The contrast between the final event of what's now the European Tour regular season and the first of three lucrative events to round off the campaign is stark. A fortnight ago, cards were on the line in Spain, the pressure ratcheted up a further notch by a host venue which suffocates players. Unless your name happens to be Sergio Garcia, the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama can be a terrifying experience.

Now, we head to Turkey and the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort - pure luxury, both in terms of hospitality and golf course. For the best on the circuit, many of whom are in attendance, there really isn't anything complicated about what lies ahead and it's a case of engaging top gear and making as many birdies as possible under what promise to be bright blue skies.

The course is best described by the word 'resort'. It's set up not for these elite, once-a-year visitors, but for the thousands of golfing nomads who flock to Antalya for a few days of golf with friends. Fairways might look fairly narrow thanks to the tall trees which guard them, but it takes a wayward shot to become stymied and there's little or no punishment from the rough.

When the European Tour first came here, two years ago, Thorbjorn Olesen dominated from Friday onward. He did so despite ranking a lowly 64th in driving accuracy yet managing to be inside the top-10 in greens, further evidence that what you do off the tee here isn't all that important.