Ahead of the season-ending NBO Golf Classic Grand Final at Al Mouj Golf, here is a quick run-down of the field vying for European Tour cards at the end of this week.
45 players– only the top 45 in the Road to Oman Rankings are competing this week, with all of them still in with a shot of graduating to the Race to Dubai
Top 15in the Rankings will become European Tour players on Saturday evening
23 countriesare represented by the 45 players in Muscat. England boast the highest number of players with ten, while Iceland and Poland have their first ever representatives in the Grand Final
19 tournament winners in 2017are in the field this week, with 22 victories between them
251,592 points– Ricardo Gouveia’s record haul for a single season on his way to topping the Rankings in 2015. Tapio Pulkkanen, the current Number One, can beat that mark with a victory this week
3 winsfor Aaron Rai, the most by a single player this year. The Englishman secured immediate European Tour playing privileges with his third victory but returns to the Challenge Tour for this week’s final shootout
5 timesthe Challenge Tour has visited Oman, and the third successive year the stunning Greg Norman-designed Al Mouj Golf has hosted the Grand Final
8 top tensfor Ryan Evans this season, the most of anyone in the field and fully justifying his ‘Top Ten’ nickname
35,052 pointsseparate 45th placed Jarand Ekeland Arnoy and Sebastian Heisele in 15th spot. With 71,600 points on offer for the winner this week, no one is out of reach of the top 15 and European Tour golf for 2018
