We digest a fantastic round from Stephen Gallacher on Saturday with a few key numbers relating to his exemplary 18 holes on Saturday.
28 – strokes required for Gallacher to play the par 37 back nine holes
10 – under par for the final ten holes
7 – threes on the 54 hole leader’s card
63 – in the third round to lead by two strokes from Rory McIlroy
1 – bogey, on the eighth hole, and still shot nine under
25 – putts in round three for the Scot
18 - birdies in 54 holes, as well as two eagles six bogeys for Gallacher
0 – people have ever successfully defended the Omega Dubai Desert Classic
6 – strokes cover top seven players on stretched leaderboard
7 – birdies and no bogeys for Thorbjorn Olesen in a round of 65
4 – shots behind Gallacher for Brooks Koepka, who will look for first European Tour win tomorrow
3 – wins on the Challenge Tour last year for the American
4.514– averaged by players on par five tenth, the easiest hole in round three
4.256– the average of the hardest hole, the ninth
317– yards averaged from the tee across all three rounds for McIlroy, the longest in the field
€303,268– first prize awarded to winner at end of tomorrow’s final round
