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Day 3 in Numbers: Tshwane Open
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Day 3 in Numbers: Tshwane Open

Moving Day at the Tshwane Open saw the chasing pack peg back the leaders. See the best numbers to come out of another intriguing day's golf here... 

Morten Ørum Madsen

 6 – players are in a tie for the lead going into the final day – they are Craig Lee, Wallie Coetsee, George Coetzee, Trevor Fisher Jnr, Adrian Otaegui & David Horsey.

2010– the last time we had more players in a tie for the lead on The European Tour, at the Avantha Masters, where seven were tied heading into the final round.

0 – none of those seven players went on to win in India that year.

26– players within five shots of the lead in what’s become a very open tournament.

66– helped co-leader Lee share low round of the day with four others.

– of the six in a tie for the lead have won on The European Tour before – they are Coetzee, Fisher Jnr & Horsey.

10 – the age of Coetzee when he won his first golf tournament – at this week’s venue in a nine-hole tournament.

4 – over par through the first seven holes, last week’s Africa Open winner Trevor Fisher Jnr was five under par for the remaining 11 holes.

6 – birdies out of six for Fisher Jnr on the two par fives at Pretoria CC this week.

16 – shot difference between Toby Tree’s round of 63 in round two and his 79 on Moving Day.

1 – Coetsee leads the driving accuracy stats for the week so far, having found 85.7% of the fairways.

335 – yards leads the average driving distance stats. The man holding the driver in question - Byeong Hun An.

86 – per cent of greens found in regulation for Keith Horne, who leads the field in that category.

4 – the long par four fourth hole played the toughest on Moving Day, averaging 4.49.

9 – the par five before the turn played easy – averaging just 4.4.

 

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