Golf Escapes 2009 - (Page 92) Belek, Turkey l pES GoLF Ca ES ES p Ca e Thld’s wor test grea lf go pes esca oL l ES GoLF ESC ap E S lG o LF ESCapE Sl G Belek, Turkey Belek’s three new designer courses are helping it set a new benchmark for quality golf. trio of top new golf courses is helping Turkey’s southern coast raise the bar for golf in the Mediterranean to new levels. Known as the “Turkish Riviera” this region is one of Europe’s fastestgrowing golf destinations. Development is centred on the purpose-built resort of Belek, less than 20 miles from the main regional gateway of Antalya. In just 15 years Belek has gone from having no golf at all to possessing 11 clubs offering 279 LykiaGroup A 92 Golf ESCAPES 2009 SCapES l G FE oL F holes on 14 courses. More than half its new facilities have opened within the last two years, in a building phase kicked off by the 27-hole, Nick Faldo-designed Cornelia Golf Club and followed by PGA Design Consulting’s 18-hole Sueno Golf Club and the 18-hole Kaya Eagles Golf Club by Irish designer David Jones, who co-designed Belek’s first course, the National. Now Scotland’s own Colin Montgomerie, design guru Perry Dye and multiple Open Championship winner-turned-architect Peter Thomson have added their illustrious names to its designer hall of fame. Their creations are set to take an already-celebrated golf destination – it was named Europe’s Golf Destination of the Year for 2008 in the golf industry’s prestigious annual IAGTO Awards – to a new dimension for quality golf. Monty’s Papillon Golf Resort course, designed in association with European Golf Design, opened in October. The following month saw the long-awaited opening of Belek’s first links course, the classical-styled LykiaLinksGolf layout by Perry Dye, and the
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