After the inaugural ‘Final Series’ began,europeantour.comtook a statistical – and sometimes sideways – look at the key numbers from day one at the BMW Masters presented by SRE Group in Shanghai.
BMW MASTERS - DAY ONE IN NUMBERS
19– The miniscule number of putts Luke Guthrie had en route to his best-of-the-day 65
2– The amount of times he chipped in at consecutive holes from the 14th
15– How many weeks John Daly had off recovering from elbow surgery before today
5– Gallons of milk he says he drank a week while rehabilitating
4– Where Peter Uihlein could climb to in The Race to Dubai if he goes on to finish third alone
1– Rory McIlroy made the only birdie of the day at the par four ninth, which ranked at a beastly 4.75 on Thursday
8– The scores of Soren Kjeldsen and Chris Wood on the same hole
100– The approximate footage of Graeme McDowell’s gargantuan eagle putt at the 13th
15– The par five ranked easiest hole on Thursday at an average of 4.57
25– The wind speed in miles per hour at points during the afternoon
13– Players to break par on Thursday
20– The number of shots between first and last place following the first round
