Ahead of the season-ending event in the 2016 Race to Dubai, europeantour.com puts the spotlight on a glittering field assembled at Jumeirah Golf Estates for this week’s DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
In the field there are:
60 players from 22 different countries
51 European Tour winners with 236 wins between them (85 per cent of the field), including…
Lee Westwood (23)
Padraig Harrington (15)
Rory McIlroy (13)
Martin Kaymer (11)
Charl Schwartzel (11)
Henrik Stenson (11)
58 of the top 60 in the 2016 Race to Dubai
Raphaël Jacquelin (61) and Felipe Aguilar (62) come in for the absent Graeme McDowell and Russell Knox
5 former European Number Ones
Rory McIlroy (2012, 2014, 2015)
Henrik Stenson (2013)
Martin Kaymer (2010)
Lee Westwood (2000, 2009)
Padraig Harrington (2006)
7 Major champions with 13 combined wins
Rory McIlroy (4)
Padraig Harrington (3)
Martin Kaymer (2)
Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett (1 each)
6 of the top 16 in the Official World Golf Ranking
Rory McIlroy (2)
Henrik Stenson (4)
Alex Noren (9)
Danny Willett (11)
Sergio Garcia (15)
Branden Grace (16)
24 winners from the 2016 Race to Dubai including all 5 multiple victors
Alex Noren (4 – Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, Omega European Masters, British Masters supported by Sky Sports, Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player)
Charl Schwartzel (2 – Alfred Dunhill Championship, Tshwane Open)
Henrik Stenson (2 – BMW International Open, Open Championship)
Jeunghun Wang (2 – Trophée Hassan II, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open)
Danny Willett (2 – Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Masters Tournament)
3 former winners of the DP World Tour Championship with 5 victories between them
Rory McIlroy (2012, 2015)
Henrik Stenson (2013, 2014)
Lee Westwood (2009)
12 players making their tournament debut
Richard Bland
Jorge Campillo
Nacho Elvira
Ricardo Gouveia
Andrew Johnston
Joakim Lagergren
Soomin Lee
Haotong Li
Renato Paratore
Matthew Southgate
Brandon Stone
Jeunghung Wang
3 former World Number Ones
Martin Kaymer
Rory McIlroy
Lee Westwood
16 Ryder Cup players
…including 11 of the 2016 European side (Justin Rose misses out with injury)
5 European Tour rookies
Jeunghun Wang
Li Haotong
Soomin Lee
Brandon Stone
Ricardo Gouveia
1 graduate from the 2015 Qualifying School
Matthew Southgate
Youngest/Oldest
Renato Paratore (19)/Thongchai Jaidee (47)
5 of the stats leaders in 2016
Henrik Stenson – Scoring Average (69.15) and Driving Accuracy (76.5 per cent)
Alejandro Cañizares – Sand saves (81.8 per cent)
Francesco Molinari – Putts per GiR (1.658)
Scott Hend – Most eagles (20)
Richard Bland – Most birdies (439)
