Day two in the Qatari capital Doha provided us with plenty of drama and European Tour history. See the best stats and numbers to emerge from the second round here...
9- a record nine players are tied for the lead after 36 holes at Doha Golf Club (Thomas Aiken, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Jorge Campillo, Bradley Dredge, Nacho Elvira, Mikko Korhonen, Andy Sullivan, Jaco Van Zyl and Jeunghun Wang.)
81- Bernd Wiesberger's run of 81 holes without a bogey came to an end at his 14th hole.
1- Chris Paisley made a hole-in-one courtesy of a nine-iron at the 135-yard 17th hole.
150,000- US Dollars to spend with Qatar Duty Free was Paisley's reward.
100 - per cent of Greens in Regulation found for Nicolas Colsaerts. The Belgian has only missed two all week.
70- players made the cut at two under par or better.
2 - Sullivan's playing partners for the first two days were the two tallest men on the European Tour, Chris Wood and Robert Karlsson.
6- just six shots separate the leaders from the those who made the cut on the bubble (a group that includes Wiesberger and Martin Kaymer).
138- is Ernie Els' lowest 36-hole total since the Omega Dubai Desert Classic last February.
63- birdies on the par five tenth today, the easiest hole with an average score of 4.5.
9 - All 16 Challenge Tour graduates from last season were in the field this week, with nine making the cut, including 2016 Rankings winner Jordan Smith, who is one shot off the lead.
