TURKISH DELIGHT FOR EUROPEAN
SENIORS TOUR IN MAY
TURKEY – one of the most popular destinations with the players of the European Seniors Tour - will make a welcome return to the schedule this year with the Gloria Turkish Seniors Open at Gloria Golf Resort, Belek, from May 11-13.
The tournament for the over-50s will be played over 54 holes on the spectacular New Course at Gloria Golf Resort and will carry a prize fund of €325,000.
Among the potential challengers for the €48,750 first prize are Ryder Cup players Sam Torrance, Eamonn Darcy and José Rivero, plus Carl Mason, winner of 14 titles on the European Seniors Tour, and Tony Johnstone, who most memorably won the 1992 PGA Championship on the European Tour.
Last played in 2001, when Australian Noel Ratcliffe lifted the trophy, the return of the Gloria Turkish Seniors Open to the European Seniors Tour Schedule is further evidence of the country’s burgeoning status as a top-class golfing destination.
Located at the gateway between the Asian and European continents and once best known as the seat of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, modern Turkey is now a golfing paradise that is attracting some of world’s best course designers.
Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Seniors Tour, said: “Turkey, and particularly the region of Belek which incorporates Gloria Golf Resort, has grown into a truly exceptional golfing destination and I know are players are delighted to be returning there.
“This will be our fourth visit to Gloria Golf Resort but this time we are looking forward to the challenge of the New Course, which I am certain will provide an excellent champion in keeping with the six previous Turkish Seniors Opens won by Bobby Verwey, Tommy Horton (twice), Bob Lendzion, Brian Huggett and Noel Ratcliffe.
Designed by Frenchman Michel Gayon and shaped by four large lakes, the 6,823-yard, par 72 New Course opened in October 2005 and forms part of a 45-hole complex at Gloria Golf Resort. The Resort has also recently launched the glorious new Serenity Hotel which perfectly complements the nearby Gloria Golf Resort and Gloria Verde Resort hotels.
The 2007 Gloria Turkish Seniors Open is the fifth event to be announced on the 2007 European Seniors Tour Schedule.
The others are:
February 28-March 2: DGM Barbados Open at Royal Westmoreland Resort.
June 1-3: AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland, at PGA National Ireland.
July 12-14: Open de France Senior Divonne at Golf du Domaine de Divonne.
July 26-29: Senior British Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, at Muirfield, Gullane.
The full 2007 European Seniors Tour Schedule will be released later this month.
SENIORS TOUR IN MAY
TURKEY – one of the most popular destinations with the players of the European Seniors Tour - will make a welcome return to the schedule this year with the Gloria Turkish Seniors Open at Gloria Golf Resort, Belek, from May 11-13.
The tournament for the over-50s will be played over 54 holes on the spectacular New Course at Gloria Golf Resort and will carry a prize fund of €325,000.
Among the potential challengers for the €48,750 first prize are Ryder Cup players Sam Torrance, Eamonn Darcy and José Rivero, plus Carl Mason, winner of 14 titles on the European Seniors Tour, and Tony Johnstone, who most memorably won the 1992 PGA Championship on the European Tour.
Last played in 2001, when Australian Noel Ratcliffe lifted the trophy, the return of the Gloria Turkish Seniors Open to the European Seniors Tour Schedule is further evidence of the country’s burgeoning status as a top-class golfing destination.
Located at the gateway between the Asian and European continents and once best known as the seat of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, modern Turkey is now a golfing paradise that is attracting some of world’s best course designers.
Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Seniors Tour, said: “Turkey, and particularly the region of Belek which incorporates Gloria Golf Resort, has grown into a truly exceptional golfing destination and I know are players are delighted to be returning there.
“This will be our fourth visit to Gloria Golf Resort but this time we are looking forward to the challenge of the New Course, which I am certain will provide an excellent champion in keeping with the six previous Turkish Seniors Opens won by Bobby Verwey, Tommy Horton (twice), Bob Lendzion, Brian Huggett and Noel Ratcliffe.
Designed by Frenchman Michel Gayon and shaped by four large lakes, the 6,823-yard, par 72 New Course opened in October 2005 and forms part of a 45-hole complex at Gloria Golf Resort. The Resort has also recently launched the glorious new Serenity Hotel which perfectly complements the nearby Gloria Golf Resort and Gloria Verde Resort hotels.
The 2007 Gloria Turkish Seniors Open is the fifth event to be announced on the 2007 European Seniors Tour Schedule.
The others are:
February 28-March 2: DGM Barbados Open at Royal Westmoreland Resort.
June 1-3: AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland, at PGA National Ireland.
July 12-14: Open de France Senior Divonne at Golf du Domaine de Divonne.
July 26-29: Senior British Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, at Muirfield, Gullane.
The full 2007 European Seniors Tour Schedule will be released later this month.
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