Round 2 of the Omega European Masters produced 68 sub-par rounds and a field average score of 70.75. Stephen Gallacher and Thomas Björn lead on -10. We analyse their performances and round up the half way Genworth Statistics leaders.
Thomas BJÖRN -10
Thomas Björn converted six birdies against a single bogey on his way to a second consecutive 66, tying for the lead at the half way stage. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 42 year old Great Dane has performed steadily with the longer clubs but he has really excelled on and around the greens, ranking high in each of the short game categories (including 1st for Putts per Round with just 51 putts in total). Overall, the 13 time European Tour winner has dropped the fewest shots of all the players alongside Richard Finch (who deserves a quick mention here for Scrambling 10/10 times for Par when missing the green).
Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
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Stroke Average | 66.00 | 1 |
Driving Accuracy | 65.4% | 32 |
Driving Distance | 313 yds | 50 |
Greens in Reg | 69.4% | 33 |
Scrambles | 90.9% | 2 |
Sand Saves | 85.7% | 17 |
Putts per GIR | 1.600 | 9 |
Putts per Round | 25.5 | 1 |
1 Putts per Rnd | 9.50 | 5 |
Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
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Par 3 Scoring | 3.00 | 6 |
Par 4 Scoring | 3.67 | 1 |
Par 5 Scoring | 4.50 | 42 |
Eagles per Rnd | 0.00 | 39 |
Birdies per Rnd | 5.50 | 10 |
Pars per Rnd | 12.00 | - |
Bogeys per Rnd | 0.50 | 1 |
Others per Rnd | 0.00 | 1 |
Par 5's in 2 | 1 | 88 |
Stephen GALLACHER -10
Stephen Gallacher converted seven birdies against a single bogey on his way to a second round 65, tying for the lead alongside Björn. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 38 year old Scottish golfer actually ranks lower than expected for Driving Accuracy, but he cannot be missing the fairways by much because he ranks 7th for Greens in Regulation (with 27/36 greens hit), plus he is scoring well across the different hole types (being the Par 3’s / Par 4’s / Par 5’s). The two time European Tour winner is on the way to potentially his best ever year (his previous best season finish was 15th in 2004).
Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
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Stroke Average | 66.00 | 1 |
Driving Accuracy | 46.2% | 105 |
Driving Distance | 314 yds | 48 |
Greens in Reg | 75.0% | 7 |
Scrambles | 77.8% | 7 |
Sand Saves | 66.7% | 35 |
Putts per GIR | 1.704 | 36 |
Putts per Round | 28.0 | 30 |
1 Putts per Rnd | 7.50 | 39 |
Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
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Par 3 Scoring | 2.90 | 2 |
Par 4 Scoring | 3.83 | 16 |
Par 5 Scoring | 4.25 | 7 |
Eagles per Rnd | 0.50 | 6 |
Birdies per Rnd | 5.50 | 10 |
Pars per Rnd | 10.50 | - |
Bogeys per Rnd | 1.50 | 9 |
Others per Rnd | 0.00 | 1 |
Par 5's in 2 | 2 | 33 |
Official Genworth Statistics Leaders
- Stroke Average: 66.00
Thomas BJORN, Stephen GALLACHER. - Driving Accuracy: 92.3%
Simon WAKEFIELD. - Driving Distance: 344 yards
Soren HANSEN. - Greens in Regulation: 80.6%
Gareth MAYBIN. - Scrambles: 100%
Richard FINCH. - Sand Saves: 100%
16 players. - Putts per GIR: 1.500
Mark TULLO. - Putts per Round: 25.5
Anirban LAHIRI, Thomas BJORN. - 1 Putts: 21
Jean-Baptiste GONNET.
Other interesting statistics provided by the Genworth Stats Pack
- Par 3 Scoring: 2.70
Brett RUMFORD. - Par 4 Scoring: 3.67
Thomas BJORN, Paul CASEY, Victor DUBUISSON. - Par 5 Scoring: 4.00
Tommy FLEETWOOD, Alejandro CAÑIZARES. - Most Par 5 holes where green is hit in two shots: 5
Danny WILLETT, Emiliano GRILLO, Victor DUBUISSON. - Most shots holed from off the green: 2
Anirban LAHIRI, Padraig HARRINGTON, Peter WHITEFORD, Himmat RAI, Jamie DONALDSON, Christian CÉVAËR, Angelo QUE, David GLEESON, John PARRY. - Least number of drop shots during the tournament: 1 bogey
Richard FINCH, Thomas BJORN. - Most 3 Putts: 5
Emiliano GRILLO, Alexandre KALEKA. - Most Eagles: 2
Anirban LAHIRI, Alejandro CAÑIZARES, Tommy FLEETWOOD, Justin WALTERS, Maximilian KIEFFER. - Most Birdies: 14
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ. - Most Pars: 30
Wade ORMSBY. - Most Bogeys: 13
Fredrik SVANBERG, Justin WALTERS. - Most Others: 4
Mardan MAMAT, Hennie OTTO, Wo-cheng YE (AM), Graeme STORM, Richard GREEN, Thomas LEVET.
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