After another brilliant day in the UAE, europeantour.com took a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look at the key numbers from the second round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
9– Shots under par Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Craig Lee are in leading by1after36holes
14– Birdies Lee has made over the first two days in Abu Dhabi
63– The low round of the day shot by Danny Willett –1outside Henrik Stenson’s8year old course record of62
1– Eagle at the long8th plus7birdies in a round featuring0bogeys for Willett
10– Shots better off Willett was than in his first round73
60– Places Willett’s second round heroics propelled him up the leaderboard
469– Days before today since Stenson missed a cut on The European Tour (the Alfred Dunhill Links in October2012)
2– Eagles in Alvaro Quiros’s rollercoasters second round, at the par4 11th and par5 8th, which also included3birdies and5bogeys
95– The yardage of Quiros’ wedge that he holed at11
4– Shots Martin Kaymer was over par through6holes on Saturday
1– Shots under par he was on signing his card
21– The number of holes it took Phil Mickelson to card his first birdie of the tournament
9– Nationalities in the top ten following the second round
72– Players to make the cut on level par or better
400– Birdies on day two
4– Eagles during Friday’s play; there were only5in total last year
14– The hardest hole on the course in the second round, the par4averaged at4.22and only conceded11birdies all day
8– The easiest hole on Friday, the par5averaged at4.74and yielded2eagles and40birdies
27– The amount of shots between first and last place
