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THE
BELEK OF THE BALL
Golf on the Turkish Riviera
Gloria
Golf Resort
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Gloria
GC itself is perhaps the most stylish and sophisticated of
the golf clubs, oozing an upmarket feel from the pro shop
to the stylish clubhouse terrace
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Aerial
View of Gloria Golf Resort |
restaurants,
Frenchman Michel Gayon has equally opted for a touch of gallic
elegance with his course design around seven lakes many with
Versailles-style fountains. But it's no gimmick. Gloria, too,
hosted the Turkish Open, in 1998, and attracting praise from
the European Seniors, while it is |
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now the
site for their qualifying school.
And it's
a worthy venue, with highlights being the three par-3s demanding
medium-irons over water as you circle the central 'show' lake
after another requisite foray through the ancient forests
of Belek.
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The Third
Green |
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