Barclays Kenya Open - in numbers

<em>We’ve crunched the numbers ahead of the European Challenge Tour’s season-opening Barclays Kenya Open. Here’s all you need to know about the field assembling at Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi.</em>

<strong>156 players</strong>– the top 60 and ties after round two will make the cut

<strong>28 countries</strong>represented – alongside the 28 Kenyans there are players from countries as varied as Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, Australia, Chile and Canada

<strong>34 winners</strong>on the Challenge Tour

<strong>63 wins</strong>between them

<strong>6</strong><strong>former winners</strong>of the Barclays Kenya Open – defending champion Sebastian Soderberg; Jake Roos (2014); Jordi Garcia Pinto (2013); Robert Dinwiddie (2010); Gary Boyd (2009); Maarten Lafeber (1999)

<strong>4</strong>of last year’s top ten return to Nairobi – Soderberg (winner), Sebastian Heisele (T4), Daan Huizing (T8) and Darius van Driel (T8)

<strong>5 winners</strong>on the 2016 Road to Oman – Soderberg, Clément Sordet, Simon Forsström, Adrien Saddier, Alvaro Velasco)

<strong>2 former Rankings winners</strong>– Andrea Pavan (2013) and Velasco (2010)

<strong>15 debutants</strong>– 15 players in the field have never competed in a Challenge Tour event before

<strong>20</strong>– Kenyan legend Jacob Okello is playing in the Barclays Kenya Open for the 20th time

<strong>6 winners</strong>on the European Tour – Rhys Davies, Michael Hoey, Lafeber, Mikael Lundberg, Ricardo Santos and Oliver Wilson

<strong>1 Ryder Cup player</strong>– Wilson, who formed part of the European team in 2008