Turkish Airlines Open

Turkish Airlines Open
Tournament information
Location	Belek, Antalya, Turkey
Established	2013
Course(s)	Montgomerie Maxx Royal
Par	72
Length	7,159 yards (6,546 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$7,000,000
Month played	November
Final year	2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Victor Dubuisson (2013)
To par	−24 as above
Final champion
	Tyrrell Hatton
Location map
	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.

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 edit

	European Tour (Rolex Series)	2017–2019
	European Tour (Race to Dubai finals series)	2013–2016

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
–	2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
7th	2019	Tyrrell Hatton	264	−20	Playoff	Benjamin Hébert Kurt Kitayama Victor Perez Matthias Schwab Erik van Rooyen	7,000,000	2,000,000	Montgomerie Maxx
6th	2018	Justin Rose (2)	267	−17	Playoff	Li Haotong	7,000,000	1,166,660	Regnum Carya
5th	2017	Justin Rose	266	−18	1 stroke	Nicolas Colsaerts Dylan Frittelli	7,000,000	1,166,660	Regnum Carya
4th	2016	Thorbjørn Olesen	264	−20	3 strokes	David Horsey Li Haotong	7,000,000	1,166,600	Regnum Carya
3rd	2015	Victor Dubuisson (2)	266	−22	1 stroke	Jaco van Zyl	7,000,000	1,166,600	Montgomerie Maxx
2nd	2014	Brooks Koepka	271	−17	1 stroke	Ian Poulter	7,000,000	1,166,600	Montgomerie Maxx
1st	2013	Victor Dubuisson	264	−24	2 strokes	Jamie Donaldson	7,000,000	1,166,600	Montgomerie Maxx