National Golf Club

We were first off the tee in the morning and our group of thirteen players were able to start 2/3/4/4 The front nine fairways had been hollow tined but we were not advised to play preferred lies? The course is being set up for a big comp in May and the green fee should have been reduced to reflect the work in progress. Great layout but far poorer condition than when we played last year.

Loved it

Good condition and who ever arranged the weather thank you not a drop of rain all week

Another testing course in good condition, however greens were a little patchy but still fast and true. Very good looking set up.

For the tone of year the course was in order good condition. Shame no one repairs their pitch marks or rakes bunkers though

Good test of golf. Good layout. Grass in the rough very sparse, if you hit it a bit fat it’s not going anywhere. They have floodlights for last 4 holes so no problem getting round if its a bit tight with the light.

This course was not as well manicured as The Carya. It also took ages for food and drinks to arrive and the order was incorrect. Would not return to this course.

Looking and felt tired

Tried to book buggies direct with course not allowed told to go through Your agent who put extra cost on which taught the cost from €60-€75 per buggy luckily refuse this but did manage to get some of the course at 60 was feeling ripped off

Painfully slow round. Five and half hours. Again yellow tees in Turkey seem to equate to blues in the U.K. so best to go off whites. Greens in good condition but ran slow

Nice course with some interesting holes pace of play was decent for holiday golf

lovely course but greens had multiple pitch marks. not great

Really disappointed with the condition especially the greens. Worst I’ve played on for a long long time. Not cut, for weeks I’m guessing. Holes all over. Photos available. Would have asked for a refund anywhere else. Will defiantly not go back.

Course was in fantastic condition, greens a bit on the slow side. We hired buggies and were instructed to stay on the cart path, we would’ve walked a similar distance without the buggies - in the future we’d opt to walk to save time and money.

Course was in very poor condition and greens mostly a poor quality. Closes next week for reseeding and seemed they had left it unmaintained for a few weeks. One par 3 was very poor from tee box to green. Carya was far better.

Condition of the course was poor compared to previous visits. Greens were in poor condition, if I'd known earlier we would have changed.

Every hole had something different. Enjoyed course

Greens a bit disappointing but overall enjoyable apart from the Crows taking the balls.

Fabulous course.

Great course but pretty tough. A couple of the tees were a bit rough but otherwise, in great condition.

Everyone should play the National at least once, as it is the foundation of golf in Turkey. It has definitely improved since the Regnum took it under their wing.

Awful tee boxes Horrendous greens The worst we played this week

I think this was my favourite of the seven we played

Very disappointed.

Tight course and greens are ok for speed but difficult to read. This is favourite course in Belek

Always find The National a real tough test. Great course and we were well looked after for drinks and meal after our round.

Lovely course. Will definitely play again.

Played this course over 20 years ago for the first time and still love it. The staff are always attentive and welcoming. I think Turkey has to be careful many people are saying they are over pricing and going elsewhere.

Lovely practice areas, some fantastic holes. Challenging but scores can be had for all handicaps if played well.

We were 10 players and were asked if two more players could join us. I agreed sent the two four balls out and the other two players failed to turn up. This left our last two players playing at a four ball pace. If our two ball had gone out first they would have enjoyed a much quicker round.

Beautiful course, but in a dreadful mess this time as there were putting in electricity cables for flood lighting. I have played in the past when it was stunning.

Love this course. It is a very attractive setting, right level of challenge, condition amazing (work taking place to install floodlights but didn’t interfere with the course), a really enjoyable day.

Definitely the hardest course we played a very good test of golf, this time we were out with 2 blokes from the Check Republic, only one spoke any english which made it a little challenging, but they were good guys and another enjoyable round

great course.

We played this course twice and enjoyed the experience. Two of our group had not played it before so it was good to try another course. We felt that there was little sand in the bunkers which detracted from our overall enjoyment. We made use of the facilities on one occasion to enjoy a drink afterwards and watch other golfers tackle the 18th hole.

We played this course 7 years ago and it has improved greatly since it returned to 18 holes instead of 27. we would play here again.

Very disappointed as had to pay for all food and drinks , as told when booked a inclusive

very good play it every time!

Another fabulous course, harder than average but not unplayable. Will definitely play again!

A very nice experience. The course was in top condition and the pro shop staff and restaurant staff were first class. We ordered food before teeing off, and they brought it out to our group around the 6th hole. Awesome. Photographer was excellent too, we got some great keepsakes.

Excellent Course and service by the staff.

Greens were, way, way too slow. Pity, as it spoiled the round.

The welcome by course staff was very good. Our only disappointment was that no buggies were available but fortunately a couple were returned in time for the start of our round. We were told by YGT staff that we were not able to pre book buggies unless we had a medical condition. However staff at the National course assured us that that was possible. Also our transfer to the National course did not arrive and had to be rearranged by the hotel. We also found drinks were much more expensive at the National compared to the Sultan - which is why most people didn’t stay for a drink!

When we arrived we were advised that were no buggies but we could have some for the last 9 holes. This did not go down well in almost 30C temperature with several golfers in their 70s. We got trolleys (free) for the first 9 holes and had to pay the prevailing buggy rate which was 30 Euros rather than 50% of the 18 hole rate (50 Euros). Very poor. We do not want to use this course again unless all our buggies are guaranteed. YGT should ensure our needs are met (as requested and discussed) at the time of booking confirmation.

Good fun

Cart path only which was frustrating, lots of work being done on the course so it wasn’t in the best condition, greens were extremely slow

Another great course and again it felt like a slightly different test again. The YGT choice of courses was excellent.

Great test of golf great condition greens lovely !

It's not a bad track but looked over-played! Tee's and bunkers in pretty poor condition throughout. I heard it was closing for 3 months in the summer for a make-over so hopefully that it will get it back in great shape.

Great course and not over busy

Lovely course but very challenging!

Greens were so pure tee boxes a bit tatty as well as some fairways but overall loved it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

harder course than the others, well kept and in great condition

Okay but nothing to write home about. The condition of the course seemed a little unkept and tired.

Great day. Annoyed we got asked to speed up when we seemed to be on a steady pace and when we arrived our tee time had been put forward so less time to practice.

As a 2 ball we were put with 2 guys who had no handicap and we're hitting the balls as many times as they could. Very angry. Marshalls not seen. Shouldn't they check people can play? They knew nothing about golf or rules of golf. Waste of time for us.

Oldest course, tighter than other courses in the area, good test

Enjoyable and difficult

They do pair you up to make 4 balls, a really good test of golf, quite narrow in places. Can be as little slow due to lots of people on the course. Club house staff were excellent as well

Love playing the national

Beautiful mature course in a pine forest

Very slow play on the day we were there It took over 5 hours and yet we had to play the front 9 again as the back nine was extremely busy. We were told that there was a competition.

A well laid out course. Marshall’s were pushing people on which was good. Only downside was lots of unrepaired pitch marks on the greens. So many that our four ball regularly repaired about 5 each on every hole.

A truly stunning, stunning golf course.

Great Old School course , really enjoyed it.

Hard hard hard course beautifully maintained

My favourite course of the holiday. Very helpful staff in the club shop & club house. Great greens and had no delays, round took around 3 1/2 hours

Just brilliant - the nicest course I have ever played.

Fantastic golf course

One of the best golf courses I’ve played, stunning course and challenging but rewarding for when the correct shot is played.

Our 2nd game of the holiday and what a fantastic course, its really tight of the tee, so accuracy is paramount, the place was immaculate, we took a buggy this time and were round in 3hrs 30

Good course

Was a good course but we did queue a bit

We tee’d off at 07.15 Starter and course Marshall’s was kind of chasing us, they insisted we had a 4 hour round, as a four ball 15 mins extra was needed, some of my party said it was to quick. Other than great place.

Good

It is always slower. It is understandable that the maximum number of players need to be on the course.

First class experience on a challenging, but fair course.

National Golf Club is one of my favourites in the Belek region, but I felt let down by the poor value for money given the hot season and ongoing maintenance work on the course, which was pretty intrusive. It was also the first time I had played the course from the Black tees, and it soon became clear that some of the trees that frame the shots from the back tees are becoming overgrown and are overly intrusive (in one case almost totally blocking out a direct shot to the par three fifth hole, forcing an unreasonable amount of shot shaping with an already long iron. There was also a long par 4 on the back nine which required a very low flight on a driver due to overhanging branches). The pines in the fairway are a feature that need to be negotiated, and there is a lot of shot shaping required, which is fun (and difficult), but also leaves you wondering whether the course designer really intended the fairway obstacles to grow to their current size. At the end of the day I concluded that although I consider myself a reasonably long driver of the ball (>270 yds), I had probably bitten off more than I could chew and I will revert to the white tees next time I play, which from memory are considerably more playable. The greens had recently been hollow-tined and were very slow and a bit uneven. All around the course there was maintenance work around the paths which was very unsightly, although didn't really impact play very much. Fairways were in decent condition given the time of year, although some of the areas around the greens were a bit bare. Bunkers were in excellent condition. There was extensive (and noisy) building work going on around the clubhouse which spoiled the atmosphere on the terrace. Pace of play was good, with the course being almost empty and the few groups that were out letting me through immediately. My main gripe was the pricing, with the round costing €90 with a further €35 for a cart, making the cost almost double the Sultan/Pacha, and only marginally less than it cost for a walk-in green fee during high season in early April, when I think I payed €95. Add to that some pretty extortionate pricing on the bar menu, and the experience cost me over €150, while the condition of the course and clubhouse was poor due to maintenance work, and due to lack of attention to how the course plays from the black tees. I was disappointed, and will not be back during summer months, although I would keep it on my list for during the season.