November 07-10
The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Belek, Antalya, Turkey
$7,000,000
Live leaderboard
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Matthias Schwab increased his advantage at the Turkish Airlines Open to three strokes after another low-scoring day at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Belek.
โI got off to a really nice start on the first hole with the eagle that I made and then played solid golf all around except for that one little hiccup I had on 13, but other than that, I was hitting them well. Made a few putts. Overall it was a good day.
โThe game plan is going to be the same as it's been the last three days. The course is gettable and there are a lot of birdies out there, so I'll just stay aggressive because pars won't be enough.โ
Fresh from his tied fourth finish at WGC-HSBC Champions last week โ on what was his World Golf Championships debut โ the Austrian continued his fine run of form, posting a six under par 66 to move to 18 under par after starting the day one stroke ahead.
The best of Matthias Schwab's third round 66 📽️#TurkishAirlinesOpen #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/m8IERAd6Kf
โ The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 9, 2019
โI started putting with the flag in last week at the HSBC in China. My caddie came up with the idea. They weren't really going in before, and especially in Paris, so we tried something different, and it seems to work."
The 24-year-old has nine top ten finishes to his name in 2019, including a runner-up result at the Porsche European Open, as he goes in search of a maiden European Tour victory and a first Rolex Series title.
He will face stiff competition on the final day, however, as 2018 Masters Tournament champion Patrick Reed is one of five players who will start the final round three strokes behind.
โAny time you shoot 65, you're happy. There's a lot I left out there today, just alone on two of the par 5s and 5-footer for birdie, that was straightforward and ended up walking off with 6. Missed a really short one for birdie on 4, just those alone, that's three shots.
Tomorrow will be fun 🔊@PReedGolf thinks we could even see a 59 out there...#TurkishAirlinesOpen #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/wQ7mZdFo9i
โ The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 9, 2019
โI left a couple out there but at the same time I made some putts I needed to make. I had a crucial save I felt like on 12. I was able to make the putt on the last, just kind of keep the momentum going. You know, how the conditions are, it's warm and benign winds; you're able to attack this place, so you've got to stay aggressive and make a lot of birdies.โ
Reed is joined in a share of second by Englishmen Ross Fisher and Tyrrell Hatton, France's Benjamin Hebert and Robert MacIntyre of Scotland. Hebert fired the joint-low round of the day, an eight under par 64, to move 23 spots on the leaderboard.
โNormally I'm quite a negative person but in the last sort of month, I've actually felt quite confident," said Hatton. "I changed shafts in my irons which has been a big help. Gone to a completely new grip and it's been really good. It's the best I've played all year, and just the putter hasn't really been my friend, which in years gone by, it's been a strength; it's definitely been the weakness this year for me.
โSo obviously if I can keep giving myself chances, you're going to make a few occasionally and hopefully I can do that again.โ
Scott Jamieson of Scotland, Frenchman Victor Perez and South African Erik van Rooyen round out the top ten on 13 under par.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-18 |
65 |
67 |
66 |
198 |
T2 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-15 |
67 |
70 |
64 |
201 |
T2 |
Tyrrell Hatton | ENG |
-15 |
68 |
68 |
65 |
201 |
T2 |
Patrick Reed | USA |
-15 |
71 |
65 |
65 |
201 |
T2 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-15 |
71 |
63 |
67 |
201 |
T2 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-15 |
69 |
64 |
68 |
201 |
T7 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
-13 |
68 |
69 |
66 |
203 |
T7 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-13 |
70 |
67 |
66 |
203 |
T7 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-13 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
203 |
T10 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
-12 |
69 |
68 |
67 |
204 |
T10 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-12 |
68 |
68 |
68 |
204 |
T10 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-12 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
204 |
T10 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-12 |
71 |
65 |
68 |
204 |
T10 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
-12 |
69 |
65 |
70 |
204 |
T15 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-11 |
68 |
73 |
64 |
205 |
T15 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-11 |
70 |
67 |
68 |
205 |
T17 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-10 |
71 |
68 |
67 |
206 |
T17 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
-10 |
70 |
68 |
68 |
206 |
T17 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-10 |
73 |
67 |
66 |
206 |
T17 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-10 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
206 |
T17 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-10 |
70 |
66 |
70 |
206 |
T17 |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
-10 |
65 |
70 |
71 |
206 |
T17 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
-10 |
71 |
64 |
71 |
206 |
T17 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-10 |
67 |
66 |
73 |
206 |
T25 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-9 |
72 |
67 |
68 |
207 |
T25 |
Ryan Fox | NZL |
-9 |
73 |
65 |
69 |
207 |
T25 |
Francesco Molinari | ITA |
-9 |
71 |
70 |
66 |
207 |
T25 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-9 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
207 |
T25 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-9 |
66 |
70 |
71 |
207 |
T25 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-9 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
207 |
T25 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-9 |
66 |
68 |
73 |
207 |
T25 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-9 |
68 |
66 |
73 |
207 |
T25 |
Justin Rose | ENG |
-9 |
67 |
67 |
73 |
207 |
T25 |
Alexander Noren | SWE |
-9 |
66 |
67 |
74 |
207 |
T25 |
Danny Willett | ENG |
-9 |
67 |
66 |
74 |
207 |
T36 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-8 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
208 |
T36 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-8 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
208 |
T36 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-8 |
75 |
67 |
66 |
208 |
T39 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
-7 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
209 |
T39 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | THA |
-7 |
72 |
67 |
70 |
209 |
T39 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-7 |
72 |
68 |
69 |
209 |
T39 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
-7 |
71 |
67 |
71 |
209 |
T39 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
72 |
209 |
T39 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-7 |
73 |
69 |
67 |
209 |
T45 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
72 |
210 |
T45 |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
-6 |
74 |
67 |
69 |
210 |
T45 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-6 |
73 |
68 |
69 |
210 |
T45 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-6 |
68 |
68 |
74 |
210 |
T45 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-6 |
68 |
67 |
75 |
210 |
T50 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-5 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
211 |
T50 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-5 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
211 |
T52 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-4 |
72 |
65 |
75 |
212 |
T52 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-4 |
75 |
67 |
70 |
212 |
T54 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
-3 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
213 |
T54 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
213 |
T54 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-3 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
213 |
T54 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-3 |
73 |
72 |
68 |
213 |
T58 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-2 |
73 |
68 |
73 |
214 |
T58 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T58 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-2 |
73 |
70 |
71 |
214 |
T58 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-2 |
73 |
71 |
70 |
214 |
T62 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-1 |
75 |
66 |
74 |
215 |
T62 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
72 |
215 |
T64 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
Par |
71 |
75 |
70 |
216 |
T64 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
Par |
75 |
73 |
68 |
216 |
T66 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
1 |
72 |
70 |
75 |
217 |
T66 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
1 |
71 |
74 |
72 |
217 |
T66 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
1 |
74 |
73 |
70 |
217 |
69 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
2 |
76 |
71 |
71 |
218 |
70 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
3 |
71 |
71 |
77 |
219 |
T71 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
4 |
72 |
72 |
76 |
220 |
T71 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
4 |
74 |
75 |
71 |
220 |
73 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
6 |
71 |
75 |
76 |
222 |
74 |
Taner Yamac | TUR |
7 |
72 |
72 |
79 |
223 |
DSQ |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
Par |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |