Volvo Golf Champions: Final Day in Numbers

After Louis Oosthuizen again triumphed at Durban Country Club,<strong>europeantour.com</strong>took a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look at the key numbers from the final round of the Volvo Golf Champions.

<strong>12 </strong>– Shots under par Oosthuizen was in winning – exactly the same aggregate total as he won with in 2013

<strong>4 </strong>– Birdies he made in his last six holes in storming to victory

<strong>7 </strong>– European Tour events Oosthuizen has now won

<strong>2 </strong>– Along with Charl Schwartzel, only the second South African to make successful defences of two different European Tour titles

<strong>4 </strong>– The fourth consecutive time he has won his first event in a calendar year

<strong>5 </strong>– Seasons in a row Oosthuizen has now won in on The European Tour – now the record for active players

<strong>7 </strong>– Times Durban Country Club has hosted a European Tour event, won on every occasion by a South African

<strong>700,000 </strong>– Dollars Oosthuizen takes home for the win

<strong>8 </strong>– The number of events won by South Africans out of the last<strong>11 </strong>European Tourtournaments held in South Africa

<strong>120 </strong>– Victories on The European Tour now by South Africans

<strong>8 </strong>– Nationalities in the top ten following the third round, including<strong>3 </strong>South Africans (Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Thomas Aiken) and<strong>3 </strong>Frenchmen (Raphael Jacquelin, Victor Dubuisson, Julien Quesne)

<strong>11 </strong>– Eagles during the final round, including<strong>3 </strong>on the<strong>18</strong>th hole (Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Marcel Siem, Charl Schwartzel)

<strong>1 </strong>– Birdie all day on the par four first (Colin Montgomerie)

<strong>1 </strong>– Bogey-free round all week (Jacquelin in the first round)

<strong>21 </strong>– Players under par for the tournament

<strong>24 </strong>– The amount of shots between first and last place

<strong>10,591 </strong>– Miles from Durban to Abu Dhabi, host city to next week’s stop on The European Tour