A glance at the season-ending European Tour stats reveals why Luke Donald emerged as number one.
World number one Donald tops four categories
Stats don't always tell the story but they do go a long way to explaining Luke Donald's incredible 2011 season on the European Tour.
The world number one and Race To Dubai money list winner pipped Rory McIlroy for the stroke average prize while he also topped three other categories - driving accuracy, greens in regulation and putts per greens in regulation.
Only in driving distance was he found trailing well behind the leaders but clearly that didn't hold him back.
Below are the top two in each category, with Donald's position added where applicable:
Stroke average: 1 Luke Donald 69.12, 2 Rory McIlroy 69.16
Fairways hit: 1 Luke Donald 75.6%, 2 Richie Ramsay 75.1%
Driving distance: 1 Alvaro Quiros 312.7yds, 2 Pelle Edberg 308.6; 145 Luke Donald 282.8
Greens in regulation: 1 Luke Donald 77.5%, 2 Justin Rose 77.2%
Putts per greens in regulation: 1 Luke Donald 1.694, 2 Thaworn Wiratchant 1.696
Putts per round: 1 Retief Goosen 28.3, 2 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 28.4; 11 Luke Donald 28.9
Sand saves: 1 Peter Karmis 100%, 2 Jbe Kruger 80%; 3 Luke Donald 78.6%
Scrambles: 1 Prayad Marksaeng 66.3%, 2 Sergio Garcia 65.2 ; 37 Luke Donald 58.4%
One-putts per round: 1 Seuk-Hyun Baek 7.2, 2 Darren Fichardt 6.88, 4 Luke Donald 6.84
