Class of 2016 - in numbers

<em>Here’s a look at some of the facts and figures surrounding this year’s graduates to the European Tour following the conclusion of the Road to Oman.</em>

<strong>16 graduates</strong>– the top 15 included Romain Langasque, who started the season, and earned points, as an amateur, meaning he was counted in addition to the usual 15 – good news for 16th man Joël Stalter

<strong>13 </strong>– rookies: a record 13 players graduating have never previously played a season on the European Tour. The only three that have are José-Filipe Lima, Bernd Ritthammer and Sam Walker

<strong>6</strong>– Challenge Tour rookies: Pep Angles, Marcus Armitage, Thomas Detry, Langasque, Matthieu Pavon and Jordan Smith had never played a season on the Road to Oman before this year

<strong>10 </strong>– different nationalities: four Frenchmen, three English, two Germans and one from each of Belgium, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and Sweden

<strong>21</strong>– Langasque is the youngest of the 16, with Rankings winner Smith, Angles, Detry, Pavon and Stalter all also under the age of 25

<strong>27</strong>– average age of this year’s graduates – only three of them are over the age of 30

<strong>8</strong>– graduates in the top 200 in the Official World Golf Ranking: Alexander Knappe (104), Smith (108), Ritthammer (127), Ryan Fox (149), Dylan Frittelli (153), Walker (160), Alexander Bjӧrk (181) and Langasque (185)

<strong>2 </strong>– Olympians. Fox competed for New Zealand while Lima represented Portugal as golf returned to the Olympic Games in Rio this year

<strong>4</strong>– participants in the upcoming World Cup of Golf among the graduates – Fox, Langasque, Lima and Duncan Stewart

<strong>3</strong>– wins by Ritthammer, the most by a player this season – at the Made in Denmark Challenge, the Volopa Irish Challenge and the season-ending NBO Golf Classic Grand Final

<strong>18</strong>– victories on the 2016 Challenge Tour by the graduates, out of 27 tournaments

<strong>3</strong>– players graduating without winning on the Road to Oman – Angles, Langasque and Pavon

<strong>6</strong>– most top-five finishes (Fox, Frittelli and Langasque)

<strong>9</strong>– most top-ten finishes (Frittelli, Knappe)

<strong>26</strong>– most appearances this season, by Damien Perrier. The only tournament he missed was the Made in Denmark Challenge, and that was only to compete in the 100th Open de France

<strong>741</strong>

– points between Stalter in 16th spot and compatriot Adrien Saddier in 17th