Ahead of the second part of The 2016 Race to Dubai Final Series, europeantour.com drills down into the make-up of the elite field assembled in Sun City for this week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge.
In the field there are:
72 players from22different countries
56European Tour winners
4former European Number Ones
Henrik Stenson (2013)
Martin Kaymer (2010)
Padraig Harrington (2006)
Retief Goosen (2001, 2002)
42of the top 50 in The Race to Dubai
23winners this season
All 5 multiple winners this season
Henrik Stenson
Danny Willett
Charl Schwartzel
Jeunghun Wang
Alex Noren
4 former winners of the Nedbank Golf Challenge
Retief Goosen (2004)
Henrik Stenson (2008)
Martin Kaymer (2012)
Danny Willett (2014 (part of 2015 Schedule))
7Major winners11titles between them
Padraig Harrington (3)
Martin Kaymer, Retief Goosen (2 each)
Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett (1 each)
1 former World Number One
Martin Kaymer
12Ryder Cup players
61 per cent of the field will be making their tournament debut