With 47 tournaments in the books, 60 players have made it to the final event in The 2015 Race to Dubai – the DP World Tour Championship. Ahead of the season finale, europeantour.com delves into the numbers inside a world-class field assembled this week at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
In the field, there are:
60 players from 22 different countries
Including…
17 Englishmen
6 Frenchmen
4 South Africans, 4 Spaniards, 3 Swedes
3 Danes, 3 Scotsmen
2 Americans, 2 Thais
54 European Tour winners with 232 victories between them
26 winners from the 2015 European Tour season including seven multiple champions
Andy Sullivan (SA Open, Joburg Open, Portugal Masters)
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Shenzhen International, Saltire Paul Lawrie Match Play)
Branden Grace (Alfred Dunhill Championship, Commercial Bank Qatar Masters)
Anirban Lahiri (Hero Indian Open, Maybank Malaysian Open)
Rory McIlroy (Omega Dubai Desert Classic, WGC-Cadillac Match Play)
Thomas Pieters (D+D Real Czech Masters, KLM Open)
Danny Willett (Nedbank Golf Challenge, Omega European Masters)
6 former European Number Ones
Rory McIlroy (2012, 2014)
Henrik Stenson (2013)
Luke Donald (2011)
Martin Kaymer (2010)
Lee Westwood (2000, 2009)
Justin Rose (2007)
4 former World Number Ones
Rory McIlroy
Luke Donald
Lee Westwood
Martin Kaymer
5 Major Champions with 9 titles combined
Rory McIlroy (4)
Martin Kaymer (2)
Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel (all 1 each)
3 former winners of the DP World Tour Championship
Henrik Stenson (2013, 2014)
Rory McIlroy (2012)
Lee Westwood (2009)
10 players aged 40 or over
Miguel Angel Jimenez (51)
Thongchai Jaidee (46)
Scott Hend (42)
Lee Westwood (42)
Stephen Gallacher (41)
Raphael Jacquelin (41)
Jamie Donaldson (40)
David Howell (40)
Soren Kjeldsen (40)
Anthony Wall (40)
1 21 year old
The youngest man in the field, Matt Fitzpatrick
4 European Tour rookies
Byeong Hun An
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Rikard Karlberg
Anirban Lahiri
10 tournament debutants
Byeong Hun An
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Patrick Reed
Anirban Lahiri
Thomas Pieters
Lucas Bjerregaard
Gary Stal
Max Kieffer
Rikard Karlberg
Scott Hend
1 2014 Challenge Tour Graduate
Byeong Hun An
3 2014 Qualifying School graduates
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Anirban Lahiri
Rikard Karlberg
6 players who average over 300 yards from the tee in 2015
Lucas Bjerregaard (303.8 yards)
Thomas Pieters (303.8 yards)
Charl Schwartzel (302.8 yards)
Scott Hend (302.8 yards)
Peter Uihlein (301.6 yards)
Byeong Hun An (300.4 yards)
8 players who have made a combined 11 holes-in-one in 2015
Miguel Angel Jimenez (3)
Byeong Hun An (2)
Rory McIlroy, Kristoffer Broberg, Gregory Bourdy, Thongchai Jaidee, Anthony Wall, Chris Wood (1 each)
