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 $5.2 million.
The tournament was an unofficial money event as it was not sanctioned by any tour. It was only staged once in 2012. It was replaced by the Turkish Airlines Open in 2013 which was part of the European Tour.
Because the event conflicted with the PGA Tour's Frys.com Open, all eight players had to be granted releases by the PGA Tour, in exchange for which they agreed to play the Frys.com Open at least once in the next three years.
Format The format of the competition was medal match play, with the eight players divided into two pools of four. After round-robin play in each pool, the top two players in each pool advanced to the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final.
Participants Player Rank Rory McIlroy 1 Tiger Woods 2 Lee Westwood 4 Justin Rose 5 Webb Simpson 8 Matt Kuchar 15 Hunter Mahan 20 Charl Schwartzel 30
Pool play Round 1 Pool Winner Loser ScoreA Matt Kuchar Rory McIlroy 70–76A Charl Schwartzel Tiger Woods 69–70B Justin Rose Hunter Mahan 71–75B Lee Westwood Webb Simpson 72–73
Round 2 Pool Winner Loser ScoreA Charl Schwartzel Rory McIlroy 70–71A Tiger Woods Matt Kuchar 67–72B Justin Rose Lee Westwood 66–69B Webb Simpson Hunter Mahan 65–67
Round 3 Pool Winner Loser ScoreA Charl Schwartzel Matt Kuchar 63–65A Tiger Woods Rory McIlroy 64–70B Justin Rose Webb Simpson 62–67B Lee Westwood Hunter Mahan 64–69
Standings Pool A Player W–L Total score Charl Schwartzel 3–0 202 (−11) Tiger Woods 2–1 201 (−12) Matt Kuchar 1–2 207 (−6) Rory McIlroy 0–3 217 (+4)
Pool B Player W–L Total score Justin Rose 3–0 199 (−14) Lee Westwood 2–1 205 (−8) Webb Simpson 1–2 205 (−8) Hunter Mahan 0–3 211 (−2)
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Finals
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Prize money Place Player Earnings (US$)1 Justin Rose 1,500,0002 Lee Westwood 1,000,000T3 Charl Schwartzel 600,000 Tiger Woods 600,000T5 Webb Simpson 450,000 Matt Kuchar 450,000T7 Hunter Mahan 300,000 Rory McIlroy 300,000
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