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8 under par for 8 holes: The best eagle/birdie streak of the year came from Spain's Jose Manuel Lara. At the Moravia Silesia Open one eagle and six birdies allowed him to play seven holes (from the seventh) in eight under par.



9-iron: The club Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez hit from trouble on the final hole of the SAS Masters at Barseback. It was the shot of the season: having blasted his tee-shot through the dog-leg he was left in the rough, with trees blocking his view of the green. The conservative approach seemed obvious but he thrashed at the ball with the 9-iron, the ball soared above the trees and implausibly it landed it like a butterfly, a mere five feet from the flag.



10 players under par: At the end of the Ballantine's Championship on Jeju Island in April. The conditions all week were horrendous - viciously windy and wet - and in the third round only Frenchman Francois Delamontagne was able to break par (and only 11 players signed for less than 76!). Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee eventually prevailed after a three-man play-off.



11 under par: Rafael Cabrera Bello's score when shooting a remarkable final round of 60 to win the Austrian Golf Open in September. He even had a 30-foot putt for eagle (and a 59) on the final green but settled for the 60 which helped him turn an eight shot deficit after 54 holes into a one-shot victory over Benn Barham.



12 years: The gap between Michael Jonzon's first European Tour win and his second. The Swede finally claimed October's Castello Masters by holing an 18-foot birdie putt on the 72nd green after having lost three shots to par on the previous three holes.



13 shots difference: Between Christian Cevaer's final score in the 2009 European Open at the London GC and Ross Fisher's winning total at the same venue 12 months earlier. It was a remarkable win for the Frenchman. Everyone agreed that the winner needed to be a long-hitter and yet the shortest driver of the week ground the big men down!


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