Field In Focus: Omega Dubai Desert Classic
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<strong>By Jamie Kennedy, europeantour.com<br />
in Dubai</strong>
Before the final event of the Desert Swing starts, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the star-studded field this year for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.<br /><br />In the field this week are:<br /><br /><strong>132 players from 26 different countries</strong><br /><br /><strong>83 European Tour winners with 358 titles between them</strong>
<strong>9 Major champions with a total of 17 Major victories</strong><br />Ernie Els (4 – 1994 US Open, 1997 US Open, 2002 Open, 2012 Open)<br />Rory McIlroy (4 – 2011 US Open, 2012 US PGA, 2014 Open, 2014 US PGA)<br />Martin Kaymer (2 – 2010 US PGA, 2014 US Open)<br />José María Olazábal (2 – 1994 Masters, 1999 Masters)<br />Darren Clarke (1 – 2011 Open)<br />Graeme McDowell (1 – 2010 US Open)<br />Louis Oosthuizen (1 – 2010 Open)<br />Paul Lawrie (1 – 1999 Open)<br />Y.E. Yang (1 – 2009 US PGA)
<strong>5 players in the top 20 in the Official World Golf Rankings</strong><br />Rory McIlroy (1)<br />Henrik Stenson (2)<br />Sergio Garcia (6)<br />Martin Kaymer (12)<br />Graeme McDowell (19)<br /><br /><strong>10 Past winners of the Dubai Desert Classic</strong><br />Stephen Gallacher (2014, 2013)<br />Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2012)<br />Alvaro Quiros (2011)<br />Rory McIlroy (2009)<br />Henrik Stenson (2007)<br />Ernie Els (1994, 2002, 2005)<br />Thomas Bjørn (2004)<br />David Howell (1999)<br />José María Olazábal (1998)<br />Richard Green (1997)<br /><br /><strong>1 Son of a past winner</strong><br />Javier Ballesteros<br /><br /><strong>17 European Ryder Cup players with a combined 55 appearances </strong><br /><br /><strong>All 4 winners in the 2015 European Tour season</strong><br />Danny Willett (Nedbank Golf Challenge)<br />Branden Grace (Alfred Dunhill Championship, Commercial Bank Qatar Masters)<br />Andy Sullivan (South African Open Championship hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni)<br />Gary Stal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship)<br /><br /><strong> 9 European Tour rookies</strong>
<strong>The course record holder</strong><br />Ernie Els (61 in 1994)
