WITH THIS WIN
SUNDAY OCTOBER 31, 2010 – ANDALUCIA VALDERRAMA MASTERS
GRAEME MCDOWELL
• His seventh European Tour International Schedule victory in his 198th European Tour event.
• Third win of the 2010 European Tour International Schedule, following The Celtic Manor Wales Open and the US Open Championship.
• Becomes the third player in the 2010 season to win three or more times, following Martin Kaymer (Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, US PGA Championship, KLM Open and Alfred Dunhill Links Championship) and Miguel Angel Jiménez (Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Alstom Open de France and Omega European Masters).
• The first time in his career he has won three times in a single season.
• Follows Ronan Rafferty (1989 Italian Open, 1989 Scandinavian Enterprise Open and 1989 Volvo Masters) to become only the second Irishman to win three times in a single European Tour season.
• Closes the gap on Martin Kaymer in The Race to Dubai. Now stands on €2,638,866.
OTHER FACTS
• The 37th Northern Irish win in European Tour history.
• Just the second Northern Irishman to win at Valderrama, following Ronan Rafferty at the 1989 Volvo Masters.
• Moves over €9 million in European Tour Career Earnings.
• Moves into the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking.
• This latest victory in Spain means all his seven European Tour wins have come in different countries. They are: Sweden, Italy, Korea, Scotland, Wales, United States and Spain.
• His seventh win as a professional.
