Field in Focus: at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
10/23/2012 9:44:52 AM
We shine a light on the 57-man field teeing it up this week in Dubai... (EuropeanTour)
europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field taking to the Jumeirah Golf Estates' Earth Course for the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai this week from November 22-25.
In the field are:
28 winners accounting for 35 titles during the 2012 European Tour season
See the full list of winners via The European Tour Schedule page.
5 multiple winners from 2012 with 12 trophies
| Player
| Race to Dubai | Number of wins
| Tournaments | ||||||
| Branden Grace | 6 | 4 | Joburg Open, Volvo Golf Champions Volvo China Open, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | ||||||
| Peter Hanson
| 2 | 2 | KLM Open, BMW Masters | ||||||
| Paul Lawrie | 10 | 2 | Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | ||||||
| Louis Oosthuizen | 4 | 2 | Africa Open. Maybank Malaysian Open | ||||||
| Bernd Wiesberger | 18 | 2 | Ballantine's Championship, Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity |
12 members of the victorious 2012 European Ryder Cup Team
| Player
| Race to Dubai | Number of wins
| Tournaments | ||||||
| Nicolas Colsaerts
| 11 | 1 | Volvo World Match Play Championship | ||||||
| Luke Donald | 8 | 1 | BMW PGA Championship | ||||||
| Sergio Garcia | 48 | 0 | |||||||
| Peter Hanson | 2 | 2 | KLM Open, BMW Masters | ||||||
| Martin Kaymer | 28 | 0 | |||||||
| Paul Lawrie | 10 | 2 | Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | ||||||
| Graeme McDowell | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Rory McIlroy | 1 | 1 | US PGA Championship | ||||||
| Francesco Molinari | 7 | 1 | Reale Seguros Open de España | ||||||
| Ian Poulter | 5 | 1 | WGC-HSBC Champions | ||||||
| Justin Rose | 3 | 1 | WGC-Cadillac Championship | ||||||
| Lee Westwood | 12 | 1 | Nordea Masters |
7 Major champions with 10 wins
| Player
| Race to Dubai | Number of wins
| Tournaments | ||||||
| Padraig Harrington | 38 | 3 | Open Championship (2007, 2008) US PGA Championsip (2008) | ||||||
| Rory McIlroy | 1 | 2 | US Open Championship (2011) US PGA Championship (2012) | ||||||
| Martin Kaymer | 28 | 1 | US PGA Championship (2010) | ||||||
| Paul Lawrie | 10 | 1 | Open Championship (1999) | ||||||
| Graeme McDowell | 9 | 1 | US Open Championship (2010) | ||||||
| Louis Oosthuizen | 4 | 1 | Open Championship (2010) | ||||||
| Charl Schwartzel | 30 | 1 | Masters Tournament (2011) |
6 World Golf Champions with 7 titles
| Player
| Race to Dubai | Number of wins
| Tournaments | ||||||
| Ian Poulter | 5 | 2 | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2010) WGC-HSBC Champions (2012) | ||||||
| Francesco Molinari | 7 | 1 | WGC-HSBC CHampions (2010) | ||||||
| Luke Donald | 8 | 1 | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2011) | ||||||
| Martin Kaymer | 28 | 1 | WGC-HSBC Champions (2011) | ||||||
| Henrik Stenson | 45 | 1 | WGC-Accemture Match Play Championship (2007) | ||||||
| Justin Rose | 3 | 1 | WGC-Cadillac Championship (2012) |
1 Qualifying School graduate from 2011
Having missed out on graduating from The Challenge Tour in 2011, falling out of the top 20 in the Rankings at the final event, Branden Grace was forced to go to the Final Qualifying Stage if he were to pick up a European Tour card for 2012. And in an always tense week at PGA Catalunya Resort he proved his metal, getting the 11th card, and just two events later he was a European Tour winner having picked triumphed at the Joburg Open. How quickly fortunes can turn, as proved by his win the following week at the Volvo Golf Champions, and when he also picked up gold at the Volvo China Open and Alfred Dunhill links Championship later in the season, it completed a stellar year that sees the South African riding high at sixth on the Race to Dubai with just one event remaining.
57 players with 229 career European Tour wins
9 Debutants
| Player
| Race to Dubai | Number of wins in 2012
| Tournaments | ||||||
| Branden Grace | 6 | 4 | Joburg Open, Volvo Golf Champions, Volvo China Open, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | ||||||
| Marcel Siem | 14 | 1 | Alstom Open de France | ||||||
| Bernd Wiesberger | 18 | 2 | Ballantine's Championship, Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity | ||||||
| J'be Kruger | 46 | 1 | Avantha Masters | ||||||
| Victor Dubuisson | 50 | 0 | |||||||
| Romain Wattel | 53 | 0 | |||||||
| Marc Warren | 55 | 0 | |||||||
| Lee Slattery | 56 | 0 | |||||||
| Richard Finch | 60 | 0 |
18 different nationalities represented
 | Australia | 1 |
 | Austria | 1 |
 | Belgium | 1 |
 | Denmark | 3 |
 | England | 11 |
 | France | 3 |
 | Germany | 2 |
 | India | 1 |
 | Ireland | 3 |
 | Italy | 2 |
 | Netherlands | 1 |
 | Northern Ireland | 3 |
 | Scotland | 6 |
 | South Africa | 7 |
 | Spain | 6 |
 | Sweden | 4 |
 | Thailand | 1 |
 | Wales | 1 |