After an intriguing first day at Sheshan International, europeantour.com took a statistical – and sometimes sideways – look at the key numbers from day one at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
65– Rory McIlroy’s majestic first round score
7– Months since he has shot so low (WGC-Cadillac Championship)
1– Bogey all day in a round featuring eight brilliant birdies
5– Where McIlroy would probably move to in The Race to Dubai (from 62nd) were the tournament to finish now
110– The yardage of Jason Dufner’s second shot into the par four tenth. He drained it with sand wedge
283– The length in yards the 16th was playing on Thursday when Jamie Donaldson drove the green and made eagle
26– The places Phil Mickelson dropped in the leaderboard – from second to tied 28th – after finishing quad-bogey
9– Nationalities in the top ten following the first round
4– Score over par Kiradech Aphibarnrat was on two holes (fourth and 15th) while still finishing with a 69
38– Players who broke par in the first round
18– The amount of shots between first and last place
9– The hardest hole on the course, ranking at an average of 4.51
2– The easiest hole on the course, ranking at an average of 4.54
