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22 - The number of PGA Tour victories Vijay Singh has had since turning 40. Sam Snead is second on the list with 18 tour wins and Kenny Perry who sits in fifth place with 9 victories is second among active players. |
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10 - The number of players to win the week before winning a major. The last 2 people to achieve this was Phil Mickleson in 2006 and Tiger Woods in 2007. Mickelson won the BellSouth Classic then the Masters and Woods won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship. |
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253 - The distance in metres of the par 3 seventh hole at International GC. Tim Bailey, a club member managed a hole-in-one recently with his driver on this hole. It is a first on this par 3 that claims to be the longest in the world. |
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7 - The number of players with two Open Championship wins in their career - a list that includes Padraig Harrington and Greg Norman. |
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13 - The number of South African's who have qualified for the Open Championship this year. David Frost's qualification over the weekend marks the largest ever contingent to play at the Open. |
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1 - Anthony Kim birdied this hole on all four days on his way to victory at Congressional Golf Club in the AT&T National. When he won the Wachovia Championship in May, he also birdied No. 1 all week at Quail Hollow Club. |
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111 - The length in feet, plus five inches of the longest putt made on the PGA Tour this year. Craig Barlow’s putt for eagle on his first hole of the final round of the Buick Open bettered the previous record held by Justin Rose with a length of 76 feet. |
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27 - The record nine-hole score on the PGA Tour in relation to par. Billy Mayfair achieved this at the 2001 Buick Open. Mayfair ended up shooting a record 61 only for it to be matched by Tiger Woods in 2005. |
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52 000 - The amount in US dollars of the purse for the inaugural Buick Open. The largest on the PGA Tour in 1958, Billy Casper winning $9 000 for his victory. The man who finishes solo 23rd this year will earn $52 000. |
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19 - The number of rounds Tiger Woods has posted in the 60s in his last six starts (out of 24), including the last 11 in a row. This helped him on his way to 4 wins, a second place and a tie for 12th. |
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7 - The number of majors won by Nike drivers the last three years (six courtesy of Tiger Woods and the other Trevor Immelman). Next is three for Callaway (Phil Mickelson twice and Michael Campbell once) and one for Cobra (Ogilvy), Ping (Cabrera), Titleist (Johnson) and Wilson (Harrington). |
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6 - The number of withdrawals John Daly has had this season. Daly entered 24 events on tour this year and finished only eight, missing 10 cuts. His latest withdrawal came at the rain-delayed Ginn sur Mer Classic after completing the third round, without citing a reason. |
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160 - The number of strokes over par the top 30 players on the PGA Tour moneylist are when playing from the rough 45 to 115 metres out. The same group is 736 strokes under par when playing from fairway. |
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225 - The number of holes Sergio Garcia has gone without a three-putt, second to Phil Mickelson's 243 holes. Since switching to a TaylorMade Rossa Corzina belly putter at the Open Championship, Garcia has just two three-jacks in 504 holes. |
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29 - The lowest score for 9 holes in SA Open history. Gary Player managed this in the third round on the back nine at Royal Jhb GC in 1977, John Bland in the first round on back nine at Durban CC in 1993 and Carl Suneson in the third round on the front nine at Humewood GC in 2006. |
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123 000 000 - Dollars, The PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour events raised for charity in 2007, roughly 35 percent of the total prize money on all three circuits. |
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1995 - The last year that anyone won a tournament and held the tour's driving distance title in the same season. The player was John Daly, he won the Open Championship that year. |
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2 036 - Dollars, Fred Funk last year fell shy of becoming the first golfer to earn $ 1 million on both the PGA and Champions tours. |
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379 - metres is the longest drive on the PGA Tour this season. Ryuji Imada, who finished 148th in driving distance last year was helped by a cart path in final round of the Buick. |
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2 - The number of putters Sergio Garcia carried with him during the first round of WGC Accenture Match Play. Using the short putter to begin with, Garcia moved to the belly putter on the back nine to beat John Senden 3 and 2. |
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548 - The number of starts Jay Delsing as a professional has played on the PGA Tour without a victory. He leads this particular category from Larry Rinker who is currently on 525 starts. |
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23 - The number of times Tiger Woods won on the PGA Tour between Ernie Els' previous victory in 2004 and his most recent win at the Honda Classic. |
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7 - The number of players in their 20s on the PGA Tour with multiple tour wins. Sean O'Hair recently joined this group after winning the PODS Championship. |
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70 - Is the percentage of WGC strokeplay events Tiger Woods has won. In the 17 events Woods has played in he has been successful on 12 occasions. Darren Clarke with two win is the only other person with more then one victory. |
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49 - Weeks that Retief Goosen has had without a top 10 finish. Goosen recently managed to break his drought with a second place at the WGC-CA Championships. His previous top 10 finish dates back to the 2007 Masters. |
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7 - The number of starts Stuart Appleby has had at the Houston Open. In the seven Appleby has won twice, finished second twice and missed the cut three times. |
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15 600 - The price in rands of a weekend Masters badge. Ticket scalpers were asking for $ 2 000. The hottest ticket so far, according to two "salesmen", is for Wednesday's practice round and Par-3 Contest. Asking price: $ 700 (R5 460). |
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6 768 - Number of competitive strokes Fred Couples has had in the Masters. Couples, who started in 24 consecutive Masters, missed the cut after missing an eight-foot birdie putt on the 18th in the second round. |
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8 - - The number of winners this season in their 30s: Daniel Chopra, D J Trahan, Tiger Woods, J B Holmes, Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy, Boo Weekley. |
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8 - - The number of winners in their 20s this season. Anthony Kim most recently joining the group at the Wachovia Championship (22 years old). Comparatively, only seven players in their 20s won the entire season in 2007. |
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