So the 2015 Race to Dubai is under way at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, where Ross Fisher is the man setting the early pace. The Englishman leads on six under par, but a host of quality players are on his trail. Check out the best numbers from day one of the season here...
66– from Ross Fisher leads the way
7– birdies for the Englishman in his opening round
20– under par saw Fisher win his last event in South Africa, the 2014 Tshwane Open
14– under par overall for match seven, which included Fisher, Marcel Siem (68) and George Coetzee (68)
2– shot lead for Fisher over both his playing partners and Alex Levy
1– bogey-free round on day one at the Gary Player Country Club, from Frenchman Levy
1– new car won by Siem, after the German holed a 184-yard eight iron for eagle at the par four 17th
32– shots was all Siem needed on his adventurous back nine, thanks to an eagle, four birdies and two bogeys
3– straight birdies got Coetzee’s 2015 season off to a flying start
1– drive from European Tour legend Miguel Angel Jiménez got The 2015 Race to Dubai season under way
5– birdies for Jiménez in his two under par 70
1– the first birdie of the season went to one of the home favourites, Tim Clark
1– the opening eagle of The 2015 Race to Dubai also went to a South African – Dawie Van Der Walt taking the honours thanks to his eagle three at the par five second
1– Shane Lowry had the misfortune of carding the first bogey of the season
4.3– was the average of the two hardest holes on the course, the long par four fifth and eighth
2– the par five second came in for some real punishment on the opening day, averaging 4.43, with the field finishing eighteen under par overall on that hole
