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factoids

Justin Rosedefeated {{flagicon|ENG}} 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.NEWS, McIlroy, Woods lose opening matches in World Golf Finals,weblink 9 October 2012, USA Today, 9 October 2012, 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.MAGAZINE, New Turkey event lures big stars, but at what price?,weblink Golf Digest, John, Huggan, 8 October 2012, 14 October 2015,

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.WEB, Game schedule,weblink 12 October 2012,

Participants{|classwikitable

! Player !! RankWEB,weblink Official World Golf Ranking, Week 40, 2012, 7 October 2012, 7 October 2012, NIR}} Rory McIlroy align=center|1USA}} Tiger Woods align=center|2ENG}} Lee Westwood align=center|4ENG}} Justin Rose align=center|5USA}} Webb Simpson align=center|8USA}} Matt Kuchar align=center|15USA}} Hunter Mahan align=center|20ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel align=center|30

Pool play

Round 1{|classwikitable

! Pool !! Winner !! Loser !! ScoreA {{flagiconMatt Kuchar >NIR}} Rory McIlroy 70–76A {{flagiconCharl Schwartzel >USA}} Tiger Woods 69–70B {{flagiconJustin Rose >USA}} Hunter Mahan 71–75B {{flagiconLee Westwood >USA}} Webb Simpson 72–73

Round 2{|classwikitable

! Pool !! Winner !! Loser !! ScoreA {{flagiconCharl Schwartzel >NIR}} Rory McIlroy 70–71A {{flagiconTiger Woods >USA}} Matt Kuchar 67–72B {{flagiconJustin Rose >ENG}} Lee Westwood 66–69B {{flagiconWebb Simpson >USA}} Hunter Mahan 65–67

Round 3{|classwikitable

! Pool !! Winner !! Loser !! ScoreA {{flagiconCharl Schwartzel >USA}} Matt Kuchar 63–65A {{flagiconTiger Woods >NIR}} Rory McIlroy 64–70B {{flagiconJustin Rose >USA}} Webb Simpson 62–67B {{flagiconLee Westwood >USA}} Hunter Mahan 64–69

Standings

Pool A{|class=wikitable!Player !! W–L !! Total scoreZAF}} Charl Schwartzel align=center202 (−11)USA}} Tiger Woods align=center201 (−12)USA}} Matt Kuchar align=center207 (−6)NIR}} Rory McIlroy align=center217 (+4)Pool B{|class=wikitable!Player !! W–L !! Total scoreENG}} Justin Rose align=center199 (−14)ENG}} Lee Westwood align=center205 (−8)USA}} Webb Simpson align=center205 (−8)USA}} Hunter Mahan align=center211 (−2)SourceWEB,weblink Live scoring, 12 October 2012,

Finals

{{4TeamBracket| RD1 = Semi-finals| RD2 = Final| score-width = 30px| team-width = 135pxENG}} Justin Rose| RD1-score1 = 69USA}} Tiger Woods| RD1-score2 = 70ENG}} Lee Westwood| RD1-score3 = 61ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel| RD1-score4 = 67ENG}} Justin Rose| RD2-score1 = 66ENG}} Lee Westwood| RD2-score2 = 67}}Source

Prize money{|classwikitable

! Place !! Player !! Earnings (US$)1 {{flagiconJustin Rose >1,500,0002 {{flagiconLee Westwood >1,000,000T3 {{flagiconCharl Schwartzel >600,000USA}} Tiger Woods align=center|600,000T5 {{flagiconWebb Simpson >450,000USA}} Matt Kuchar align=center|450,000T7 {{flagiconHunter Mahan >300,000NIR}} Rory McIlroy align=center|300,000

References

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External links

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