WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Some Funny Numbers in Golf

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Published: August 4, 2011

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What's in a number?

121 is the number of titles—including majors since 1999—that American players have won on the European Tour after last week’s 2011 Irish Open. English players have won 265, while Spanish players have won 159 (50 by Seve Ballesteros) and Scottish players have taken 127 titles (31 by Colin Montgomerie).

38 is the number of titles that Tiger Woods has won on the European Tour, including his major victory in the 1997 Masters at Augusta National. Phil Mickelson is the second most winning American on the European Tour since 1972 with seven victories. Tom Watson is third with five titles.

10 is the number of first time winners on the PGA Tour so far this year.

4 is the number of players that have notched top-10s in the first two World Golf Championships of 2011. Besides defending champion of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational Hunter Mahan, the others include Cadillac Championship winner Nick Watney, Accenture Match Play Championship winner Luke Donald, along with Rickie Fowler and Matt Kuchar. Mahan is also one of four past winners of the Bridgestone Invitational in the 2011 field.

13 is the number of titles won on the European Tour by a player from Fiji. Only one golfer from Fiji has ever won on the European Tour, Vijay Singh.

1 is the number of titles that players from Brazil, Chile, Japan, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland have each won on the European Tour.

2007 was the year Tiger Woods created a European Tour record by winning the tournament for a third consecutive season. He became the first player to win the same event for three consecutive years on two different occasions, having already won the event in 1999, 2000 and 2001 then in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

7 is the amount of times Tiger Woods has won WGC Bridgestone Invitational. Woods won the event for a seventh time in 2009—the first time a player has won an official European Tour ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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