With this win Anton Haig secured his first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 17th European Tour event. He beats his best previous European Tour performances of tied 23rd at the 2005 Alfred Dunhill Championship and 2007 HSBC Champions.
• Aged 20 and 300 days becomes the youngest winner on the 2007 European Tour International Schedule, beating the previous youngest, Alvaro Quiros, who was aged 23 and 323 at the Alfred Dunhill Championship
• Becomes the youngest winner on The European Tour since Aaron Baddeley at the 2001 Greg Norman Holden International, who was 19 and 331 days
• At 20 and 300 days is the tenth youngest player to win on The European Tour and the second youngest South African, following Dale Hayes, who is the youngest winner on The European Tour, won the Spanish Open, aged 18 and 290 days in 1971
• Aged 20 and 300 days becomes the youngest winner of the Johnnie Walker Classic, beating the previous record of Tiger Woods, who was 22 and 26 days when he won in 1998
• The first Affiliate Member to win on The European Tour since Alejandro Cañizares at the 2006 Imperial Collection Russian Open
• The sixth different Affiliate Member to win in European Tour history, following Jesper Parnevik (1995 Scandinavian Masters), Sergio Garcia (1999 Irish Open), Paul Casey (2001 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles), Graeme McDowell (2002 Scandinavian Masters) and Cañizares (Imperial Collection Russian Open)
• The seventh first-time winner on the 2007 European Tour International Schedule, following Y E Yang (HSBC Champions), José Manuel Lara (UBS Hong Kong Open), Nathan Green (Blue Chip New Zealand Open), Alvaro Quiros (Alfred Dunhill Championship), Ariel Cante (Joburg Open) and Mikko Ilonen (Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesian Open)
• Follows Ian Palmer (1992), Michael Campbell (2000) and Kevin Stadler (2006)as players to make the Johnnie Walker Classic their first European Tour victory
• Gains a European Tour exemption until the end of 2009
• Gains his largest European Tour prize of €310,801 (£208,330)
• Gains a place in the 2007 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational
• Gains a place in the 2008 HSBC Champions
• Moves to €380,989 on The European Tour Order of Merit
• The 336th different player to win on The European Tour since 1972
• The 24th different South African player to win on The European Tour
• The 78th South African win on The European Tour
• The third South African to win on the 2007 European Tour International Schedule, following Ernie Els (South African Airways Open) and Retief Goosen (The Commercialbank Qatar Masters)
• Becomes the fourth South African golfer to win the Johnnie Walker Classic, following Palmer (1992), Els (1997, 03) and Goosen (2002)
• The 13th different player to win the Johnnie Walker Classic in 15 years, dating back to 1992
• The 168th European Tour win by a former European Challenge Tour player
• The 83rd different former Challenge Tour player to win on The European Tour
• Ninth European Tour win by a former European Challenge Tour player on The 2007 European Tour, following José Manuel Lara (UBS Hong Kong Open), Justin Rose (MasterCard Masters), Alvaro Quiros (Alfred Dunhill Championship), Ariel Canete (Joburg Open), Stenson (Dubai Desert Classic, WGC – Accenture Match Play), Peter Hedblom (Maybank Malaysian Open) and Mikko Ilonen (Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesian Open)
