07/08/2017

World Strokeplay Championship Statistics

2009 - 2013 - 2017 The Stats

The third World Strokeplay championship was played at Imjelt, Norway in July 2017. Here are some of the updated statistics from the first three championships - at La Grande Motte, France in 2009, at Tambre, Galicia in 2013 and now the Norway event. The 2009 event had to be shortened to 54 holes due to rain while very high temperatures were a feature at Tambre four years ago,

Greatest victory margin: 2 strokes, Fernando Cano, (Catalonia), La Grande Motte, 2009; John Walsh (Ireland), Tambre, 2013.
Low 1st round: 45, Ray Murphy (Ireland), La Grande Motte, 2009.
Low 2nd round: 44, Josep Martinez (Catalonia), Tambre 2013; Liam O'Donovan (Ireland), Tambre, 2013.
Low 3rd round: 45, Esther de Schiffart (Netherlands), Tambre, 2013.
Low 4th round: 47, Liam O’Donovan (Ireland), Imjelt, 2017.
Low 36: 94, John Walsh (Ireland), Imjelt, 2017.
Low 54: 143, John Walsh (Ireland), Imjelt, 2017.
Low 72: 197, Liam O’Donovan (Ireland), Imjelt, 2017; John Walsh (Ireland), Imjelt, 2017.
Distribution of wins by country: 2 – Ireland; 1 - Catalonia,
Three podium finishes: John Walsh (Ireland), 3rd - 2009, winner – 2013, runner-up 2017.
Distribution of podium finishes by country: 6 - Ireland; 1 - Catalonia, Australia, Great Britain.
Father and son in top 10 in successive championships: Steve Deeble (Great Britain), La Grande Motte, 2009; John Deeble (Great Britain), Tambre, 2013.
Best performance by a defending champion: 2nd, John Walsh (Ireland), Imjelt, 2017.
Two senior wins: Amador Rodriguez (Catalonia), Tambre, 2013; Imjelt, 2017.
Two ladies wins: Chrissie Byrne (Ireland), La Grande Motte, 2009, Tambre, 2013.
Best performance by a defending ladies champion: 1st, Chrissie Byrne (Ireland), Tambre, 2013.
Distribution of ladies podium finishes by country: 5 - Ireland; 3 – Netherlands; 1 – Chile.
Two ladies podium finishes: Chrissie Byrne (Ireland), winner - 2009, winner - 2013; Herma Kleinlugtenbeld (Netherlands), 2nd -2009, 3rd - 2013.