<strong>3,000,000 </strong>– Dollars. Over the four-day championship, 126 players will compete for a total prize purse of $3m (Dh11.02m) – an increase of $300,000 from previous years. <strong>69,000</strong> – Over 69,000 spectators attended the 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. <strong>16</strong> – Under-par. Dustin Johnson's performance on his debut at The National Course last year. It was good enough for tied-second, a shot behind the winner Tommy Fleetwood. <strong>7,600</strong> – Yards, the championship length of The National Course. <strong>___________________________________________________________</strong> <strong>Read more:</strong> <strong>___________________________________________________________</strong> <strong>2000</strong> – The course and clubhouse were officially opened in 2000, with the first championship played six years later. <strong>7 </strong>– There are seven lakes, as well as 90 bunkers, on the championship course. <strong>3 </strong>– Martin Kaymer has won the Falcon trophy a record three times, in the space of four years from 2008, but he has not been on the top of the podium since 2011. <strong>17 </strong>– Tommy Fleetwood's current world ranking, after the defending Abu Dhabi champion won the Race to Dubai last season. <strong>4</strong> – Wins by Dustin Johnson in 2017, the best of his career so far. He already has one in 2018, too, after winning the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Maui. <strong>The National Course - hole by hole</strong> <strong>1 </strong>– Matt Kuchar, the American Ryder Cup player, will be making his first appearance at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. <strong>15 </strong>– Rory McIlroy will be making his Tour comeback 15 weeks after last playing, at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland in October <strong>13 </strong>– World No 9 Henrik Stenson is among a small group of players to have played every Abu Dhabi tournament. He will be teeing it up for a 13th time this weekend. <strong>357 </strong>– Gary Stal's world ranking when triumphed in 2015. No champion has ranked higher.
