Field in Focus: DP World Tour Championship, Dubai

<strong><em>As the European Tour season draws to its conclusion, we take a closer look at the 60 players in the field for the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates.<br />
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• There are<strong>21 different countries</strong>represented among the 60 players competing. They are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States and Wales.<br /><br />• Here is the<strong>breakdown of players by nation</strong>: England, 16, South Africa nine, Spain and Sweden four each, France, Northern Ireland and Scotland with three, two for Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United States. There is one each for: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Paraguay, Thailand and Wales.<br /><br />•<strong>Miguel Angel Jiménez is the oldest player</strong>at 50. In all there are seven members of the 60 man field aged 40 and over. They are: Jiménez (50), Thongchai Jaidee (45), Ernie Els (45) and Robert Karlsson (45) Thomas Bjørn (43), Lee Westwood (41) and Stephen Gallacher (40).<br /><br />•<strong>Mattwo Manassero is the youngest playe</strong>r in the field, aged 21 and 7 months.<br /><br />• The field is made up of<strong> 29 winners from the 2014 European Tour </strong>season. Eight of those 29 are placed in the top ten of The Race to Dubai. The two players within the top ten yet to win are, Henrik Stenson, (second) and Victor Dubuisson (tenth).<br /><br />• The 60 man field contains<strong>51 different European Tour winners</strong>,<strong> eight players to have been European Tour Number One </strong>and<strong>seven Major Champions</strong>.<br /><br />• There are<strong> four players</strong>in the field who have recorded<strong>multiple victories</strong>during the 2014 season. They are: Rory McIlroy (four) and Miguel Angel Jiménez, Alexander Levy and Mikko Ilonen, (with two each).<br /><br />• Of the 60 players,<strong>Jamie Donaldson, Joost Luiten and Henrik Stenson</strong>, have amassed the<strong>most top five finishe</strong>s with seven. The Swede also has the most top tens’, with nine.<br /><br />•<strong> Fabrizio Zanotti and Wade Ormsby</strong>are the only 2013 European Tour<strong>Qualifying School graduates</strong>to make the top 60.<br /><br />•<strong>Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton</strong>are the two 2013<strong>Challenge Tour graduates</strong>to make the final event.<br /><br />•<strong>Koepka and Hatton</strong>are also the only two<strong>rookies</strong>have made it through.<br /><br />• During the season<strong>five players have been Number One</strong>in The Race to Dubai. The 2014 winner, Rory McIlroy has spent the last 17 weeks at the top. The other four were: Thomas Bjørn (24), Jamie Donaldson (three) and Mads Ørum Madsen and Charl Schwartzel (one week each).<br /><br />•<strong>Rory McIlroy</strong>made history by becoming the first player to finish Number One, twice since The Race to Dubai was introduced in 2009.<br /><br />• There are<strong>12 players making their debut </strong>this week. They are: Matthew Baldwin, Kristoffer Broberg, Oliver Fisher, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Brooks Koepka, Alexander Levy, David Lipsky, Wade Ormsby, Eddie Pepperell, Andy Sullivan and Fabrizio Zanottii.<br /><br />• Of the 60,<strong>Oliver Wilson</strong>began the season as a Challenge Tour Member, until he won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.<strong>David Lipsky</strong>was an Affiliate Member before he claimed the Omega European Masters.<br /><div> </div>