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With this win: Rafa Cabrera Bello
With this Win

With this win: Rafa Cabrera Bello

EuropeanTour.com looks at all the best stats around Rafa Cabrera Bello's comeback win at the 2017 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

Rafa Cabrera Bello
  • His third European Tour title in his 293rd appearance
  • His first title since the 2012 Omega Dubai Desert Classic - a gap of five years, five months and four days. His other previous victory came at the 2009 Austrian Golf Open
  • Had 28 top ten finishes on the European Tour between victories
  • Holed from off the green three times, more than any other player
  • Had a scrambling percentage of 76 per cent, higher than any other player
  • Led the field in par four scoring (eight under par)
  • Had 12 one-putts on Sunday, the joint highest total of the week
  • His eight under par Sunday 64 was the lowest round of the week and tied for the fourth lowest round in Scottish Open history
  • Moves to 1,665,920 Race to Dubai points, which could move him as high as fourth
  • Will move into the top 20 in the Official Golf World Rankings from 31st
  • The win comes in his ninth Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open appearance
  • Becomes the first Spanish winner of the Scottish Open since it became part of the European Tour in 1972
  • Captures the fifth European Tour win by a Spaniard this season after Sergio Garcia at the Dubai Desert Classic and the Masters Tournament, Alvaro Quiros at the Rocco Forte Open – Verdura, Sicily, and Jon Rahm at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation
  • Captures the 178th European Tour win by a Spaniard
  • Becomes the second Spanish winner of a Rolex Series event
  • Becomes the fourth Rolex Series event winner after Alex Noren (BMW PGA Championship), Tommy Fleetwood (HNA Open de France) and Jon Rahm (Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation)

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