Avantha stat pack

A preview and stats for this week's European Tour event - the Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India.

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The European Tour travels east this week for a one-off tournament in Asia. The Avantha Masters in India is being staged for a fourth time in five years and, once again, will be co-sanctioned by the Asian and European Tours. Designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 1999, the DLF Country Club in New Delhi is not particularly long but with its undulating putting surfaces the key to low scoring will be accurate approach play with the mid-to-short irons. Many of the tree-lined fairways are also undulating with water coming into play on seven holes. Who's taking part this week? Jamie Donaldson: One of the better players yet to win on Tour and in this week's mediocre field must fancy his chances. He only missed two cuts during 2011. Soren Hansen: Although the Dane has slipped outside the top 200 of the world ranking, his performances of late have seen a slight up-turn in form - was fifth at Doha two weeks ago. Gregory Havret: Not the most consistent of pros but from time-to-time enjoys top-class performances. Runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Hong Kong Open in December, the 35-year-old Frenchman has three Tour wins to his credit. Shiv Kapur: Would love to win his maiden Tour title on home soil, although his form of late has taken a dip. However, his record on this course is fairly good - a brace of top-10s from three starts. Joost Luiten: The Dutchman enjoyed a breakthrough season on Tour in 2011 when he secured his maiden title during autumn en route to finishing 24th in the Race to Dubai standings. Jeev-Milkha Singh: Slowly returning to his form of a few years ago when he captured three European Tour titles in the space of 26 months and made his way into the top-30 of the world ranking. SELECTED PLAYERS with GOOD to REASONABLE FORM at DLF COUNTRY CLUB Full Tour History (Two Top-30s or One Top-5 Finish) Player: '08 / '10 / '11 Darren Beck: - / 23 / 16
Richard Bland: - / 3 / Ret
SSP Chowrasia: MC / MC / Won
Robert Coles: - / - / 2
Robert-Jan Derksen: 38 / 30 / 4
Andrew Dodt: - / Won / 45
David Drysdale: - / 3 / MC
Richard Finch: 48 / 2 / 45
Mark Foster: 17 / MC / 16
Rahil Gangjee: 30 / 14 / Ret
Gregory Havret: 25 / 44 / 3
Tetsuji Hiratsuka: - / 3 / 57
Shiv Kapur: 5 / MC / 9
Prayad Marksaeng: 9 / MC / 11
Chapchai Nirat: MC / 30 / 11
Angelo Que: - / 30 / 9
Jyoti Randhawa: 8 / 18 / 29
Jeev Milkha Singh: 11 / MC / 11
Sujjan Singh: - / - / 5
Graeme Storm: 5 / - / MC
Thaworn Wiratchant: 17 / 30 / 11 Note: DLF did not host European Tour event in 2009 SELECTED PLAYERS with POOR to MEDICORE FORM at DLF COUNTRY CLUB Full Tour History (No Top-40 Finishes from Two or more starts) Player: '08 / '10 / '11 Raju Ali Mollah: - / MC / MC
Marcus Both: - / MC / MC
Gaurav Ghei: Dq / MC / MC
Keith Horne: 58 / MC / MC
Rashid Khan: - / MC / 57
Ashok Kumar: MC / 52 / MC
Mukesh Kumar: 44 / MC / MC
Sanjay Kumar: - / Ret / MC
Vijay Kumar: MC / MC / MC
Anirban Lahiri: - / MC / MC
Wei-Chih Lu: MC / - / 57
Paul McGinley: MC / - / MC
Chawalit Plaphol: MC / - / 79
Rai Himmat Singh: - / MC / MC
Marc Warren: 48 / - / 45 LOWEST 12 STROKE AVERAGES at DLF COUNTRY CLUB (Full Tour History) Average (Rounds) 69.83: Graeme Storm (6)
69.90: Shiv Kapur (10)
70.00: Andrew Dodt (8)
70.00: Prayad Marksaeng (10)
70.08: Gregory Havret (12)
70.17: Robert-Jan Derksen (12)
70.17: David Drysdale (6)
70.17: Thaworn Wiratchant (12)
70.20: Jeev Milkha Singh (10)
70.25: Darren Beck (8)
70.25: Soren Hansen (8)
70.25: Angelo Que (8) (Min. No. of Rounds = 6) MOST TOP-25 Finishes at Asia-based European Tour events (Since February 1st, 2008) Total 16: Thongchai Jaidee
13: Wen-Chong Liang
10: Jeev Milkha Singh
9: Jason Knutzon
9: Joost Luiten
8: Robert-Jan Derksen
8: Marcus Fraser
8: Prayad Marksaeng
8: Gareth Maybin
7: Chapchai Nirat LOWEST ROUNDS at DLF COUNTRY CLUB (New Delhi) As a European Tour event 62: Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2010)
64: Phillip Archer (2008)
64: Mark Brown (2008)
64: Marcel Siem (2010)
65: 12 times Note: Johan Edfors (2008) is the only golfer to shoot as low as 65 in the final round. DLF Country Club (New Delhi): Par 72; 7,156 yards Winning Totals (Last three times played):
2011 - 273 (SSP Chowrasia)
2010 - 274 (Andrew Dodt)
2008 - 270 (Mark Brown)