Hosted by Gloria Hotels & Resorts Belek, the seventh Gloria Özaltın Championship 2024 tournament took place with the participation of 150 athletes from Turkey and around the world. Held between March 31st and April 7th, the athletes who competed in the tournament experienced pleasant moments with individual tournaments, golf chats and surprise events.
Gloria Golf Club, Turkey’s only 45-hole golf facility within the Gloria Hotels & Resorts, with the Trackman Range application, hosted the Gloria Özaltın Championship for the seventh time. A total of 150 players from many countries including Germany, England, Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey competed for the championship in the tournament held between March 31 and April 7 this year.
Speaking at the award ceremony, İrem Özaltın, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Özaltın Holding, said: “We are happy to come together with you once again in the seventh year of the Gloria Özaltın Championship and to share this excitement and pride. The importance of the Gloria Özaltın Championship becomes even more palpable as it grows and develops every year. Founded under the leadership of our founding chairman, my late grandfather Nuri Özaltın, Gloria Hotels & Resorts continues to offer quality and innovative services as Turkey’s leading brand in international hotel management for more than 27 years.”
The Özaltın family, known for its support for sports and athletes in addition to its tourism investments, hosted golf lovers at the Gloria Özaltın Championship with four different tournaments: “Memorial Trophy” tournament in memory of Öznur Özdemir Özaltın, “Nurettin Özaltın Memorial Trophy”, “Sebahat Özaltın” women’s and “Nuri Özaltın Memorial Trophy” men’s tournaments. Denmark’s most famous and successful golf athlete, 15-time European Tour winner and Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn organized a “Beat The Celebrity Tour Professional Nearest The Pin” event with the participants on the last day of the tournament. Throughout the tournament, which ended with a special gala dinner and award ceremony, golf lovers spent a pleasant week in the peaceful and tranquil environment of Gloria Hotels & Resorts Belek, surrounded by nature.
Gloria Özaltın Championship Ödül Alanlar;
Thomas Bjorn Members Trophy
Mick Bennett – 1st Place
Thomas Bjorn Pairs Trophy
Cat 3 – 1st Place – Romy Faısst & Petra Weiss Rumpold
Cat 2 – 1st Place – Valeri Khrapkov & Olga Sergeeva
Cat 1 – 1st Place – Laetıtıa Vandeplas & Karine Tanan
Thomas Bjorn Challenge
Cat 1 – 1st Place – Laetitia Vandeplas-Karine Tanan
Cat 2 – 1st Place – Valeri Khrapkov-Olga Sergeeva
Cat 3 – 1st Place – Romy Faısst-Petra Weiss-Rumpold
Beat The Pro- Rosemarie Bohner
Nuri Özaltın Mens Memorial Trophy
Members – 1st Place – Andrey Stankevsky
Cat C – 1st Place – Andreas Lamm
Cat B – 1st Place – Sergey Ryzhkov
Cat A – 1st Place – Manfred Linder
Sebahat Özaltın Ladies Trophy
Members – 1st Place – Debbie Mcveigh
Cat C – 1st Place – Anna Sheykon
Cat B – 1st Place – Didem Aras
Cat A – 1st Place – Manuela Schoenweiss
Nurettın Özaltın Memorial Trophy
Cat 1 – 1st Place – Karstengruessendorf
Cat 2 – 1st Place – Ruslan Zakalyuhnny
Cat 3 – 1st Place – Meral Hartinger
Cat 4 – 1st Place – Gernot Klammer
Öznur Özaltın Memorial Trophy
Men Cat A – 1st Place – Nicola Cassini
Men Cat B – 1st Place – Karsten Gruessendorf
Men Cat C – 1st Place – Oğuzhan Hacısüleymanoğlu
Ladies Cat A – 1st Place – Laetitia Vandeplas
Ladies Cat B – 1st Place – Laura Scarpa
Ladies Cat C – 1st Place – Petra Weiss Gumpold
Overall Champions
Öznur Özdemir Özaltın Memorial Trophy – Irina Nesterova
Nurettin Özaltın Memorial Trophy – Laetitia Vandeplas
Nuri Ozaltin Mens Memorial Trophy – Paul Kester
Sebahat Ozaltin Ladies Trophy – Beyhan Benardette
About Gloria Hotels & Resorts:
With a total of 1275 rooms, suites and ultra-luxury villas, Gloria Hotels & Resorts, which has 30 different room categories, has been implemented with the aim of providing a personalized and high-comfort service to its guests. Gloria Hotels & Resorts, which also offers its guests the opportunity to travel alone with nature due to its location, offers its guests a privileged holiday experience every season of the year. Gloria Hotels & Resorts, which has been serving in the tourism sector for many years with the Gloria Serenity Resort, Gloria Golf Resort and Gloria Verde Resort brands, which have prestigious awards in different categories and are the three most successful 5-star hotels in their class, also leads the sector with Gloria Sports Arena, Europe’s most exclusive sports investment, as a modern complex where sports can be practiced in more than 50 branches. Gloria Golf Club, designed by the famous French architect Michel Gayon, is the largest golf course in Turkey and the second largest in Europe, with the only Trackman Driving Range in the region and three golf courses with a total of 45 holes.
Gloria Golf Resort, the first tourism investment of Özaltın Holding, was established in 1997 on an area of 190,000 m² and serves in the five-star hotel segment with 515 rooms, 176 of which are suites and 46 villas. Gloria Verde Resort, which opened in 2001 with a total capacity of 293 rooms (124 suites and 21 villas) on an area of 68,000 m², and Gloria Serenity Resort, which opened in 2007 with a total capacity of 367 rooms (16 suites and 97 villas) on an area of 205,000 m², are other investments of Özaltın Holding in the field of tourism. Launched in 2015, Gloria Sports Arena is Europe’s and Turkey’s largest and most comprehensive sports facility serving professional athletes, teams and clubs from various sports disciplines with its 105,000 m² area surrounded by natural beauties, outdoor, indoor and water sports facilities for more than 50 sports branches, state-of-the-art Athlete Health and Performance Center and 100-room hotel in Antalya-Belek, which has a very favorable climate for sports. Gloria Hotels & Resorts, which continues its activities with its innovations and visionary perspective, also meets meeting requirements for all needs at international standards and has been hosting prestigious organizations for many years with Gloria Convention Center.
