Following a low scoring opening day in Dubai, europeantour.com took a statistical look back at the first 18 holes of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
64- Eight under par round for Austrian Bernd Wiesberger means he leads by one ahead of Nicolas Colsaerts, Andy Sullivan, Lee Westwood and Peter Uilhlein.
46- Shots under par for Wiesberger over his last 11 rounds.
7- Times the Austrian has been inside the top eight on the leaderboard after each of his last eight rounds: 8th, 3rd, 6th, 22nd, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 1st.
18- Shots under par for the headline group on day one, featuring Andy Sullivan (65), Rory McIlroy (66) and Martin Kaymer (67).
24- Rounds under par for McIlroy in his last 25 on the European Tour, adding up to 102 under par.
7- Birdies in a row to finish for Emiliano Grillo, one shy of the European Tour record.
8- Times Ernie Els has failed to break par at the Dubai Desert Classic in his 50 career rounds here, including today’s level par 72.
17- Greens in regulation hit by The Big Easy today, no one hit more.
4- Fairways hit by Peter Uihlein today, who shot 65. The second lowest total in the field.
310- Average distance (yards) off the tee for 18 year old Renato Paratore during his opening round 68. Only player that outdrove the Italian were Scott Hend and Nicolas Colsaerts.
944,867- Euros earned by Stephen Gallacher at the Dubai Desert Classic, who shot 66 today. That makes up 10% of his career earnings.
66.9- Defending champ Gallacher's scoring average at this event over the last three years.
493- Birdies on day one, 29 more than the opening round in 2014.
62- Birdies on the par five 13th, more than the numbers of pars registered on the same hole (58).
1.75- Shots harder the front nine played than the back nine, compared to par. Front nine played 0.36 shots over par. Back nine played 1.39 shots under par.
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