WGC-HSBC Champions: Day 2 in Numbers

After the second round at Sheshan International, europeantour.com took a statistical – and sometimes sideways – look at the key numbers from day two at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

<b>10 </b>– Birdies in Dustin Johnson’s course record equalling 63

<b>5 </b>– Players to have now shot that number at Sheshan (Diasuke Maruyana, Rory McIlroy, Ernie Els (’09), Martin Kaymer (’11))

<b>6 </b>– Approximate minutes spent talking about daughter of ice hockey legend Wayne and Johnson’s fiancée Paulina Gretzky in his press conference

<b>0 </b>– Birdies for Rory McIlroy in a barren back nine on Friday

<b>3 </b>– Americans,<b>2 </b>Northern Irishmen,<b>2 </b>Spaniards,<b>2 </b>Englishmen and<b>1 </b>South African in the top 10

<b>37 </b>– Players under par

<b>28 </b>– Shots between first and last place

<b>2 – </b>Ian Poulter is attempting to become just the second player to successfully defend a WGC title after Tiger Woods (who has done it<b>8 </b>times)

<b>1 </b>– Eagle all day at the driveable par four 16th, playing at 276 yards on Friday (Jaco Van Zyl)

<b>26 </b>– Where McIlroy would probably move to from 62nd in The Race to Dubai if the tournament finished now

<b>54 </b>– Where Luke Donald would probably move  to from 61st