an academy with PGA-certified instructors. Source: National Golf Club, Regnum Hotels Golf, accessed 08.10.2026

Carya Golf Club (Kadriye) is an 18-hole classic championship course inspired by England's Surrey heathland courses and describes itself as Europe's first fully floodlit 18-hole course. According to Regnum's page it was designed by Peter Thomson and built by Thomson Perrett & Lobb; the academy has a driving range of more than 300 metres and a 130-metre putting green. Source: Carya Golf Club, Regnum Hotels Golf, accessed 08.10.2026

Montgomerie Maxx Royal is an 18-hole, par-72 course of 6,522 metres by Colin Montgomerie and European Golf Design, with 54 bunkers, 7 lakes and 1 stream; holes 10 to 18 are floodlit. The club states that it has hosted the European Tour Rolex Series and has run the Maxx Royal Golf Cup since 2016. Source: Montgomerie Maxx Royal, accessed 08.10.2026

Antalya Golf Club has two courses: the PGA Sultan by European Golf Design and David Jones is par 71 and 6,477 metres; the shorter The Pasha is par 72 and 5,731 metres. Source: Antalya Golf Club, Antalya Golf Club, accessed 08.10.2026

Gloria Golf Club describes itself as Türkiye's first and only 45-hole golf facility, with three courses named Old Course, New Course and Verde Course and a TrackMan range with 48 covered bays. Towards Manavgat, Lykia Links calls itself Antalya's first links-style course. Source: Gloria Golf Club, Lykia World, accessed 08.10.2026

The Turkish Airlines Open and the tournament calendar

The DP World Tour's Turkish Airlines Open was played on 30 April–3 May 2026 at National Golf Club in Belek and was won by Sweden's Mikael Lindberg. According to organiser Regnum Hotels, the tournament had previously been staged at Carya Golf Club, and National Golf Club will continue to host it in 2027 and 2028. Source: Regnum Hotels (Turkish Airlines Open 2026 announcement), accessed 08.10.2026

In an Anadolu Agency report dated 5 September 2024, Carya Golf Club general manager Hasan Ceylan said that 16 of Türkiye's 21 golf courses are in Belek; industry representative Öner Uygun said 120,000 golfers came in 2023 and the 2025 target was at least 140,000. These are industry statements, not official statistics. Source: Anadolu Agency, accessed 08.10.2026

Homes near the courses

Villas and residences beside the courses attract golfing buyers; an asking price differs from an appraised value, and returns cannot be guaranteed.

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