First played:
1989
Most wins
2 – Ernie Els, 1994, 02, 05
Consecutive wins:
None
Youngest winner:
David Howell, 23 and 236 days, 1999
Oldest winner:
Mark O’Meara, 47 and 54 days, 2004
Lowest 18 hole score:
61 (-11), Ernie Els, 1994
Lowest first 18 hole score:
61 (-11), Ernie Els, 1994
Lowest first 36 hole score:
128 (-16), Tiger Woods, 2001
Lowest first 54 hole score:
196 (-20), Tiger Woods, 2001
Lowest 72 hole score:
266 (-22), Thomas Björn, 2001
Lowest under par winning score:
266 (-22), Thomas Björn, 2001
Lowest final round by a winner:
65 (-7), Robert-Jan Derksen, 2003
Wire-to-wire-winners:
Eamonn Darcy, 1990
Seve Ballesteros, 1992
Ernie Els, 1994
José Coceres, 2000
Largest 18 hole lead:
5 shots, Ernie Els, 1994
Largest 36 hole lead:
6 shots, Ernie Els, 1994
Largest 54 hole lead:
8 shots, Ernie Els, 1994
Largest winning margin:
6 shots, Ernie Els, 1994
Biggest final round comeback by a winner:
3 shots, José Maria Olazábal, 1998
Robert-Jan Derksen, 2003
Play-offs:
Mark James beat Peter O’Malley, 1989
Seve Ballesteros beat Ronan Rafferty, 1992
Richard Green beat Greg Norman and Ian Woosnam, 1997
Tiger Woods beat Ernie Els, 2006
Holes-in-one:
Miguel Angel Jiménez, 4th Hole, Rnd 2, 1990 (Emirates)
Chris Moody, 11th Hole, Rnd 3, 1990 (Emirates)
Mark McNulty, 11th Hole, Rnd 3, 1990 (Emirates)
José Coceres, 7th Hole, Rnd 2, 1992 (Emirates)
Wayne Westner, 7th Hole, Rnd 1, 1995 (Emirates)
José Coceres, 4th Hole, Rnd 1, 1996 (Emirates)
Roger Wessels, 7th Hole, Rnd 2, 1996 (Emirates)
Peter Hedblom, 15th Hole, Rnd 2, 1996 (Emirates)
Stuart Cage, 8th Hole, Rnd 1, 1999 (Dubai Creek and Yacht Club)
Peter Downie, 16th Hole, Rnd 1, 2000 (Dubai Creek and Yacht Club
Henrik Bjornstad, 7th Hole, Rnd 4, 2002 (Emirates)
Brad Kennedy, 4th Hole, Rnd 2, 2004 (Emirates)
Yasin Ali, 7th Hole, Rnd 1, 2005 (Emirates)
Nobuhito Sato, 15th Hole, Rnd 1, 2005 (Emirates)
Stephen Gallacher, 4th Hole, Rnd 4, 2005 (Emirates)
Low cut:
141 (-3), 2001
High cut:
149 (+5), 1989
