22 –The 2011 edition is the 22nd to be staged since the inaugural event in 1989.
3 –Should Tiger Woods win he would join Ernie Els as the only three-time champion at the Emirates.
17 –Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Tiger Woods, the top three world ranked players are teeing-up at the Emirates Golf Club. It is 17 years since this last happened in a regular European Tour event; the 1994 Johnnie Walker Classic. Then Greg Norman was number one, Sir Nick Faldo two and Bernhard Langer three.
100 –The Omega Dubai Desert Classic is the 100th European Tour event of Alvaro Quiros’ career.
70 –The total under par the 2010 champion Miguel Angel Jiménez is for his last 24 rounds, dating back to 2005.
61 -The current course record set by Ernie Els in 1994.
22 –Barry Lane will be making his 22nd appearance in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, making him the only player to have played every year since the tournament began in 1989.
11 –The number of former winners of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic competing this week. They are: Colin Montgomerie (1996), Richard Green (1997), José Maria Olazábal (1998), David Howell (1999), Thomas Björn (2001), Robert-Jan Derksen (2003), Mark O’Meara (2004), Tiger Woods (2006 and 2008), Henrik Stenson (2007), Rory McIlroy (2009) and Miguel Angel Jiménez (2010).
7 –The number of players who have made the Omega Dubai Desert Classic their first European Tour victory. They are: Wayne Westner (1993), Ernie Els (1994), Fred Couples (1995), Richard Green (1997), David Howell (199), Robert-Jan Derksen (2003) and Rory McIlroy (2009).
5 –The number of times Miguel Angel Jiménez has finished in the top ten of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic in the last six years of the event.
