After the second round at Sheshan International, europeantour.com took a statistical – and sometimes sideways – look at the key numbers from day two at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
10– Birdies in Dustin Johnson’s course record equalling 63
5– Players to have now shot that number at Sheshan (Diasuke Maruyana, Rory McIlroy, Ernie Els (’09), Martin Kaymer (’11))
6– Approximate minutes spent talking about daughter of ice hockey legend Wayne and Johnson’s fiancée Paulina Gretzky in his press conference
0– Birdies for Rory McIlroy in a barren back nine on Friday
3– Americans,2Northern Irishmen,2Spaniards,2Englishmen and1South African in the top 10
37– Players under par
28– Shots between first and last place
2 –Ian Poulter is attempting to become just the second player to successfully defend a WGC title after Tiger Woods (who has done it8times)
1– Eagle all day at the driveable par four 16th, playing at 276 yards on Friday (Jaco Van Zyl)
26– Where McIlroy would probably move to from 62nd in The Race to Dubai if the tournament finished now
54– Where Luke Donald would probably move to from 61st
