Carya Golf Club

This is at present one of only two floodlit courses in the world. Forget night golf here at home with a few glow sticks and a glowing ball, this is another level.

Lets start at the beginning - the course is a relatively undemanding course. There are no major problems other than a few ponds. It is tree lined - all great pines that have been de-branched to at least twenty feet above the ground (looks like broccoli under the lamps) and the ground below them is covered with pine needles. The only other vegetation to worry about is heather, but that is protected and you get a free drop. The course is in fair condition - they are at present hollow tining and spot fixing the greens (it is after the season).

Fairways are quite lush, greens are pretty true and run quite well, but not overly fast, bunkers are well sanded and not the silly shallow things.

Like most places in Turkey, the green staff are friendly, the clubhouse staff helpful, but cannot say anything about the bar as we did not use it.

If you go to Turkey play this course, and start around two hours before sunset so you get the best of both experiences. Just wish we had the climate here for year round floodlit golf, unfortunately the way business seems to work in the UK, they would want to charge a small fortune and it would fail.