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Martin Couvra is looking forward to defending his Turkish Airlines Open title this week as the event heads to National Golf Club for the first time.
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The 2025 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year winner posted a brilliant closing 64 to claim his maiden DP World Tour victory at Regnum Carya last year with a 17 under par total, finishing two shots ahead of China’s Haotong Li and Spain’s Jorge Campillo.
The Frenchman, who graduated from the HotelPlanner Tour in 2024, enjoyed an impressive first campaign on golf’s global tour with victory in Türkiye and six other top ten finishes to end the 2025 season in 19th position on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai. The 23-year-old sits in 34th position on the Rankings this season and will be hoping to use happy memories as a catalyst for more success this week.
The defending champion, Martin Couvra, has arrived 👋#TurkishAirlinesOpen pic.twitter.com/888VQhUCzv
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 28, 2026
Couvra joins a star-studded field at National Golf Club which includes Major champion Francesco Molinari, Rolex Series winner Paul Waring and nine-time DP World Tour winner Bernd Wiesberger. Wiesberger arrives in Belek full of confidence having claimed his first DP World Tour title for five years at last week’s Volvo China Open.
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Estonian amateur Richard Teder will make his first appearance in a regular DP World Tour event this week. The 21-year-old made history last year by becoming the first Estonian to play in The Open Championship after coming out on top in final qualifying at West Lancashire.
The Turkish Airlines Open is the fourth of four counting events on the Asian Swing, the third of five ‘Global Swings’ on the 2026 Race to Dubai.
DP World Tour Members who finish in positions one to three only in the final Asian Swing Rankings (at the conclusion of the Turkish Airlines Open) will be exempt into the 2026 U.S. PGA Championship at Aronimink GC. The winner of the Asian Swing also qualifies for all the Back 9 events and receives a US$ 200,000 prize money bonus.
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