Heavy rain delays Saturday play Turkish Airlines Open... Live leaderboard

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WEATHER: After two idyllic Turkish Riviera weather for all the tourists who flock to this 5 star resort in Belek, the rain forecast for the weekend has arrived in full force along with lightning at 1300 hrs local time.

*** The clubhouse leader is Daniel Rodrigues from Portugal 72 69 68 -8

Too give you some idea how difficult this tree lined parkland National GC is playing, 5 players are at -7 so the lead is not going to last long once play resumes.

Keep in mind their is more of the same tomorrow, so expect more delays....

more to follow...click on my scoring link above for live coverage

Bryan Angus..

Young leads by 5 shots Taylor 2nd, Pendrith T5 at Cadillac Championship.. 36 hole results

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Two Canadians are right in contention as the field chases in form leader Cameron Young who has shot 64 67 -13.

Cameron Young

The American has been in and around the leaderboard all spring. 

February 22, T7 Genesis at Riviera,  March 8th T3 AP Invitational, March 15th 1st Players, April 12th T3 Masters was his red hot record.

While Matt Fitzpatrick went on his historic record breaking run 1st Valspar, RBC Heritage, Zurich Classic and is off this week, Young has continued in his absence.

However he is cautious, "It doesn't matter around this course if you have a 4 or 5 shot lead, you might as well play like you are 4 behind" will be his gameplan, and you know the pack will likely close the gap on Saturday as is so often is the case.

Nick Taylor followed an opening 66 with a -2 70, T2. He was out in -3 33 with a chip in eagle 3 at the par 5 8th, however he stalled coming in with bogey's at 11th and 18th for 37.

Taylor Pendrith has been fairly quiet so far this year, however today with 6 birdies, a lone bogey 34, 33 -5 67 he is 5th at -6

Canadians

Nick Taylor 2nd  66 70 -8

Taylor Pendrith T6   71 67 -6

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T16  74 66  -4 ( First off the tee on perfect greens he was an amazing -9 on his round, until dropping  shots on his last two holes for the 66.)

Corey Conners T26 73 69  -2

****Notes

*Look at Alex Fitzpatrick, 72 66 -6 in his PGA Tour debut.

*Justin Rose and his much ballyhooed McLaren clubs is still breaking them in apparently, T69  74 75 +5

* Jordan Spieth 65 71 -8 and Alex Smalley 65 71 -8 join Nick Taylor T2.

* Kurt Kitayama had the round of the day playing first with Yellamaraju, moving up 50 places with -8 64

Opinion

* Cam Young has made just 1 bogey so far this week driving it long and straight, and putting the lights out, if that continues today it doesn't matter what any of the pack do..

* Nick Taylor -8 is in the final pairing with Young -13 at 1.35pm. 

Bryan Angus

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An Italian leads in Turkey , Cockerill misses cut......36 hole results....

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WEATHER : Today in Belek, Turkey, mainly sunny 23*c wind 16kph SE, 0% rain 

Round 2 is well under way with the early wave, Italian Gregorio DE LEO has posted the clubhouse lead 69 68 -7, this is high  due to the tight tree lined National GC, with the tricky greens firming up making scoring difficult. The weather is near perfect.

The cut is projected at +1

Aaron Cockerill is in the late wave, having opened with 73 +1 he is T72 and despite his efforts with a 5 back nine. his second consecutive +1 73 has missed the cut by a stroke.

Bryan Angus

Final Edit >>>>26/05/01

Gregorio De Leo will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Turkish Airlines Open but a host of fellow would-be first-time DP World Tour winners are chasing him down.

Just as with round one, players were met by near-perfect conditions on another sunny day with minimal breeze, but low scoring proved a challenge at the National Golf Club.

Italian De Leo, playing in the morning wave on Friday, was bogey-free on his back nine as he set the clubhouse target -7 with a 68 in Belek, Antalya.

He was briefly joined at that mark by afternoon starters Alejandro Del Rey and Jens Dantorp, but they both fell back into a four-strong group of players one shot back at -6 that also included Sam Bairstow and Kazuma Kobori.

First-round leader Mikael Lindberg was then at -5 in solo 6th after a second-round 73.

Defending champion Martin Couvra was among those to make the cut on the number at +1 with Asian Swing leader Jordan Gumberg also progressing through to the weekend after making a closing birdie..

“I got here on Wednesday afternoon, so I didn’t even have a practice round,” he said. The 26-year-old was indebted to his caddie Adam Drummond after a late arrival in Türkiye.

“I didn’t know how the course was playing so I am really [thankful] of my caddie Adam. He really helped me out yesterday and today. It worked out.

“We started out in Australia, so it’d been five months and we’re a good team."

Of his nearest pursuers, Del Rey is the only player to have won on the DP World Tour after he claimed his maiden win in Ras Al Khaimah last season.

Swede Dantorp, a runner-up on the DP World Tour in 2023, reached -7 with a birdie at the third - his 12th - but slipped back a shot with his solitary dropped shot at the seventh.

Bairstow, another of the afternoon starters seeking a breakthrough title, made six birdies in an eventful round that also saw the Englishman make a double bogey and two bogeys to card a 70.

Kobori will also be encouraged that this week could be his time to claim a first win on golf's Global Tour after he made a hat-trick of birdies after the turn in a 68.

Last year, the New Zealander finished second at The Belfry as he reached the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in his rookie campaign.

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Bryan Angus (edit)

Nick Taylor T4 66, Thursday at Cadillac Championship....18 hole results

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The very early groups are just approaching the turn in Sunny hot 86*f Miami at this weeks signature event the Cadillac Championship on what is now called Trump National on the fabled Blue Monster course which has been completely restored from it's glory years as the Doral Open.

This it's inaugural season with a restricted 72 man field and no cut, Masters champion Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick from the owgr top 10 are not playing.

There are 4 Canadians who have qualified, Corey Conners, Nick Taylor and Taylor Pendrith none of whom have been in great form, and Sudarshan Yellamaraju who has played very well.

FINAL EDIT >>> 26/04/30

Cameron Young continues his fine form,, the Players Champion drives it 10 yards longer than most PGA Tour pros, is straighter than 25% and is amongst the leaders in long iron play. Today he made putts from all over for a bogey free 64 to take the first round lead.

Jordan Spieth 65 is 2nd at -7 with Alex Smalley.

Canada's Nick Taylor T4 with one of his best rounds of the year, bogey free 6 birdie 66. He was out with 8 pars,1 birdie at the the 7th 35. However his back nine featured birdies at the 10th, 13th 15th 17th and a closing 18th, 31.

You have to go back to the season opener at the Sony Open where he opened with 62 to find his best of this season.

Canadians

Nick Taylor T4 66 -6

Taylor Pendrith T27 71 -1

Corey Conners T48 73 +1

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T52 74 +2

Note*** Pre tournament favourite Scott Scheffler opened well with 3 birdies 33, however 2 sloppy bogey's, a 6 at the par 5 10th where he was in 2 fairway bunkers, and a 5 at the par 4 11th was all he could muster in yet another indifferent opening round. T27 -1 71.

Bryan Angus

Swede Lindberg atop leaderboard at Turkish Airlines, Cockerill 73,.. 18 hole results

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This new venue on the National GC has proved to be a genuine test with the clubhouse leaders after 18 holes, Scot Ewen Ferguson and Spaniard Alejandro DEL REY in at -5 67 which has ensured a packed leaderboard.

Canadian Aaron Cockerill who was out early, played the course backwards out in +2 38, battled back in -1 35 for +1 73 total T82 as round 1 wraps up..

He will play late tomorrow at 1430hrs

Bryan Angus

Final Edit>>>>> 26/04/30  1200hrs

Mikael Lindberg produced a fast finish to card a blemish-free 66 and hold a one-shot lead after day one of the Turkish Airlines Open.

The Swede appeared unlikely to overtake early clubhouse pacesetters Alejandro Del Rey and Ewen Ferguson when he was level par for his opening eight holes, but four birdies across his closing six holes helped him hit the front at -6.

South African Daniel van Tonder also went bogey-free during the afternoon wave to card a -5 67 and make it a three-way tie for second on the leaderboard at the National Golf Club.

With sunny conditions, minimal breeze and preferred lies in place, it was a low scoring day in Belek, Antalya, with 62 players in the field finishing under par.

Lindberg was coming off the back of a career-best third-place finish in China last week and knows another good performance could earn him a spot at the US PGA Championship

“It was a very good day for sure,” he said. “Started off pretty slow though. I made a good few saves on the front nine and then knocked it close on 18 and from there, rolled in a few more.

“It’s pretty tricky. The greens are firming up a little bit so if you are a little bit offline it’s very difficult to get it close.

Martin Couvra, the defending champion, was one of five players along with fellow Frenchman Frederic Lacroix, Swedish duo Jens Dantorp and Adam Blomme and Englishman Sam Bairstow at -4 68, two back of the early pace.

Italian Matteo Manassero holed out for a spectacular eagle on the par-four sixth and he was in a big group at -3 69 that also included countryman and Major champion Francesco Molinari.

The Turkish Airlines Open marks the final event of the Asian Swing, before the European Swing begins next week with the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship. 

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The PGA Tour wealth continues, Cadillac Championship at Blue Monster.....Thursday TEE TIMES including 4 Canadians

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There are 36 groups of 2, 72 players at this new Signature event, back at an old, but rebuilt Blue Monster course, officially now called Trump National Doral.

It has been horseshoed back into the schedule, after decades as the Doral Open on the Florida swing down in Miami.

PGA Tour riches:

It is the first of 3 more incredibly rich events on this PGA Tour.

Consider the Masters paid Rory $4,000,000, then for some reason RBC Heritage was designated for a $20,000,000 event right after all the drama a Augusta.

Now this week at 20,000,000 in Miami,  then next week at Quail Hollow now called the Truist Championship worth $20,000,000 with the alternative, Oneflight Myrtle Beach Championship for the rank and file to have a place to play.

Finally all this is topped off by the PGA Championship in Philadelphia on the Aronimink GC worth $25,000,000 maybe more.

Matt Fitzpatrick, of England, poses with the trophy after winning the RBC Heritage golf tournament Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Hilton Head, S.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Mike Stewart/AP)

In 45 days Matt Fitzpatrick just won $9,750,650 with his incredible historic run, 2nd Players, 1st Valspar, RBC Heritage, Zurich Championship with T18 Masters thrown in.

Who needs that silly LIV money now ??

Canadians

910am  Taylor Pendrith

1155am  Sudarshan Yellamaraju

110pm   Nick Taylor

130pm    Corey Conners

**** Notes 

Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele from the owgr top 10 are not playing here this week

DP World Tour

Here are some guys you may not know who have benefitted greatly from the Strategic Alliance of a few years ago that rewards the DP World Tour players who finish in the Race to Dubai top 10, with dual membership for a year on the PGA Tour.

These guys had never played for a $20m purse on the DP World Tour, Jordan Smith, Matt Wallace, Harry Hall, Aldrich Potgieter.

Canadian Sudarshan Yellamaraju continues his meteoric rise after qualifying #8 Anon top 10 he played the RBC Heritage signature 2 weeks ago and is back in this field again this week.

Still at #1 Scott Scheffler who plays almost exclusively on the PGA Tour, will be the favourite here although he has been shut out by Rory and Matt  in recent events, settling for runner up on both occasions, he has just one win this year so far.

Justin Rose now owgr #5 as his renaissance at 45 years of age continues will play his with his new multi million dollar contract from McLaren Racing to play their new high end market clubs for the first time. The bag is orange and the club's are in the orange and black team colours.

Bryan Angus

Turkish Airlines Open... Thursday/Friday TEE TIMES includes Aaron Cockerill

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Here are the opening TEE TIMES for the return of the Turkish Airlines Open including the lone Canadian, Aaron Cockerill.

915am 10th  Aaron Cockerill #126 owgr 476, Ben Follett-Smith #151 owgr 554, Sadom Kaewkanjana #184 owgr 290.

WEATHER 

While Thursday/Friday are ideal with sunshine, light wind 14kph S, the weekend has a lot of rain Saturday and even more Sunday 75% wind SE 14-16 kph.

>>>>>Time in Turkey is 7 hours ahead of EST.

Bryan Angus