15
The number of eagles that were recorded at the par-5 13th hole, which played as the easiest hole during the tournament. The hole averaged 4.45 shots. The only other par-5 on the course – the third – was the second easiest, averaging 4.8 strokes.
54
The 2012 Hong Kong Open was the 54th edition of the event. The tournament, which was won by Taiwan's Lu Liang-huan – the famed "Mr Lu" – in its inaugural edition back in 1959, is Hong Kong's oldest professional sporting event.
274
Zhang Lian-wei's four-round total – six-under-par – after a memorable week at Fanling. The 47-year-old former Chinese number one rolled back the years with opening rounds of 66, 66 and 69 to find himself well in the title hunt before a disappointing 73 on the last day dropped him into a share of 15th.
339
Was Michael Campbell's world ranking heading into the Hong Kong Open. The 40-year-old New Zealander, who won the US Open in 2005, shared the third-round lead with Jiménez before dropping into a share of eighth after a closing 73. He rose to 288 following his Fanling display, having started the year in 805th.
6,734
The length, in yards, that the Composite Course played during the week of the Hong Kong Open, making it the shortest track on the European Tour calendar. Not that it's relative lack of length made scoring easy to come by. Jimenez's winning score of 15-under-par was eight shots higher than McIlroy's victory one week later at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Irishman was 23-under over a course that measured over 900 yards longer.
10,000
The amount, in US$, that England's Steve Webster received from tournament sponsor UBS following his hole-in-one at the par-3 12th during the second round. Webster used a gap-wedge from 137 yards for the only ace of the event.
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