Lovers of amazing stats and figures, this is something to fill you up when you remember this historic edition of the 150th The Open in history. Eight key statistics and figures. 5
Cameron Smith is the 5th Australian to put his name on the Claret Jug.
The first since Greg Norman in 1993, who also won in 1986. Ian Baker-Finch in 1991, Kel Nagle in 1960 was the last to win at St Andrews. Finally, Peter Thomson is the undisputed record holder with 5 victories, including 3 consecutive: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965.
97.5
Rory McIlroy has beaten 97.5% of players in Majors this year and yet the Northern Irishman has failed to register a 5th Grand Slam victory this year. He is obviously the best cumulative scorer in a Major in 2022: Rory McIlroy: -29; Will Zalatoris: -21; Matthew Fitzpatrick: -16; Justin Thomas: -3; Jon Rahm: +4; Hideki Matsuyama: +6.
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The number of regulation greens taken by Rory McIlroy on the last day. 30
This is the first time in the history of Major tournaments that the 4 major events have been won by players who are not 30 years old! Scottie Scheffler, 25, Justin Thomas, 29, Matthew Fitzpatrick, 27, Cameron Smith, 28.
250,000
The number of spectators who attended the 150th The Open in history at St Andrews. That is an average of more than 62,000 spectators per day. 16
Since 2007, Rory McIlroy has totaled 16 top 5s in Grand Slam tournaments.
That’s more than any other player! He also has 27 top 10s… So for four wins. 0/105
Accustomed to the place since he lives in the nearby city of Dundee, Victor Perez has not visited any of the 112 terrible bunkers of the Old Course of St Andrews this week.
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Rory McIlroy has only seen his ball end up in a bunker once this week at St Andrews. And he made an eagle on the hole by returning his 2nd shot of 10 on Saturday!
