It's the first time the European Tour has co-sanctioned the Indian Open but it's the 51st edition of the event. We take a look a look at the best numbers, stats and scores from Day One.
65- The low round of the day by Richard T. Lee, SSP Chawrasia, Chapchai Nirat, Siddikur Rahman and Joakim Lagergren. Interestingly, Siddikur is the defending champion of this event and Chawrasia won the last edition held at Delhi Golf Club at the Panasonic Open India just four months ago.
46- Strokes under par for Chawrasia in his last 14 rounds at Delhi Golf Club. The Indian has finished inside the top five in each of his last four visits here.
23- Putts for Chawrasia today, two fewer than anyone else in the field.
31- Strokes under par for Richard T. Lee in his nine rounds on the European Tour this season. He has finished in the top five in both his previous starts (Maybank Malaysian Open and the True Thailand Classic presented by Black Mountain).
200- Strokes for the 8am tee time of Chawrasia (65), Lee (65) and Wattel (70) - 13 under par overall.
327- The distance (yards) of Richard T. Lee’s only driver today on the ninth hole.
8- Highest single hole score of the day on the tenth by Anirban Lahiri, the highest ranked player in the field (World Number 39).
24- Players didn't carry a driver in their bag today. In half of the last ten Asian Tour events at Delhi Golf Club the winner did not use a driver.
14- Players hit more than ten fairways during the opening round. India's Sanjay Kumar led the field in driving accuracy with 13 fairways.
703- Bogeys or worse, compared to just 442 birdies or better, on a tough day for scoring at Delhi Golf Club. The average score was 72.15 (or 1.15 over par).
28.8- Percentage of players broke par on day one, less than one in three.
27- Different nationalities in the field, ranging from 37 Indian golfers to just one player from Canada, Scotland, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Singapore, Wales, Germany, Finland, Chile, Brazil and Bangladesh.
1964- The first year the Indian Open was played. Also the same year Miguel Ángel Jiménez was born.
