The DP World Tour (European Tour) celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 12, 2022, marking five decades of record-breaking moments and notable milestones. Here's a list of 50 notable statistics from the last fifty years.

Number Related Records
1. A total of 1916 tournaments have been played between April 12th 1972 (the first event), and April 12th 2022.
2. In that time, 8468 different players have teed it up, representing 110 different countries
3. Over the past 50 years, there have been 557 winners representing 37 different countries
4. When the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open was, Cyprus became the 50th different country to host an event in the tour’s history.
5. Between 12th April 1972 and 12th April 2022, the tour has visited 440 different venues.
6. Youngest winner: Matteo Manassero – 17 years, 188 days – 2010 Castello Masters
7. Oldest winner: Miguel Angel Jimenez – 50 years, 133 days -2014 Open de Espana
8. Oldest player to win Order of Merit/R2D: 47 years, seven months and 20 days – Lee Westwood, 2020.
9. Youngest player to play in an event: 12 years & 242 days – Ye Wo-Cheng (am), 2013 Volvo China Masters
10. Youngest player to make a cut: 14 years & 169 days – Guan Tian-lang (am), 2013 Masters
11. Oldest first time winner: 48 years, 101 days – Richard Bland, 2021 British Masters
12. Oldest player to play in an event: 74 years & 211 days – Arnold Palmer, 2004 Masters
13. Oldest player to make a cut: 71 years & 261 days – Bob Charles, 2008 New Zealand Open
14. Most hole in ones: 10 – Miguel Angel Jimenez

Seve Ballesteros in action at the 1986 Dunhill Masters

Tour Milestones
15. Most victories in one season: 6 – Seve Ballesteros, 1986
16. Most wins on Tour: 50 – Seve Ballesteros
17. Most career top 10s: 190 – Colin Montgomerie
18. Consecutive cuts made: 82 – Ernie Els (2000 – 2007 Johnnie Walker Classic)
19. Players to win on their debut: 6 – Barry Jaeckel (1972 French Open), Hal Underwood (1975 Portugeuse Open), Tom Watson (1975 Open Championship), Jarrod Moseley (1999 Heineken Classic), Ben Curtis (2003 Open Championship), Shane Lowry (2009 Irish Open)
20. Record number of Order of Merit titles: 8 – Colin Montgomerie
21. Most appearances: 717 – Miguel Angel Jimenez
22. Number of players to win Rookie of the Year AND Order of Merit in career: 4 – Martin Kaymer, Jon Rahm, Colin Montgomerie, Nick Faldo
23. Biggest gap between victories: 16 years, 204 days – Anthony Wall (2000 Alfred Dunhill Championship – 2016 Paul Lawrie Match Play)
24. Biggest gap between first and latest victory: 23 years, 168 days – Lee Westwood (1996 Scandinavian Masters – 2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship)
25. Most number of Rolex Series wins: 4 – Jon Rahm & Tyrrell Hatton
26. Players to win as an amateur: Pablo Martin Benavides (2007), Danny Lee (2009), Shane Lowry (2009)
27. Most play-offs in career: 16 – Bernhard Langer (Won 8, Lost 6, Halved 2)
28. Most consecutive wins: 3 – Seve Ballesteros (1986 Carrolls Irish Open, 1986 Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open, 1986 Peugeot Open de France)
29. First golfer with a disability to play on Tour: Brendan Lawlor
30. First woman to hold solo lead: Caroline Hedwall, 2021 Scandinavian Mixed
31. In 2018, Thomas Bjorn and Catriona Mathew became the first male and female professionals to play together in match play as the Captains' Team in the second GolfSixes event.
32. Number of times players have shared a title: 2 – Bernhard Langer & Seve Ballesteros (1986 Trophee Lancome), Langer & Colin Montgomerie (2002 Andalucia Masters).

Ernie Els at the 2003 Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth

Scoring/On-Course Records
33. Highest number of appearances without a victory on Tour: 552 – David Drysdale
34. Lowest 72 hole total: 257 – Garrick Higgo (2021 Canary Islands Championship)
35. Low first 54 hole score to par: -23 – Ernie Els (2003 Johnnie Walker Classic), David Howell (2006, TCL Classic)
36. Lowest 72 hole score to par: -29, Ernie Els (2003 Johnnie Walker Classic)
37. Low 36 hole score to par: -18, Colin Montgomerie (1996 Canon European Masters), Adam Scott (2008 Qatar Masters)
38. Most birdies in a round: 12 – Fred Couples (1991 Scandinavian Mixed), Ernie Els (1994 Dubai Desert), Russell Claydon (1995 German Masters), Darren Clarke (1999 European Open), Jeppe Huldahl (Turkish Airlines Open 2013), Raphael Jacquelin (2013 Turkish Airlines Open)
38. Low 36 hole score to par: -18, Colin Montgomerie (1996 Canon European Masters), Adam Scott (2008 Qatar Masters)
39. Record catch up by a winner: 10 Shots – Jamie Spence (Canon European Masters 2010), Paul Lawrie (1999 Open Championship)
40. Lowest final round by a winner: 60 – Jamie Spence (Canon European Masters 2010), Rafa Cabrera Bello (2009 Austrian Open), Brandon Stone (2018 Scottish Open), Ian Woosnam (1999 Monte Carlo Open)
41. Low 18 Hole Score: 59 – Oli Fisher, 2018 Portugal Masters
42. Most birdies in succession: 9 – Bernd Wiesberger (Maybank Championship, 2017), James Nitties (ISPS Handa Vic Open, 2019)
43. Largest 72 hole winning margin: 15 shots – Tiger Woods, 2000 US Open
44. Most strokes on one hole: 20 – Philippe Porquier, 1978 French Open
45. Most sudden death play-off holes needed: 9 – 2013 Open de Espana
46. Longest drive: 477 yards – Nicolas Colsaerts, 2014 Wales Open

Family-Related Records
47. First set of brothers to win back to back events: Rasmus & Nicolai Hojgaard (2021)
48. Number of brothers to have won on Tour: 4 – Antonio & German Garrdio, Seve & Manuel Ballesteros, Edoardo & Francesco Molinari, Rasmus & Nicolai Højgaard
49. Father & sons to win on Tour: 3 – Antonio & Iganacio Garrido, Craig & Kevin Stadler, Jose Maria & Alejandro Canizares
50. Uncle & nephew to win on Tour: 3 – German & Ignacio Garrido, Christy O’Connor & Christy O’Connor Jnr, Bernard & Stephen Gallacheron

 

Story courtesy of DP World Tour