The Desert Swing in numbers

After Rory McIlroy wrapped up the Dubai Desert Classic in some style on Sunday, europeantour.com took a numerical look back at the 2015 Desert Swing.

<strong>11th</strong>– hole at Doha Golf Club was the hardest hole throughout the Desert Swing, with the par four averaging a 4.27 score and 98 bogeys being made there over the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters

<strong>16th</strong>– hole in Qatar played the easiest, with a 3.46 average score on the driveable par four, where 216 birdies were made

<strong>357</strong>- Gary Stal’s Official World Golf Ranking at the start of the Desert Swing. The Frenchman is now 89th

<strong>63</strong>– lowest score through three events in the Gulf (Morten Ørum Madsen on day two in Dubai)

<strong>7 </strong>– birdies in a row to finish for Emiliano Grillo – also on the Friday in Dubai – the longest birdie streak of the 2015 Desert Swing

<strong>753</strong>– kilometre round trip from Abu Dhabi to Doha and back to Dubai for those who played all three events

<strong>14</strong>– years and 305 days old for the Desert Swing’s youngest competitor, Slovakian Jakub Hrinda, who debuted in Qatar

<strong>631,978</strong>- most Race to Dubai points won across the three events (Rory McIlroy)

<strong>1,179</strong>– Euros earned per shot for McIlroy through eight rounds in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

<strong>127</strong>- Greens in Regulation from a possible 144 for Henrik Stenson in Qatar and Dubai

<strong>5</strong>- number of holes in one during the 2015 Desert Swing – four of which came in Abu Dhabi (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Tom Lewis, Rory McIlroy, Byeong-Hun An) with Alvaro Quiros picking up the other in Dubai

<strong>9</strong>– not only did the Spaniard pick up the joint lowest score on any hole, he also scored the highest with a second day nine at the 18th in Abu Dhabi

<strong>3</strong>- top six finishes for Bernd Wiesberger, the most consistent man to have played in all three events

<strong>32</strong>– degrees was the hottest temperature recorded, set on the Friday and Saturday in Dubai

<strong>317.9</strong>– yards driving average by McIlroy in Dubai was longest at any of the three events

<strong>1</strong>– under par - the cut mark in Qatar - was the highest of all three tournaments and the third year in a row that the tournament cut had fallen on that score

<strong>54</strong>– starts for Branden Grace between his maiden European Tour win and his sixth in Qatar

<strong>31</strong>- different nationalities represented over the duration of the Desert Swing

<strong>61 </strong>- Eagles and 4,477 birdies made over the Desert Swing's duration

<strong>20</strong>– under par was the average winning total over the three events