Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open: Day 1 in Numbers

<strong>By Will Pearson, europeantour.com<br />
at Royal Aberdeen</strong>

<em>After a superb opening day at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, <strong>europeantour.com </strong>looks back at the best of the action from Royal Aberdeen...in numbers... </em>

<strong>ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT SCOTTISH OPEN: DAY 1 IN NUMBERS</strong>

<strong>64</strong>- Rory McIlroy's superb first round score which included 8 birdies and just 1 drop

<strong>7</strong>- Gains in 10 holes McIlroy had from the fifth

<strong>1</strong>- Shot lead over Kristoffer Broberg and Ricardo Gonzalez with 3 rounds to come in Aberdeen

<strong>2</strong>- Times the previous course record of 66 was bettered on Thursday, first by Broberg (65) and secondly by McIlroy (64)

<strong>430</strong>- The approximate yardage of McIlroy's drive in hitting the the par 4 13th green in 1 mighty blow

<strong>2</strong>- Bogey-free rounds on Thursday (Kristoffer Broberg - 65, Luke Donald - 67)

<strong>29</strong>- Michael Hoey's rip-roaring back 9 score featuring 4 birdies and 1 eagle on the 15th

<strong>148</strong>- Yardage of Francois Calmel's hole in one at the eighth (PW)

<strong>185</strong>- Yardage of Tom Lewis' hole in one at the 17th (8 iron)

<strong>25</strong>- Aces now in Scottish Open history

<strong>39</strong>- Players under par after round one at Royal Aberdeen

<strong>7</strong>- Nationalities inside the top 10 (2 Northern Irishmen, 1 Swede, 1 Argentinian, 3 Englishmen, 3 Scotsmen, 1 American, 1 Frenchman)

<strong>72.41</strong>- Scoring average for the field in the first round

<strong>6,355</strong>- Amount in Great British Pounds raised in the Archie Foundation Birdie Pledge on day one

<strong>9</strong>- Robert Rock's score on the par 5 second

<strong>19</strong>- Top wind speed in MPH measured on Thursday in this corner of the north-east coast of Scotland

<strong>552</strong>- Minutes between the first tee shot of the day at 0630 and the last at 1542

<strong>1780</strong>- The year Royal Aberdeen Golf Club was formed, making it the 6th oldest in the world