Desert Swing Review: In Numbers

<em>After another enthralling edition of The European Tour’s annual ‘Desert Swing’ concluded last Sunday in Dubai, <strong>europeantour.com</strong> took a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look back at three memorable weeks in the Gulf…</em>

<b>366,870 </b>– The amount of euros won by Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher in finishing T<b>8</b>at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, T<b>28</b>at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and<b>1</b>st at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic

<b>832 </b>– Shots and a cumulative<b>32</b>under par Gallacher was for the Desert Swing

<b>441 ­</b>– Euros earned by the<b>39 </b>year old per strike in<b>3</b>weeks in the Gulf

<b>1 </b>– Gallacher was the biggest earner on the<b>2014 </b>Desert Swing

<b>37 </b>– Where the Scot has moved to in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest career position

<b>2 </b>– Out of the<b>3 </b>events won by Spaniards (Pablo Larrazabal in Abu Dhabi and Sergio Garcia the week after in Qatar)

<b>840 </b>– World Ranking Points available in the Gulf

<b>45 </b>– Places Pablo Larrazabal leapt up the OWGR after three Desert Swing events – from<b>101</b>st to<b>56</b>th – the biggest rankings mover in this time on The European Tour

<b>63 – </b>The low round of this year’s Desert Swing, jointly held by Phil Mickleson and Danny Willett in Abu Dhabi and Stephen Gallacher and Rory McIlroy in Dubai

<b>21 </b>– Number of former winners reunited last week for the<b>25</b>th edition of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic

<b>1 </b>– Albatross on the Desert Swing (Steve Webster, on his first hole, the<b>10</b>th, during round<b>1 </b>in Qatar), the first time any player has started an event with an albatross in European Tour history

<b>1 </b>– Hole in<b>1 </b>in the Gulf this year (Brandon Stone, on the<b>13</b>th hole during round<b>2 </b>in Qatar)

<b>4.27 </b>– The average score on the par<b>4 9</b>th at Abu Dhabi Golf Club – statistically the hardest hole on the<b>2014</b>Desert Swing

<b>98 </b>– Bogeys and<b>21 </b>double bogeys or worse were made on the<b>456</b>-yard hole

<b>4.52 </b>– The average score on the par<b>5 10</b>th at Emirates Golf Club – statistically the easiest hole on the<b>2014 </b>Desert Swing

<b>11 </b>– Eagles and<b>192 </b>birdies yielded on the<b>549</b>-yard hole

<b>439 </b>– Round trip mileage for those players to have contested in all<b>3 </b>Desert Swing events

<b>39 </b>– Events and<b>9 </b>or so months until The European Tour returns to the UAE for the<b>2014 </b>season finale – the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai