Statistics tell tale of winning ways

PAUL McGINLEY served up a display of golfing perfection from tee to green — cup included — to clinch easily the biggest individual title of his career in taking the Volvo Masters at Valderrama.

The 38-year-old Irishman has suffered some near misses this season as he strove to add the fourth title to his career tally. He finished second at the PGA Championship and World Matchplay, both at Wentworth.

But those disappointments only made him doubly determined to close out a €666,660 victory which left him third in the final Order of Merit (€2,296,422), won by Colin Montgomerie (€2,794,222) who was joint third at Valderrama.