Saturday 20 December 2014 12:20, UK
The European Tour has announced a change in the schedule for the Final Series next year to avoid a clash with a G20 meeting in Turkey.
The Turkish Airlines Open was due to take place in Antalya from November 12 to 15, but that is the same week that political leaders of the G20 nations will convene in the same city.
In order to avoid travel, accomodation and security problems, the tournament has now been brought forward a week and will switch places with the BMW Masters in Shanghai, which now becomes the penultimate event of the season.
Keith Waters, the chief operating officer and director of international policy at the European Tour, said: "First and foremost, we would like to thank BMW for their co-operation in moving their event to accommodate the G20 in Antalya in November next year.
"Like the Turkish Airlines Open, the G20 Summit is a huge event which brings its own unique logistical challenges, and it would not have been possible to stage both events in the same weekend in Antalya.
"The Turkish federation approached us with this problem recently and we looked at finding a solution.
"This date change would not have been possible without the assistance of BMW as well as the China Golf Association and the Lake Malaren Golf Club, Shanghai as the host venue of the BMW Masters.
"We are indebted to them for their understanding and for making this process far easier than it might have been."
