After Louis Oosthuizen again triumphed at Durban Country Club,europeantour.comtook a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look at the key numbers from the final round of the Volvo Golf Champions.
12 – Shots under par Oosthuizen was in winning – exactly the same aggregate total as he won with in 2013
4 – Birdies he made in his last six holes in storming to victory
7 – European Tour events Oosthuizen has now won
2 – Along with Charl Schwartzel, only the second South African to make successful defences of two different European Tour titles
4 – The fourth consecutive time he has won his first event in a calendar year
5 – Seasons in a row Oosthuizen has now won in on The European Tour – now the record for active players
7 – Times Durban Country Club has hosted a European Tour event, won on every occasion by a South African
700,000 – Dollars Oosthuizen takes home for the win
8 – The number of events won by South Africans out of the last11 European Tourtournaments held in South Africa
120 – Victories on The European Tour now by South Africans
8 – Nationalities in the top ten following the third round, including3 South Africans (Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Thomas Aiken) and3 Frenchmen (Raphael Jacquelin, Victor Dubuisson, Julien Quesne)
11 – Eagles during the final round, including3 on the18th hole (Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Marcel Siem, Charl Schwartzel)
1 – Birdie all day on the par four first (Colin Montgomerie)
1 – Bogey-free round all week (Jacquelin in the first round)
21 – Players under par for the tournament
24 – The amount of shots between first and last place
10,591 – Miles from Durban to Abu Dhabi, host city to next week’s stop on The European Tour
