Belek · Course guide
Montgomerie
Maxx Royal
A European Tour venue on a hundred hectares of pine forest, with fifty-four bunkers and a floodlit back nine.
The card
Long off the back, sensible off the gold.
This is the course a society books when it wants a proper test. The trick is choosing the right tee before pride chooses it for you.
| Tee | Metres | Par | Who plays it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 6,522 | 72 | Single figures, and only if the group is playing well |
| Silver | 5,862 | 72 | Low-to-mid handicaps; a full day’s golf without becoming a slog |
| Gold | 5,527 | 72 | The society tee. Keeps the round honest and finishes before dark |
| Red | 4,922 | 72 | Forward tees |
Note the tee colours: Montgomerie uses Silver and Gold where most Belek clubs use white and yellow.
The mistake societies make here
The name on the gate is a Ryder Cup captain’s, so groups reach for the back tees. Six and a half thousand metres with fifty-four bunkers is a long afternoon for a twenty-handicapper, and the pace of play behind you suffers.
Play the gold. The course is still the course, and everyone gets in for the prize-giving.
Hole by hole
The whole card, from the club.
Four sets of tees, eighteen holes. The back nine is the floodlit one, so if your society is playing an evening nine this is the half it plays.
| Hole | Par | Black | Silver | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 522 | 470 | 443 | 410 |
| 2 | 3 | 148 | 131 | 131 | 107 |
| 3 | 4 | 367 | 307 | 285 | 253 |
| 4 | 5 | 527 | 459 | 428 | 378 |
| 5 | 3 | 205 | 185 | 154 | 88 |
| 6 | 4 | 441 | 378 | 355 | 336 |
| 7 | 4 | 420 | 401 | 383 | 321 |
| 8 | 3 | 166 | 146 | 146 | 121 |
| 9 | 4 | 408 | 369 | 349 | 321 |
| Out | 35 | 3,204 | 2,846 | 2,674 | 2,335 |
| 10 | 4 | 331 | 291 | 268 | 246 |
| 11 | 5 | 521 | 477 | 458 | 428 |
| 12 | 4 | 448 | 398 | 377 | 340 |
| 13 | 5 | 516 | 463 | 444 | 421 |
| 14 | 3 | 161 | 137 | 137 | 119 |
| 15 | 4 | 308 | 278 | 278 | 235 |
| 16 | 3 | 165 | 157 | 135 | 109 |
| 17 | 4 | 358 | 330 | 307 | 286 |
| 18 | 5 | 510 | 485 | 449 | 403 |
| In | 37 | 3,318 | 3,016 | 2,853 | 2,587 |
| Total | 72 | 6,522 | 5,862 | 5,527 | 4,922 |
What the card shows
Four par fives and four par threes. The fifth is the longest short hole on the card at 205 m off the black and only 88 m off the red, a 117-metre spread on one hole, the widest on the course. Off the gold it is 154 m, which is the number to quote when a society asks what the signature hole plays.
The course
Forty hectares of grass inside a hundred and four of pine.
Designer
Montgomerie
with European Golf Design
Site
104 ha
40 ha of it maintained grass
Bunkers
54
the defining feature
Water
7 lakes
plus a stream
Turf, summer
Bermuda 419
1.5 ha of bentgrass
Turf, winter
Ryegrass
overseeded
Grass inside pine
40 OF 104 HA
The bunkering
54 BUNKERS
Sand, not length
Fifty-four bunkers against Cullinan Links’ hundred and nineteen sounds modest until you see where they are. This is a course that punishes the wrong side of the fairway, not the short hitter.
Floodlit 10 to 18
The back nine plays under lights. For a group landing at lunchtime that is a full nine on arrival day, and in November it is the difference between finishing and walking in from the fourteenth.
A Tour venue
The course has hosted European Tour golf, which matters to the kind of society that wants one round on the trip to feel like an occasion. Put it in the middle of the week, not the first morning.
Water in play
7 LAKES
Where it sits
THE BELEK COAST
Planning it
What we confirm before you quote your members.
Some of this varies by club and by season, and we would rather put the club’s written answer in your quote than a general statement on a web page.
| Getting there | 35 km from Antalya Airport, among the further Belek courses, so allow the extra twenty minutes when you set a morning tee time. |
| Where you stay | Maxx Royal Belek Golf Resort sits on the estate. Groups also play it from hotels elsewhere in Belek; we arrange the transfer either way. |
| Maximum handicap | Confirmed with the club for your dates and set out in your quote. |
| Buggy policy | Confirmed with the club for your dates: included, optional or extra, and the charge if it applies. |
| Tee blocks | Block size, how long the club will hold it, and whether a shotgun start is available for your group size and season. |
Get a quote
Building a week around this course?
Most societies pair it with a shorter course earlier in the week. Tell us your dates, group size and highest handicap and we will suggest the order.
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