{"id":16924,"date":"2023-11-22T14:27:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=16924"},"modified":"2023-11-22T14:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:27:47","slug":"record-number-of-spectators-at-dp-world-tour-championship-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2023\/11\/22\/record-number-of-spectators-at-dp-world-tour-championship-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Number Of Spectators At DP World Tour Championship 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year\u2019s DP World Tour Championship, Dubai attracted in excess of 79,000 spectators over the course of the event \u2013 the most in the history of the tournament and a more than 14 per cent increase on last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Record crowds were welcomed on each of the four days of the tournament, which marked the 15<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the event, held at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai from 16-19 November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark\u2019s Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard won his first Rolex Series title in style with a closing 64, giving him a two-shot victory ahead of Ryder Cup team-mates Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland, and third round leader Matt Wallace. Attendance figures weren\u2019t the only record to be broken however, with Wallace firing an incredible course record 12 under par 60 on day three of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tom Phillips, Head of Middle East for the DP World Tour<\/strong>, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s DP World Tour Championship was a fantastic success and we\u2019re delighted to have welcomed a record number of spectators over the course of the event, despite challenges with the weather on the Thursday into Friday. This reflects the huge interest in the event\u2019s on- and off-course entertainment offering, as well as the continued growth of golf in the UAE and region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the 15<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the DP World Tour Championship coming to a close, the tournament across its history has now seen\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>6<\/strong> hole-in-ones<\/li><li><strong>298<\/strong> eagles<\/li><li><strong>13,622<\/strong> birdies<\/li><li><strong>38,782<\/strong> pars<\/li><li><strong>240,793<\/strong> shots ever taken at the DP World Tour Championship<\/li><li><strong>102,101<\/strong> putts ever taken at the DP World Tour Championship<\/li><li><strong>4,374<\/strong> bunker shots<\/li><li><strong>2,274<\/strong> sand saves<\/li><li>Longest putt of <strong>77 feet<\/strong><\/li><li>Longest drive of <strong>387 yards<\/strong><\/li><li>Lowest round of <strong>60<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>248<\/strong> different players who have participated<\/li><li><strong>10<\/strong> different winners<\/li><li><strong>8<\/strong> years as a Rolex Series event<\/li><li><strong>1<\/strong> playoff (2010)<\/li><li><strong>1<\/strong> three-time winner (Jon Rahm 2017, 2019 and 2022)<\/li><li><strong>3<\/strong> two-time winners (Matt Fitzpatrick 2016 and 2020; Rory McIlroy 2012 and 2015; Henrik Stenson 2013 and 2014)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s DP World Tour Championship, Dubai attracted in excess of 79,000 spectators over the course of the event \u2013 the most in the history of the tournament and a more than 14 per cent increase on last year. Record crowds were welcomed on each of the four days of the tournament, which marked the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16927,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions\/16927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}