After an enthralling, whirlwind first day at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship featuring 32 individual ties, europeantour.com picks out some of the best stats from Wednesday in California.
14- wins on day one for the 30-strong European Tour members on show in San Francisco this week
19- of the 32 first-day encounters were won by the player with the better seed
22- of the 24 men who contended The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles are in San Francisco this week with the only players missing Phil Mickelson and Thomas Bjorn. Team USA hold the upper hand after Wednesday's action with eight wins and just three losses, while the Team Europe contingent only managed five wins while succumbing to six losses
7- Birdies for red-hot Masters champion Jordan Spieth on Wednesday - the most of anyone in the field on day one
4- Ties went to extra holes during the opening clashes with Paul Casey triumphing over Chris Kirk in the longest match of the day at 22 holes
235- The yardage of Ben Martin’s hole in one today on the 17th hole, giving him his first lead of the day over Matt Kuchar. He would go on to win 1 up. It was also an astonishing 26th ace so far in The 2015 Race to Dubai
12- The number of holes it took for Hunter Mahan to beat Stephen Gallacher, winning by 7 and 6 - the largest winning margin of the day
12- Stephen Gallacher has now played in 12 match play matches as a professional. He has won just one
2- Holes lost by World Number One Rory McIlroy in his last 51 in match play competition, having won 16 and halved 33 in the same period. However, the Northern Irishman only needed one birdie to dispose of Jason Dufner 5 and 4
1- Lost ball by Jimmy Walker on the 16th hole of his match against Gary Woodland
22- WGC Match Play wins for Ian Poulter, more than anyone else in the field. However, having lost to Webb Simpson, Poults will need a win on Friday to have any chance of making the last 16
5- Different venues have now staged the match play contest with TPC Harding Park following La Costa Resort & Spa (1999-2000, 2002-2006), Metropolitan Golf Club (2001), The Galley at Dove Mountain (2007-2008, 2013-2014) and the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club (2009-2012)
17- Years of World Golf Championship events now. The first one was the 1999 Cadillac Match Play won by American Jeff Maggert
9,873- The distance in kilometres that Tommy Fleetwood and Mikko Ilonen travelled to play this week, having both played in the Volvo China Open last week in Shanghai. Both lost
