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Facts and figures - Volvo China Open
Facts and Figures

Facts and figures - Volvo China Open

Volvo China Open

First played: 1995

(Stats since 2005 when event became part of the European Tour International Schedule)

Past winners: 2005 – Stephen Dodd; 2006 (Nov 2005) – Paul Casey;

2006 (April 2006) – Jeev Milkha Singh; 2007 – Markus Brier

2008 – Damien McGrane; 2009- Scott Strange, 2010 - Y E Yang,

2011 - Nicolas Colsaerts, 2012 - Branden Grace, 2013 - Brett Rumford,

2014 - Alexander Levy, 2015 - Ashun Wu, 2016 - Li Haotong, 2017 - Alexander Levy

Youngest winner: Li Haotong, 20 years and 272 days, 2016

Oldest winner: Markus Brier, 38 years and 284 days, 2007

Lowest 18 hole score: 61 (-11), Jamie Dondalson, 2011

Lowest first 18 hole score: 63 (-9), Keith Horne, 2011, Hennie Otto, 2016, Alexander levy, 2017

Lowest first 36 hole score: 130 (-14), Alexander Levy, 2014, Pablo Larrazabal, 2017

Lowest first 54 hole score: 197 (-19) Dylan Frittelli, 2017

Lowest 72 hole score: 264 (-24), Nicolas Colsaerts, 2011

Lowest under par winning score: 264 (-24), Nicolas Colsaerts, 2011

Lowest final round by a winner: 64 (-8), Li Haotong, 2016

Wire-to-wire-winners: None

Largest 18 hole lead: 2 shots, Chawalit Plaphol, Francois Delamontagne, 2006 (Nov 2005),

Robert-Jan Derksen, 2013, Hennie Otto, 2016

Largest 36 hole lead: 4 shots, Alexander Levy, 2014

Largest 54 hole lead: 3 shots, Stephen Dodd, 2005 , Branden Grace, 2012, Alexander Levy, 2014, Dylan Frittelli, 2017

Largest winning margin: 9 shots, Damien McGrane, 2008

Biggest final round 7 shots, Alexander Levy, 2017

comeback by a winner:

Play-offs: Paul Casey beat Oliver Wilson, 2006 (April 2006)

Alexander Levy beat Dylan Frittelli, 2017

Holes-in-one: Jason Dawes, 2005 (Shanghai Silport)

Adam Groom, 2008 (Beijing CBD International GC)

Ricardo Santos 2012 (Binhai Lake GC)

Marcel Siem 2014 (Genzon GC)

Danny Willett 2014 (Genzon GC)

Johan Carlsson 2015 (Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC)

Benjamin Hebert 2015 (Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC)

Rikard Karlberg, Rnd 1, Hole 16, 2016 (Topwin G&CC)

Taehoon Kim, Rnd 2, Hole 13, 2016 (Topwin G&CC)

Brett Rumford, Rnd 4, Hole 13, 2016 (Topwin G&CC)

Ryan Dillon, Rnd 1, Hole 13, 2017 (Topwin G&CC)

Ross Fisher, Rnd 3, Hole 6, 2017 (Topwin G&CC)

Low cut: 139 (-5), 2011

High cut: 151 (+7), 2005

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