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