As we are approaching our golf trip to Kempinski Hotel the Dome Belek from 31st October to 7th November, I will use this web page to communicate few essential information.There will be competition set-up information four round of golf games. I will share some sightseeing trip information to generate ideas, especially for first time travellers. Antalya and surrounding villages present unique historical sites, beaches and natural attractions and suggest you to spent some time to explore the venues to have great memories from this golf trip.
Belek Golf Trip - Competitions
The group will play 4 rounds of golf in Antalya Golf Club Pasha and Sultan golf courses. There will be two rounds of Texas Scramble team competition and two rounds of individual stableford competition.I will organize a Microsoft Teams meeting on 13th September Saturday to establish the groups through an online draw. I will send a meeting invite before 13th September.
The draw will also enable scheduling all four rounds and your individual tee times.I will post the tee times, latest handicaps of players in this page. Please let me know if there are changes as appropriate.
I will use VPAR golf application to enter the individual and team scores which will also determine the daily winners. Most of the golfers are allready registered in VPAR. You can follow below guidance to download the application to assist me for setting-up the games prior to the trip.
1- Download the application through the below links for Android or Apple phones.
2. Select profile button at the bottom right corner and complete your profile.
3. Choose Find Golfers, type my name and click on top when the name appeared.
4. Click follow button and inform me to follow you back
5.You are now ready for our golf competition in the VPAR application. Good Luck.
Antalya Golf Competition Draw - Handicaps on 6.August.2025
Texas Scramble, Stroke competition, Every player in the team should have 4 tee shots minimum.
Team’s playing handicap will be entered to VPAR.
1/10 th of combined handicaps for four players or 1/6 th of combined handicaps for 3 players
VPAR man stroke indices for Pasha will be used in the results.
Day 1 and Day 2 - Winners Teams - 1st - 120 , 2nd - 80 Total 400
Individual competition Winner’s cut 1hcp, 32-38 stblf points cut 1 hcp and over 38 points cut 2hcp
No hcp change for 24-32 stblf points, below 24 points hcp increase 1 point
1st and 2nd day winners - 1st - 50, 2nd- 40, 3rd-25, 4th-10 - Total 250
Overall Winner - 1st -60, 2nd - 50, 3rd- 40, 4th- 30, 5th- 20, 6th-10 - Total 210
Equal scores will share the ranking as per VPAR scores
Pasha and Sultan VPAR stroke indices will be used for the competition
Antalya Sightseeing Trips
The golf trip create a unique opportuinity to visit nearby tourist attractions in the nearby location. We had many entartaining daily excursions in the past years and I am willing to help or organize the travellers if there is enough interest. You can choose your venue and happy to help if you need any assistance.
A short list of historical sites and tourist attractions :
A – Aspendos Theatre- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspendos- 17km ( 30 min)
B –1o vibes of Antalya including -https://goantalyaturkiye.com/10-vibes-for-antalya - 38 km (40 minutes)
C- Phaselis City - https://muze.gov.tr/ - 60 km ( 1 hour)
D- Karain Cave https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/666/ - 24 km ( 40 minutes)
E- Other caves- http://www.antalyaconvention.org/default.asp?islem=menudetay&id=738
F- Antalya Castle & Old Port -https://www.turkishclass.com/turkey_pictures_gallery_209?parent=209- 35 km (1 hour)
G- Waterfalls – ( duden, manavgat, kursunlu ) https://www.turkishclass.com/turkey_pictures_gallery_215?parent=215 - best one kursunlu – 25 km ( 45 minutes)
H- Koprulu canyon -http://www.antalya-rafting.net/koprulu-canyon.asp - Rafting - 60 km ( 1hour)
I- Tunektepe Teleferik - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g297962-d12262360-Reviews-Tunektepe_Teleferik-Antalya_Turkish_Mediterranean_Coast.html
J- Olympos Archaelogical Site - https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=OLY01&DistId=OLY
K- Antalya Museum - https://www.turkishmuseums.com/museum/detail/1953-antalya-museum/1953/4
Nearby Holiday Villages
A- Side - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side - 44 km ( 45 min)
B-Alanya -https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/europe/turkey/turkey-antalya/alanya/holidays-alanya.html – 90 km ( 1hour 15 min)
C- Kemer https://kemer-antalya.com/ - 90 km ( 1hour 15 min)
D- Kas - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g297965-Kas_Turkish_Mediterranean_Coast-Vacations.html - 227 km ( 4 hours)