Challenge Tour at the Ryder Cup - in numbers

<em>As the Challenge Tour visits Italy for the first time since December's landmark announcement that Rome would host the Ryder Cup in 2022, et.com thought it was worth highlighting the significant contribution the Challenge Tour has made to Team Europe's many successes in the recent past - and will surely continue doing so in future editions.</em>

<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>​23 - number of former Challenge Tour players</strong></span>

They are: Peter Baker ('93), Thomas Bjørn ('97,'02, '14), Nicolas Colsaerts ('12), Andrew Coltart ('99), Jamie Donaldson ('14), Niclas Fasth ('02), Ross Fisher ('10), Pierre Fulke ('02), Stephen Gallacher ('14), Ignacio Garrido ('97), Joakim Haeggman ('93), Søren Hansen ('08), Peter Hanson ('10, '12), Per-Ulrik Johansson ('95, '97), Martin Kaymer ('10, '12, '14), Thomas Levet ('04), Edoardo Molinari ('10), Ian Poulter ('04, '08, '10, '12, '14), Costantino Rocca ('93, '95, '97), Justin Rose ('08, '12, '14), Jarmo Sandelin ('99), Henrik Stenson ('06, '08, '14), Oliver Wilson ('08)

<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>​​10 - different countries represented</strong></span>

<span style="font-size: 18px;">​Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Wales</span>

<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>2 - number of Italians</strong></span>

Molinari and Rocca

<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>​8 - number of victorious European teams featuring Challenge Tour alumni</strong></span>

<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>​​5 - most total appearances</strong></span>

By Ian Poulter

<strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">13 - most points won</span></strong>

Also (unsurprisingly) by Poulter

<strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">7 - members of victorious 2014 team</span></strong>

Bjørn, Donaldson, Gallacher, Kaymer, Poulter, Rose & Stenson

<strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">3 - winners of the decisive point</span></strong>

Stenson in 2006, Kaymer in 2012 and Donaldson in 2014