Ahead of the opening event of The 2016 Race to Dubai Final Series, europeantour.com runs the rule over a strong field assembled for this week’s Turkish Airlines Open at the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort.
In the field there are:
78 players from 22 different countries
52 European Tour winners with 182 victories between them (72%) including…
Lee Westwood (23)
Padraig Harrington (15)
Robert Karlsson (11)
73 of the top 100 in the 2016 Race to Dubai
3 former European Number Ones
Lee Westwood (2000, 2009)
Robert Karlsson (2008)
Padraig Harrington (2006)
12 winners from the 2016 Race to Dubai including 2 multiple victors
Danny Willett (Dubai Desert Classic, Masters Tournament)
Jeunghun Wang (Trophee Hassan II, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open)
3 Major Champions with 5 wins between them
Padraig Harrington (3)
Paul Lawrie, Danny Willett (1 each)
1 former winner of the Turkish Airlines Open with two victories in the event
Victor Dubuisson (2013, 2015)
1 former World Number One
Lee Westwood
8 Ryder Cup players including 3 of this year’s European side
Andy Sullivan
Lee Westwood
Danny Willett
25 Olympians
Youngest/Oldest in the field
Renato Paratore (19)/Paul Lawrie (47), Robert Karlsson (47)
2 statistical leaders from 2016
Thomas Aiken (Greens in Regulation – 79.2%)
Alejandro Canizares (Sand saves – 81%)
