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Turkish Airlines World Golf Final
Tournament information
LocationBelek, Antalya, Turkey
Established2012
Course(s)Antalya Golf Club
Sultan course
Par71
Tour(s)None
FormatMedal match play
Prize fundUS$5.2 million
Month playedOctober
Final year2012
Final champion
England Justin Rose
defeated England Lee Westwood by 1 stroke

The Turkish Airlines World Golf Final was a golf tournament that was played on the 9–12 October 2012 in Turkey. This tournament took place at the Antalya Golf Club, Sultan course, in Belek, on the Turkish Riviera. It featured four of the five top ranked players: Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood and Justin Rose in an eight-player field. They competed for a first prize of $1.5 million from a total purse of $5.2 million.[1]

The tournament was an unofficial money event as it was not sanctioned by any tour. It was only staged once in 2012. It was replaced by the Turkish Airlines Open in 2013 which was part of the European Tour.

Because the event conflicted with the PGA Tour's Frys.com Open, all eight players had to be granted releases by the PGA Tour, in exchange for which they agreed to play the Frys.com Open at least once in the next three years.[2]

Format

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The format of the competition was medal match play, with the eight players divided into two pools of four. After round-robin play in each pool, the top two players in each pool advanced to the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final.[3]

Participants

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Player Rank[4]
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 1
United States Tiger Woods 2
England Lee Westwood 4
England Justin Rose 5
United States Webb Simpson 8
United States Matt Kuchar 15
United States Hunter Mahan 20
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 30

Pool play

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Round 1

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Pool Winner Loser Score
A United States Matt Kuchar Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 70–76
A South Africa Charl Schwartzel United States Tiger Woods 69–70
B England Justin Rose United States Hunter Mahan 71–75
B England Lee Westwood United States Webb Simpson 72–73

Round 2

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Pool Winner Loser Score
A South Africa Charl Schwartzel Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 70–71
A United States Tiger Woods United States Matt Kuchar 67–72
B England Justin Rose England Lee Westwood 66–69
B United States Webb Simpson United States Hunter Mahan 65–67

Round 3

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Pool Winner Loser Score
A South Africa Charl Schwartzel United States Matt Kuchar 63–65
A United States Tiger Woods Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 64–70
B England Justin Rose United States Webb Simpson 62–67
B England Lee Westwood United States Hunter Mahan 64–69

Standings

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Pool A

Player W–L Total score
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 3–0 202 (−11)
United States Tiger Woods 2–1 201 (−12)
United States Matt Kuchar 1–2 207 (−6)
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 0–3 217 (+4)

Pool B

Player W–L Total score
England Justin Rose 3–0 199 (−14)
England Lee Westwood 2–1 205 (−8)
United States Webb Simpson 1–2 205 (−8)
United States Hunter Mahan 0–3 211 (−2)

Source[5]

Finals

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Semi-finals Final
      
1 England Justin Rose 69
4 United States Tiger Woods 70
England Justin Rose 66
England Lee Westwood 67
3 England Lee Westwood 61
2 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 67

Source[5]

Prize money

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Place Player Earnings (US$)
1 England Justin Rose 1,500,000
2 England Lee Westwood 1,000,000
T3 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 600,000
United States Tiger Woods 600,000
T5 United States Webb Simpson 450,000
United States Matt Kuchar 450,000
T7 United States Hunter Mahan 300,000
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 300,000

References

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  1. ^ "McIlroy, Woods lose opening matches in World Golf Finals". USA Today. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ Huggan, John (8 October 2012). "New Turkey event lures big stars, but at what price?". Golf Digest. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Game schedule". Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking, Week 40, 2012" (PDF). 7 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Live scoring". Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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