World Golf Final

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]

Turkish Airlines World Golf Final

Tournament information
Location	Belek, Antalya, Turkey
Established	2012
Course(s)	Antalya Golf Club Sultan course
Par	71
Tour(s)	None
Format	Medal match play
Prize fund	US$5.2 million
Month played	October
Final year	2012
Final champion
Justin Rose defeated Lee Westwood by 1 stroke

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

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

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

Pool play

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Standings

Pool A

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

Pool B

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

Source^[5]

Finals

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

Source^[5]

Prize money

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