europeantour.com takes a closer lookat the fieldtaking to the Abu Dhabi GC for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship this week from January 17-20.
In the field are:
3 former Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Champions with 6 titles
Player | Number of wins | Year | ||||
Martin Kaymer | 3 | 2008, 2010-11 | ||||
| Paul Casey | 2 | 2007, 09 | ||||
| Robert Rock | 1 | 2012 |
1 winner from 2013 season
Scott Jamieson - The Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa
26 winners from 2012 accounting for 33 European Tour titles
Player | Number of wins | Tournaments | ||||
| Branden Grace | 4 | Joburg Open, Volvo Golf Champions Volvo China Open, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | ||||
Peter Hanson | 2 | KLM Open, BMW Masters | ||||
| Paul Lawrie | 2 | Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | ||||
| Rory McIlroy | 2 | US PGA Championship, DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | ||||
| Bernd Wiesberger | 2 | Ballantine's Championship, Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity | ||||
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 1 | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | ||||
| Jamie Donaldson | 1 | Irish Open | ||||
| Ernie Els | 1 | The 141st Open Championship | ||||
| Francesco Molinari | 1 | Reale Seguros Open de España | ||||
| Darren Fichardt | 1 | SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by Neuflize OBC | ||||
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | 1 | BMW Italian Open presented by CartaSi | ||||
| Michael Hoey | 1 | Trophée Hassan II | ||||
| Thongchai Jaidee | 1 | ISPS Handa Wales Open | ||||
| J'be Kruger | 1 | Avantha Masters | ||||
| Shane Lowry | 1 | Portugal Masters | ||||
| Matteo Manassero | 1 | Barclays Singapore Open | ||||
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 1 | Sicilian Open | ||||
| Julien Quesne | 1 | Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol | ||||
| Richie Ramsay | 1 | Omega European Open | ||||
| Robert Rock | 1 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | ||||
| Justin Rose | 1 | WGC-Cadillac Championship | ||||
| Ricardo Santos | 1 | Madeira Islands Open - Portugal | ||||
| Marcel Siem | 1 | Alstom Open de France | ||||
| Jeev Milkha Singh | 1 | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | ||||
| Henrik Stenson | 1 | SA Open Championship | ||||
| Danny Willett | 1 | BMW International Open |
10 Major winners with 30 victories
Player | Number of wins | Tournaments | ||||
Tiger Woods | 14 | Masters (1997, 2001, 02, 05) US Open Championship (2000, 02, 08) Open Championship (2000, 05, 06) US PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 06, 07) | ||||
| Ernie Els | 4 | US Open Championship (1994, 97) Open Championship (2002, 12) | ||||
| Padraig Harrington | 3 | Open Championship (2007, 08) US PGA Championship (2008) | ||||
| Rory McIlroy | 2 | US Open Championship (2011) US PGA Championship (2012) | ||||
| José María Olazábal | 2 | Masters (1994, 99) | ||||
| Michael Campbell | 1 | US Open Championship (2005) | ||||
| Darren Clarke | 1 | Open Championship (2011) | ||||
| Todd Hamilton | 1 | Open Championship (2004) | ||||
| Martin Kaymer | 1 | US PGA Championship (2010) | ||||
| Paul Lawrie | 1 | Open Championship (1999) |
6 Former Race to Dubai Champions with 14 titles
Player | Number of wins | Year | ||||
| Colin Montgomerie | 8 | 1993-99, 2005 | ||||
| Ernie Els | 2 | 2003-04 | ||||
| Padraig Harrington | 1 | 2006 | ||||
| Martin Kaymer | 1 | 2010 | ||||
| Rory McIlroy | 1 | 2012 | ||||
| Justin Rose | 1 | 2007 |
1 Current Ryder Cup Captain
Paul McGinley - 2014 - The Gleneagles Hotel
2 Former Ryder Cup Captains
Player | Year | Venue | ||||
| Colin Montgomerie | 2010 | The Celtic Manor Resort | ||||
| José María Olazábal | 2012 | Medinah CC |
11 Challenge Tour graduates from 2012
Player | Challenge Tour Ranking 2012 |
| Espen Kofstad | 1 |
| Kristoffer Broberg | 2 |
| Andreas Harto | 3 |
| JB Hansen | 4 |
| Gary Lockerbie | 5 |
| Simon Wakefield | 7 |
| Alessandro Tadini | 8 |
| Alexandre Kaleka | 9 |
| Chris Doak | 10 |
| Scott Henry | 11 |
| Chris Paisley | 12 |
25 different nationalities represented
 | Argentina | 2 |
 | Australia | 4 |
 | Austria | 2 |
 | Chile | 1 |
 | China | 1 |
 | Denmark | 6 |
 | England | 26 |
 | Finland | 1 |
 | France | 11 |
 | Germany | 2 |
 | India | 3 |
 | Ireland | 5 |
 | Italy | 5 |
 | Netherlands | 2 |
 | Northern Ireland | 4 |
 | Norway | 1 |
 | New Zealand | 1 |
 | Paraguay | 1 |
 | Portugal | 1 |
 | Scotland | 12 |
 | South Africa | 10 |
 | Spain | 8 |
 | Sweden | 8 |
 | Thailand | 2 |
 | Wales | 2 |
