Turkish Airlines Open

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.

Turkish Airlines Open
Tournament information
LocationBelek, Antalya, Turkey
Established2013
Course(s)Regnum Carya Golf Club
(2016–2018)
Montgomerie Maxx Royal
(2013–2015; 2019)
Par72
Length7,159 yards (6,546 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$7.0 million
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Victor Dubuisson (2013)
To par−24 Victor Dubuisson (2013)
Current champion
Tyrrell Hatton
Location Map
Belek
Location in Turkey

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 onwards
European Tour (Final Series) 2013–2016
# Year Date
(Rd4)
WinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Turkish Airlines Open
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
7th201910 NovTyrrell Hatton EnglandMontgomerie Maxx, Antalya264−20Playoff Benjamin Hébert
Kurt Kitayama
Victor Perez
Matthias Schwab
Erik van Rooyen
7,000,0002,000,000
6th20184 NovJustin Rose (2) EnglandCarya, Antalya267−17Playoff Li Haotong7,000,0001,166,660
5th20175 NovJustin Rose EnglandCarya, Antalya266−181 stroke Nicolas Colsaerts
Dylan Frittelli
7,000,0001,166,660
4th20166 NovThorbjørn Olesen DenmarkCarya, Antalya264−203 strokes David Horsey
Li Haotong
7,000,0001,166,600
3rd20151 NovVictor Dubuisson (2) FranceMontgomerie Maxx, Antalya266−221 stroke Jaco van Zyl7,000,0001,166,600
Turkish Airlines Open presented by the Ministry of Youth and Sport
2nd201416 NovBrooks Koepka United StatesMontgomerie Maxx, Antalya271−171 stroke Ian Poulter7,000,0001,166,600
Turkish Airlines Open presented by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture
1st201310 NovVictor Dubuisson FranceMontgomerie Maxx, Antalya264−242 strokes Jamie Donaldson7,000,0001,166,600

See also

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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