Turkish Airlines Open

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Turkish Airlines Open
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Tournament information
Location Belek, Antalya, Turkey
Established2013
Course(s)Montgomerie Maxx Royal
Par72
Length7,159 yards (6,546 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$7,000,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Victor Dubuisson (2013)
To par−24 as above
Final champion
Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton
Location map
Turkey relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Montgomerie Maxx Royal
Location in Turkey

The Turkish Airlines Open is a European Tour golf tournament played annually in Turkey since 2013. In both 2013 and 2014 the tournament was the penultimate event of the European Tour Final Series.

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The first three tournaments were held at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal. In October 2015, it was announced that Turkish Airlines would continue as headline sponsor the tournament for a further three years and it will move to Regnum Carya Golf Club from 2016. [1]

Victor Dubuisson won the first event in 2013 by two shots from Jamie Donaldson.

In 2013 qualification was open to the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking three weeks before the event, five tournament invitations, three Turkish players, with the remainder from the 2013 Race to Dubai to make up a field of 78. Following the Turkish Airlines Open the leading 60 players in the Race to Dubai qualified for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, provided they had participated in two of the first three tournaments of the Final Series and played in enough 2013 European Tour events.

In 2014 qualification was open to the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking three weeks before the event, four tournament invitations, three Turkish players invited by the Turkish Golf Federation, with the remainder from the 2014 Race to Dubai to make up a field of 78. Following the Turkish Airlines Open the leading 60 players in the Race to Dubai will qualify for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. In 2016, qualification criteria were revised. The field consists of the top 70 available players from the Race to Dubai, three Turkish players, and five unrestricted tournament invitations. Alternates are drawn from the Race to Dubai standings beyond the top 70 available.

In 2015, the tournament was brought forward to the start of the Final Series due to the 2015 G-20 Antalya summit. Jaco van Zyl carded an opening round of 61 that would have broken the course record if preferred lies had not been in operation. The South African shared the lead with Victor Dubuisson going into the final round but the Frenchman birdied three of his last four holes on the way to a 66 that secured him his second win in Turkey and his second ever victory on the European Tour.

Winners

European Tour (Rolex Series)2017–2019
European Tour (Race to Dubai finals series)2013–2016
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Venue
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
7th 2019 Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton 264−20Playoff Flag of France.svg Benjamin Hébert
Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama
Flag of France.svg Victor Perez
Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Schwab
Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen
7,000,0002,000,000Montgomerie Maxx
6th 2018 Flag of England.svg Justin Rose (2)267−17Playoff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Haotong 7,000,0001,166,660Regnum Carya
5th 2017 Flag of England.svg Justin Rose 266−181 stroke Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas Colsaerts
Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli
7,000,0001,166,660Regnum Carya
4th 2016 Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen 264−203 strokes Flag of England.svg David Horsey
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Haotong
7,000,0001,166,600Regnum Carya
3rd 2015 Flag of France.svg Victor Dubuisson (2)266−221 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl 7,000,0001,166,600Montgomerie Maxx
2nd 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka 271−171 stroke Flag of England.svg Ian Poulter 7,000,0001,166,600Montgomerie Maxx
1st 2013 Flag of France.svg Victor Dubuisson 264−242 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Donaldson 7,000,0001,166,600Montgomerie Maxx

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References

  1. "Turkish Airlines on board with European Tour until 2018". PGA European Tour. 28 October 2015.
  2. "Two Rolex Series events cancelled; three new events on European Tour". Sky Sports. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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