Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Tyrrell Hatton and Ian Poulter gathered for lunch in the clubhouse after their rough first rounds and Poulter (of course) took the opportunity to document their collective struggles.
A solo second-place finish at the tournament was worth $US828,000, but because you had to add the prizemoney for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth places, then divide the aggregate among the five players, the amount was diluted.
For the first time on the European Tour since 2003, there were six starters in a sudden-death – and ultimately floodlit – playoff for the Turkish Airlines Open title.