With this win Jean-Francois Luquin secured his first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 175th Tour start. His victory beats his previous best European Tour performance of second at the 2007 Maybank Malaysian Open.
*Beats his best 2008 performance of tied for 17th in the Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship 2008
- The 13th first-time winner of The 2008 European Tour season, the winners are: Richard Finch (Michael Hill New Zealand Open), James Kingston (South African Airways Open), Martin Kaymer (Abu Dhabi Golf Championship) , S S P Chowrasia (EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters), Felipe Aguilar (Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open), Mark Brown (Johnnie Walker Classic), Damien McGrane (Volvo China Open), Peter Lawrie (Open de España), Hennie Otto (Methorios Capital Italian Open), Scott Strange (The Celtic Manor Wales Open), David Dixon (SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by NEUFLIZE OBC), Pablo Larrazabal (Open de France ALSTOM) and Jean-François Lucquin (Omega European Masters)
*Second consecutive French victory following Grégory Havret at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
*The fourth French win of the 2008 European Tour season. They are: Thomas Levet (MAPRE Open de Andalucia by Valle Romano), Grégory Bourdy (Estoril Open de Portugal), Grégory Havret (Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles) and Jean-François Lucquin (Omega European Masters)
*Four French wins matches the highest number they have attained in a single European Tour season, back in 2004
*The 20th French win in European Tour history
*Becomes the tenth different French player to win on The European Tour
*Becomes the first Frenchman to win the Omega European Masters since 1972
*The 359th different golfer to win in European Tour history
*Gains a European Tour exemption until the end of 2010
*Gains his biggest European Tour prize of €333,330 (£268,010)
*Gains a place in the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Championship
*Gains a place in the 2009 HSBC Champions
*Moves to €496,155 in The European Tour Order of Merit
*Moves to 242nd in the Official World Golf Ranking
*Joins Graham Marsh (1972), Hugh Baiocchi (1973), Nick Price (1980), Ian Woosnam (1982), Jerry Anderson (1984), Craig Stadler (1985), José Maria Olazábal (1986), Anders Forsbrand (1987), Chris Moody (1988), Jeff Hawkes (1991), Jamie Spence (1992), Mathias Grönberg (1995) and Ricardo Gonzalez (2001) to make the Omega European Masters their first European Tour victory
*His first top ten finish of the season and 13th of his European Tour career
*Fifth win of his professional career
*The 207th European Tour victory by a former European Challenge Tour Member
*The 99th different former European Challenge Tour Member to win on The European Tour
