We’ve crunched the numbers ahead of the European Challenge Tour’s season-opening Barclays Kenya Open. Here’s all you need to know about the field assembling at Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi.

156 players – the top 60 and ties after round two will make the cut

28 countries represented – alongside the 28 Kenyans there are players from countries as varied as Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, Australia, Chile and Canada

34 winners on the Challenge Tour

63 wins between them

6 former winners of the Barclays Kenya Open – defending champion Sebastian Soderberg; Jake Roos (2014); Jordi Garcia Pinto (2013); Robert Dinwiddie (2010); Gary Boyd (2009); Maarten Lafeber (1999)

4 of last year’s top ten return to Nairobi – Soderberg (winner), Sebastian Heisele (T4), Daan Huizing (T8) and Darius van Driel (T8)

5 winners on the 2016 Road to Oman – Soderberg, Clément Sordet, Simon Forsström, Adrien Saddier, Alvaro Velasco)

2 former Rankings winners – Andrea Pavan (2013) and Velasco (2010)

15 debutants – 15 players in the field have never competed in a Challenge Tour event before

20 – Kenyan legend Jacob Okello is playing in the Barclays Kenya Open for the 20th time

6 winners on the European Tour – Rhys Davies, Michael Hoey, Lafeber, Mikael Lundberg, Ricardo Santos and Oliver Wilson

1 Ryder Cup player – Wilson, who formed part of the European team in 2008