0.0000275 - Is the number of points between the Italian brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari on the Official World Golf rankings, they are No. 47 and No. 48 respectively.

14 595 921 - The amount of money in dollars that Tim Clark has earned on the PGA Tour. The highest on the rankings without a PGA Tour victory.

29 - Times Gary Player has shot his age in competition on the Champions Tour. The 74-year-old South African's latest age-equalling feat was two-over 74 at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship.

8 - Golfers on the Bloomberg BusinessWeek list of the 100 most powerful athletes. Tiger Woods was No. 1 with Phil Mickelson ranked third. Also listed Jim Furyk (50), Lorena Ochoa (56), Stewart Cink (65), Padraig Harrington (73), Sergio Garcia (81) and Vijay Singh (84).

9 - The number of consecutive years an international player has won the PGA Tour's first event of the year in Hawaii. Recently Geoff Ogilvy successfully defended his title at the SBS Championship at Kapalua.

337 - Years since the earliest golf game was conducted at Musselburgh Links in Scotland. Musselburgh’s Old Course was officially recognised by Guinness as the world’s oldest surviving golf course.

36.5 - Average number of LPGA events each year from 1972-2008 (there were 27 in ’09)

2.1 - Average margin of victory in all 40 stroke-play tournaments during the PGA Tour regular season and FedEx Cup playoffs in 2009.

1 368 - Kilometres one must travel to play a round at Nullarbor Links in Australia. The newly opened, par-72 course stretches across two Australian states, and golfers must drive as much as 80 kilometres between holes. Players are expected to complete a round in three or four days. The links was built to attract tourists to the local highway.

25 - The number people in Lucas Glover's entourage which he took with him to Bermuda to play the Grand Slam of Golf. It included everyone from his two managers to his fitness guru.

37 942 - The number of square feet Michael Jordan’s new home at the Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Florida, will contain.

9.56 - Sale price, in millions, for Fred Couples’ home in Montecito, California The 11 000-square-foot colonial has nine bedrooms and 7½ baths on a five-acre plot that includes a putting green. The house was listed last year for $12.5 million. Couples bought it for $4 million in 1999.

73 - The number of times Tiger Woods has been in the final group for the last round of a tournament. He has won 57 of those tournaments (48 when leading, nine when trailing).

25 - Percent decrease in money the European Tour will pay in its Race to Dubai competition and at the Dubai World Championship in November. The tour confirmed earlier reports that the year-long bonus pool would drop to $7.5 million with the winner getting $1.5 million.

6 - The number of players who qualified for the Tour Championship at East Lake who played in the previous two FedEx Cup finals at the Atlanta course. The six: Stewart Cink, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker.

100 - Double eagles made in PGA Tour events since the tour began tracking them in 1970 after John Senden made a 2 on the par-5 second (4-iron, 225 metres) at TPC Boston in round two of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

13 - Strokes under par that eventual winner Y E Yang was during the final 49 holes of the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National. By contrast, runner-up Tiger Woods was one under par during that same period.

3 - The number of drives exceeding 400 yards (365 metres) at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, all on the par-5 16th hole. There have been 42 pokes of at least 400 yards on the PGA Tour in ’09, led by Charley Hoffman’s 467-yard (427 metres) blast at the Valero Texas Open.

9.4 - The number (rounded) of millions of dollars Tiger Woods has won in tournaments sponsored by Buick. Woods has played in 24 such events, winning nine times and posting eight additional top-fives.

8 - The number of hole-in-ones that were recorded at the Canadian Open. The most in one tournament since the PGA Tour began keeping records in 1971.

1 269 - Number of spots Tom Watson jumped in the World Ranking after his runner-up finish at the Open Championship. Watson started the week at Turnberry ranked 1 374th and finished ranked 105th.

60 - Longest active streak of consecutive majors played, held by Vijay Singh entering the Open Championship, after Phil Mickelson’s run of 61 ended when he skipped the event to stay with wife Amy after breast-cancer surgery.

7 - The number of times Jack Nicklaus has finished second/tied second at the Open. More times than any other player (1964, ’67, ’68, ’72, ’76, ’77, ’79).

4 - The number of players playing this week at the Open Championship who have played in all three previous Open’s at Turnberry. Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman and Tom Watson played in 1977, 1986, 1994 and now in 2009.

8 - The number of putts Kenny Perry had on his front 9 during the first round of the Travellers Championship. Perry shot 29 that side and flirted with 59, but only managed to shoot 61 to tie the course record.

882 - The position that David Duval was on the World Golf Rankings before the week began at the US Open. His last top-10 finish was in 2002, and his last win was the 2001 Open Championship.

13 275 026 - The amount of money Tim Clark has made on the PGA Tour in his career without a win. This has come from 134 cuts made in 184 starts.

5 - The number of years since Fred Couples last shot all four rounds in the 60s. He achieved this recently at the Byron Nelson Championship where he finished in a tie for eighth position.

115 - The score Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps shot recently during a round of golf near Baltimore with three high school friends, which he said was the first time he had ever played the game.

22 - Is the number of consecutive strokeplay starts in which Tiger Woods has managed to improve his position in the final round. This streak ended last week at the Quail Hollow Championship when Woods was T-2 entering Sunday and shot 72 to finish fourth.