After an epic comeback from back-to-back champion Graeme McDowell at the Alstom Open de France, europeantour.comtakes a statistical look back at the best of the action...
ALSTOM OPEN DE FRANCE: DAY 4 IN NUMBERS
8- The joint-record number of shots Graeme McDowell came back from on the final day to win the Open de France for a second year in a row
3- The number of players to have scaled such a deficit in this tournament since 1972 (Jose Rivero - 1987, Paul Broadhust - 1995, Graeme McDowell - 2014)
2009- The year when someone last completed such a large final round comeback (Rafa Cabrera-Bello - Austrian Open)
67- McDowell's winning final round score - just as it was 12 months ago - the joint low round of the day with Fabrizio Zanotti
5- Birdies and just the 1 bogey from McDowell on Sunday in the worst conditions of the week
10- European Tour titles now for the Portrush native
5- Times this season now that a title has been successfully defended - a joint European Tour record
1- First time McDowell has ever defended a title
5- Times the Open de France has been successfully defended since becoming part of The European Tour in 1972 (Peter Oosterhuis - 1973-74, Seve Ballesteros - 1985-86, Nick Faldo - 1988-99, Jean-Francois Remesy - 2004-05)
2- The length in feet Kevin Stadler missed from at the 18th to finish one shot behind the Northern Irishman having started the day 4 shots clear of the field
64-68-72-76- The unfortunate score sequence for the American this week
8- Nationalities in the top ten (2 Northern Irishmen, 1 American, 1 Thai, 1 Swede, 1 Welshman, 2 Englishmen, 1 Frenchman, 1 Paraguayan)
3- Players secured their place in The Open at Hoylake (Robert Karlsson, Michael Hoey, Victor Riu)
