A dozen championship courses, a strip of huge all inclusive resorts and prices that shame western Europe. Belek is purpose built for the society trip. Here are the seven courses we would build a society week around, ranked, with our verdicts and how to play each.
A society trip needs three things: enough good golf to fill a week, lodging that takes the whole group under one roof, and prices that keep everyone happy. Turkish golf delivers all three in one place. We weigh the quality of each course first, then how it fits a society week: the strength of the design, the conditioning, how easily it takes a large party, and how close it sits to the big all inclusive resorts that make a group trip so simple. The verdicts are ours.
Practically all of Turkey's championship golf is in Belek, a stretch of Mediterranean coast east of Antalya where the courses are cut through mature pine forest on fast, sandy soil, and the resorts are vast, all inclusive and built for golfers. That concentration is the whole point for a society: a group can stay in one hotel, eat and drink on a single package, and play a different top course every day with minimal transfers. We have ranked the courses, but the trip is really about the cluster.
Reviewed June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Designers, opening years and hosting history verified at publication. How we research and review.
From the European Tour pedigree of Montgomerie Maxx Royal to the all inclusive value of the wider Belek cluster, ranked with our verdicts and the reasons to take the society there.
Usually rated the best course in Belek and a fixture in Europe's top 100, a Colin Montgomerie and European Golf Design layout routed through more than 100 hectares of parkland forest. Wide fairways, deceptive undulation, water on several holes and immaculate conditioning give it a true tour standard feel, and it has hosted European Tour golf. The marquee round of any Turkish society trip.
The closest thing Belek has to a Scottish links, a heathland style design by Thomson, Perrett and Lobb, the firm founded by five time Open champion Peter Thomson. Pine and eucalyptus line tight fairways, strategy trumps power, and it was the first course in Europe to offer floodlit night golf, a novelty societies love. A European top 100 course and a brilliant contrast to the parkland tracks.
Belek's largest golf complex, a 27 hole Nick Faldo design opened in 2006 and laid out in three loops, King, Queen and Prince, through undulating sand dunes and mature pine. Beautifully integrated into the landscape and flexible enough to take a big group across multiple combinations, it is a society organizer's dream and a genuinely strong, strategic test.
The Sultan Course at Antalya Golf Club, a par 72 of about 6,600 meters designed by Davis Love III, is one of the most respected championship layouts in Belek. Long, well bunkered and routed through pines and lakes, it is a proper test for the better players in the society while remaining fair from the forward tees. A reliable headline round with a strong pedigree.
One of the most complete golf complexes in Belek, 45 holes designed by Michel Gayon across the Old, New and Verde courses, attached to a large resort. The sheer volume of golf on one estate makes Gloria ideal for a society that wants to play and stay in the same place, with enough variety to keep a week fresh and tee sheets that comfortably absorb a big group.
A popular 36 hole resort club whose Dunes course opened in 2007 and has been a favorite with visiting golfers ever since. Generous, well presented and forgiving enough for a mixed handicap society, it pairs with its own large all inclusive hotel to make an easy, good value base or an enjoyable supporting round in a Belek itinerary.
The engine room of any society trip. Beyond the headline names, the dense ring of Belek resort courses and their all inclusive five star hotels gives a group a stack of good, well priced rounds and beds within minutes of each other. This is where the value lives and where the logistics become effortless, a whole society fed, housed and on the tee without leaving the strip.
For a society the formula is simple: base in one of Belek's large all inclusive resorts and play the surrounding courses, all within a short drive of Antalya Airport. Spring and autumn are the sweet spots for weather and conditioning, while the mild winter is hugely popular with northern Europeans escaping the cold, and high summer is hot but cheap. The all inclusive model, where food and drink are bundled into the room rate, is a big part of why Turkey works so well for a group and keeps the running scoreboard well lubricated.
The value gap with western Europe is the headline. A week of quality golf on an all inclusive package costs a fraction of the equivalent in Spain or Portugal, with the marquee green fees at Montgomerie Maxx Royal and Carya the only real premium. The figures below are indicative per head costs to help set the budget.
| Style | What it includes | Indicative per head |
|---|---|---|
| All inclusive resort week | Resort courses, all inclusive board | $1,000 to $2,000 |
| Mixed marquee and resort | Adds Montgomerie, Carya, Faldo | $2,000 to $3,500 |
| Premium golf focused | The top courses, upgraded resort | $3,000 to $4,500 |
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A Turkish society trip lives on the detail: the right all inclusive resort for the numbers, the marquee tee times at Montgomerie Maxx Royal and Carya secured, a sensible order of play and the transfers that turn up. Tell us the society, the budget and the kind of week you want, championship tests or all inclusive value, and we will build the Belek itinerary.
We secure the tee times, arrange the all inclusive rooms and the transport, and handle the competition logistics so the captain can play. Societies of any size, from a dozen to forty, at prices that are hard to beat.
Belek, on the Mediterranean coast east of Antalya, is Turkey's golf capital and the only realistic base for a society trip. More than a dozen championship courses sit within a short drive of a strip of large all inclusive five star resorts, which makes housing, feeding and moving a big group simple.
Montgomerie Maxx Royal, a Colin Montgomerie and European Golf Design layout that has hosted European Tour events, is usually rated the best in Belek, with the heathland style Carya its closest rival. Both feature in Europe's top 100 course rankings.
Spring, from March to May, and autumn, from October to November, are the prime windows in Belek, with warm, dry days and the courses in good condition. Winter is mild and very popular with northern Europeans, while high summer is hot.
Indicative 2026 costs run from around $1,000 to $2,000 per head for a week on an all inclusive package playing the resort courses, excluding flights, which is exceptional value for the quality. Trips built around the marquee courses cost more. Always confirm directly before booking.
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