After Louis Oosthuizen again triumphed at Durban Country Club,europeantour.comtook a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look at the key numbers from the final round of the Volvo Golf Champions.
12– Shots under par Oosthuizen was in winning – exactly the same aggregate total as he won with in 2013
4– Birdies he made in his last six holes in storming to victory
7– European Tour events Oosthuizen has now won
2– Along with Charl Schwartzel, only the second South African to make successful defences of two different European Tour titles
4– The fourth consecutive time he has won his first event in a calendar year
5– Seasons in a row Oosthuizen has now won in on The European Tour – now the record for active players
7– Times Durban Country Club has hosted a European Tour event, won on every occasion by a South African
700,000– Dollars Oosthuizen takes home for the win
8– The number of events won by South Africans out of the last11European Tourtournaments held in South Africa
120– Victories on The European Tour now by South Africans
8– Nationalities in the top ten following the third round, including3South Africans (Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Thomas Aiken) and3Frenchmen (Raphael Jacquelin, Victor Dubuisson, Julien Quesne)
11– Eagles during the final round, including3on the18th hole (Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Marcel Siem, Charl Schwartzel)
1– Birdie all day on the par four first (Colin Montgomerie)
1– Bogey-free round all week (Jacquelin in the first round)
21– Players under par for the tournament
24– The amount of shots between first and last place
10,591– Miles from Durban to Abu Dhabi, host city to next week’s stop on The European Tour
