By the numbers: 2008 PGA TOUR season

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Sergio Garcia earned one of the aces on TOUR in 2008 at the BMW Championship.

Nov. 14, 2008
By Kin Lo, PGATOUR.COM Shotlink Data Analyst

Want to know how many players scored holes-in-one? Who got the biggest paycheck? How many holes were played? Read on for the 2008 PGA TOUR according to the numbers.

2008 PGA TOUR Breakdown

By the numbers

48	Official events
54	Courses played
972	Holes played
219	Par 3s played
578	Par 4s played
175	Par 5s played
$281,105,051	Total prize money
$1,710,000	Biggest paycheck - THE PLAYERS Championship, Sergio Garcia

Scoring Breakdown

Score	Par 3s	Par 4s	Par 5s
1 stroke	26
2 strokes	9,363	228	1
3 strokes	53,718	31,598	1,018
4 strokes	13,557	134,274	22,128
5 strokes	1,487	37,925	30,916
6 strokes	171	4567	5,364
7 strokes	27	567	753
8 strokes	1	101	101
9 strokes	2	18	20
10 strokes		3	3
11 strokes		1	1
12 strokes		1
Total	78,352	209,283	60,305

Par 3 notes:
Eight shots -- John Merrick, BMW Championship, Bellerive CC, Round 1, Hole 6
Nine shots -- Frank Lickliter II, Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Round 2, Hole 11; Chris Stroud, The Honda Classic, PGA National Champion Course, Round 2, Hole 15
Par 4 notes:
10 shots -- Nicholas Thompson, Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Round 2, Hole 12; Steve Allan, Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind, Round 1, Hole 12; Tommy Gainey, Verizon Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, Round 2, Hole 10
11 shots -- Andres Romero, Shell Houston Open, Redstone GC Tournament Course, Round 2, Hole 18
12 shots -- Alejandro Canizares, Shell Houston Open, Redstone GC Tournament Course, Round 2, Hole 18
Par 5 notes:
Two shots -- Daniel Chopra, Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, TPC Summerlin, Round 2, Hole 9
10 shots -- Peter Fowler, British Open Championship, Royal Birkdale GC (Lancashire), Round 2, Hole 15; Garrett Willis, AT&T Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Round 1, Hole 4; Tim Clark, THE PLAYERS Championship, TPC Sawgrass, Round 2, Hole 9
11 shots -- Phil Mickelson, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Round 3, Hole 14