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Volvo Golf Champions: Moving Day in Numbers
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Volvo Golf Champions: Moving Day in Numbers

After a superb Moving Day at Durban Country Club,europeantour.comtook a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look at the key numbers from the third round of the Volvo Golf Champions.

Louis Oosthuizen

10– Shots under par Tommy Fleetwood is in leading by1 heading into the final18 holes

1 – Bogey for Fleetwood at the14th, where he3-putted

22 – Age of the 54-hole leader, the second youngest in the field after Matteo Manassero at20

23 – The age of his French counterpart Victor Dubuisson, who sits1shot back heading into Sunday

0 – Bogey-free rounds on Saturday, despite the best conditions all week

65 – The low score of the week set in the third round by Paul Casey, who jumped to T10

750– The horsepower of the Volvo FH16 truck that Richard Sterne and Joost Luiten came very close to winning with their efforts on the driveable par four18th

9 – Nationalities in the top ten following the third round, including3 South Africans (Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Charl Schwartzel)

7 – The number of events won by South Africans out of the last10 tournaments held in South Africa on The European Tour

10 – Eagles on Saturday, including2 by Julien Quesne in his rollercoaster66(the3rd and14th holes)

6 – Birdies in the Frenchman’s topsy-turvy Moving Day, plus2 bogeys and1 double bogey

22 – Players under par with 18 holes to come

21 – The amount of shots between first and last place

700,000 – Dollars on offer to the winner tomorrow

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