THOMAS BJÖRN

* His 12th European Tour International Schedule victory in his 368th European Tour event.

* Moves to €1,048,114 in The Race to Dubai. This is the seventh time in his European Tour career he has passed €1 million in a single season and first time since 2006.

* Moves to just inside the top 55 from 70th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

* Claims his second European Tour title of the 2011 season following the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy.

* Claims his second European Tour title of the 2011 season following the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy.onship, BMW PGA Championship and Barclays Scottish Open), Charl Schwartzel (Joburg Open and Masters Tournament), Darren Clarke (Iberdrola Open and the 140th Open Championship) and Alex Noren (Saab Wales Open and Nordea Masters).

* Recorded multiple victories in the same European Tour season for the second time in his career. In 1998 he won the Heineken Classic and Open de España.

* At aged 40 years and 209 days becomes the oldest winner of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.This beats the previous record of Peter Hedblom of 39 years and 22 days in 2009.

* Claims his first European Tour victory since reaching 40.

OTHER FACTS

* This victory is the sixth by a player aged 40 and over in the 2011 season to date. They are: Ernie Els (South African Open Championship), Paul Lawrie Open de Andalucia de Golf by Turkish Airlines), Darren Clarke (Iberdrola Open and the 140th Open Championship), Thomas Levet (Alstom Open de France) and Thomas Björn (Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles).

* This victory beats his previous best performance in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles of tied fourth in 2006.

* The 24th Danish victory on The European Tour.

* Becomes the second Dane to win the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, following Søren Kjeldsen (2003).

* Second Danish win on the 2011 European Tour.

* Gains his 18th professional win worldwide.