Omega Dubai Desert Classic: Day 3 in numbers

We digest a fantastic round from Stephen Gallacher on Saturday with a few key numbers relating to his exemplary 18 holes on Saturday.

<strong>28 </strong>– strokes required for Gallacher to play the par 37 back nine holes

<strong>10 </strong>– under par for the final ten holes

<strong>7 </strong>– threes on the 54 hole leader’s card

<strong>63 </strong>– in the third round to lead by two strokes from Rory McIlroy

<strong>1 </strong>– bogey, on the eighth hole, and still shot nine under

<strong>25 </strong>– putts in round three for the Scot

<strong>18 </strong>- birdies in 54 holes, as well as two eagles six bogeys for Gallacher

<strong>0 </strong>– people have ever successfully defended the Omega Dubai Desert Classic

<strong>6 </strong>– strokes cover top seven players on stretched leaderboard

<strong>7 </strong>– birdies and no bogeys for Thorbjorn Olesen in a round of 65

<strong>4 </strong>– shots behind Gallacher for Brooks Koepka, who will look for first European Tour win tomorrow

<strong>3 </strong>– wins on the Challenge Tour last year for the American

<strong>4.514</strong>– averaged by players on par five tenth, the easiest hole in round three

<strong>4.256</strong>– the average of the hardest hole, the ninth

<strong>317</strong>– yards averaged from the tee across all three rounds for McIlroy, the longest in the field

<strong>€303,268</strong>– first prize awarded to winner at end of tomorrow’s final round