Those familiar with our 'Day in Numbers' feature will know the score - the most insightful numbers all rolled into one piece. So without further delay, here's some fascinating numbers from what was a memorable 2014 Race To Dubai season...
1– Race To Dubai winner, Mr. Rory McIlroy
2– Race To Dubai titles for McIlroy now (2012 & 2014)
4– European Tour International Schedule victories for the Northern Irishman this season
2– Major titles for the world number one (The 143rd Open Championship & the US PGA Championship)
5– multiple winners this season – they were McIlroy, Mikko Ilonen, Alexander Levy, Miguel Angel Jiménez & Bubba Watson
1,312- different players participated in tournaments on the 2014 Race To Dubai
18,755- the amount of stroke play rounds played between them all
1,346,594- the overall amount of shots played, with a stroke average of 71.8
69.24– stroke average for McIlroy, numbers which nobody could better on The European Tour
6,883,784.89– Euros won by the 25 year old on The 2014 Race To Dubai
RORY MCILROY POSES WITH HIS 2014 RACE TO DUBAI TROPHY
12– first-time winners, including the likes of Oliver Wilson, Brooks Koepka & Levy
1– Rookie of the Year winner – Turkish Airlines Open champion Koepka
157– under par for France’s Romain Wattel led the way in overall scoring
35– hole-in-ones, with Graeme Storm & James Heath making two each and Shane Lowry acing the 13th hole at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai
25– course records set, including Martin Kaymer’s 65 at the US Open & Thomas Bjørn’s ten under par 62 in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship
THOMAS BJØRN - ENJOYING HIS FINE 62 AT WENTWORTH & THE BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
8- out of ten Ryder Cups won for the Europeans after Paul McGinley's men defeated the USA 16½-11½ at Gleneagles
1 - winning shot from Jamie Donaldson at the biennial match play contest, thanks to a fine approach to the 15th in his singles match against Keegan Bradley
4– albatrosses carded by Joost Luiten, Steve Webster, Mark Tullo & James Kingston
9– top-five finishes for Henrik Stenson made the Swede the leader in this category
10– top-ten finishes for Stenson over the season, with McIlroy & Luiten the nearest men to the two-time DP World Tour Championship winner, with nine apiece
60– was the lowest round of the year, set by Nicolas Colsaerts on the opening day of the Portugal Masters
312.6– yards was the tour-leading number in average driving distance, set by ‘The Belgian Bomber’ Colsaerts
9– under par was the lowest nine hole score to par this season – posted by Stephen Gallacher on the back nine of this third round at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic
13– Play offs were needed to decide tournaments, with Fabrizio Zanotti’s win at the BMW International Open in Germany the longest of those, lasting five holes
7– wire-to-wire winners, including McIlroy at Hoylake, Ilonen at the Irish Open, Westwood at the Maybank Malaysian Open & Kaymer at the US Open Championship
8– shots was the biggest deficit made up on the final day by a winner, thanks to Graeme McDowell’s fine comeback at the Alstom Open de France in July
6– shots was the largest 36 hole lead (no ties), which was held by Kaymer at the US Open Championship and Ian Poulter at the Turkish Airlines Open
8– shots was the biggest winning margin, set by Kaymer at Pinehurst
MARTIN KAYMER SHOWS OFF HIS US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AFTER BLOWING THE FIELD AWAY
2– players found more than 75% in GIR during the 2014 season – Thomas Aiken & Emiliano Grillo
1– in the driving accuracy stats was Brazil’s Adilson Da Silva, who found 80.6% in fairways
22– under par was the lowest 72 hole score to par, set by Felipe Aguilar at The Championship at Laguna National (preferred lies)
18– under par from Alex Levy in the rain-shortened Portugal Masters was the lowest 36 hole score
28.4– average putts per round made Brett Rumford, Darren Fichardt & George Coetzee the tour’s putting kings
1– the top spot in the sand saves went to short game master Fichardt, who made 76.3% in that category
