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Day 3 in Numbers: Open de España
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Day 3 in Numbers: Open de España

Moving day in Spain saw Sergio Garcia come to life, while David Howell and James Morrison staked their claims for the illustrious Open de España title. The best numbers here...

A general view of the leaderboard at the Open de Espana

7 -under par leads the way for David Howell and James Morrison heading into the final day

25 -putts for Howell, who leads in that category for the week with an average of 26 putts per round

10- months was all it took a young Morrison to get his handicap from 18 down to scratch

17- birdies means Morrison leads the field in that category

5- Howell is the proud owner of five European Tour titles (the most recent of which came in 2013)

90– (th) was where Sergio was in the field when he finished his second round. Then the wind got up, he avoided missing the cut, before carding his 67

10- shots off the pace after day two, Sergio is now just five shots back

47- places Garcia moved up the leaderboard courtesy of his low round of the day five under par round

16- greens in regulation found for Garcia

8- months since Emiliano Grillo finished over par for a tournament (the 71° OPEN D'ITALIA Presented by DAMIANI)

23– consecutive rounds at par or better for the in-form Francesco Molinari after the Italian carded a two under par 70

466- yard ninth hole played the toughest, averaging 4.5

18- the closing hole was the easiest, averaging 4.71

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