After Rory McIlroy wrapped up the Dubai Desert Classic in some style on Sunday, europeantour.com took a numerical look back at the 2015 Desert Swing.
11th– hole at Doha Golf Club was the hardest hole throughout the Desert Swing, with the par four averaging a 4.27 score and 98 bogeys being made there over the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
16th– hole in Qatar played the easiest, with a 3.46 average score on the driveable par four, where 216 birdies were made
357- Gary Stal’s Official World Golf Ranking at the start of the Desert Swing. The Frenchman is now 89th
63– lowest score through three events in the Gulf (Morten Ørum Madsen on day two in Dubai)
7– birdies in a row to finish for Emiliano Grillo – also on the Friday in Dubai – the longest birdie streak of the 2015 Desert Swing
753– kilometre round trip from Abu Dhabi to Doha and back to Dubai for those who played all three events
14– years and 305 days old for the Desert Swing’s youngest competitor, Slovakian Jakub Hrinda, who debuted in Qatar
631,978- most Race to Dubai points won across the three events (Rory McIlroy)
1,179– Euros earned per shot for McIlroy through eight rounds in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
127- Greens in Regulation from a possible 144 for Henrik Stenson in Qatar and Dubai
5- number of holes in one during the 2015 Desert Swing – four of which came in Abu Dhabi (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Tom Lewis, Rory McIlroy, Byeong-Hun An) with Alvaro Quiros picking up the other in Dubai
9– not only did the Spaniard pick up the joint lowest score on any hole, he also scored the highest with a second day nine at the 18th in Abu Dhabi
3- top six finishes for Bernd Wiesberger, the most consistent man to have played in all three events
32– degrees was the hottest temperature recorded, set on the Friday and Saturday in Dubai
317.9– yards driving average by McIlroy in Dubai was longest at any of the three events
1– under par - the cut mark in Qatar - was the highest of all three tournaments and the third year in a row that the tournament cut had fallen on that score
54– starts for Branden Grace between his maiden European Tour win and his sixth in Qatar
31- different nationalities represented over the duration of the Desert Swing
61- Eagles and 4,477 birdies made over the Desert Swing's duration
20– under par was the average winning total over the three events
