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After the inaugural ‘Final Series’ began,<strong>europeantour.com</strong>took a statistical – and sometimes sideways – look at the key numbers from day one at the BMW Masters presented by SRE Group in Shanghai.

<strong>BMW MASTERS - DAY ONE IN NUMBERS</strong>
<strong>19</strong>– The miniscule number of putts Luke Guthrie had en route to his best-of-the-day 65
<strong>2</strong>– The amount of times he chipped in at consecutive holes from the 14th
<strong>15</strong>– How many weeks John Daly had off recovering from elbow surgery before today
<strong>5</strong>– Gallons of milk he says he drank a week while rehabilitating
<strong>4</strong>– Where Peter Uihlein could climb to in The Race to Dubai if he goes on to finish third alone
<strong>1</strong>– Rory McIlroy made the only birdie of the day at the par four ninth, which ranked at a beastly 4.75 on Thursday
<strong>8</strong>– The scores of Soren Kjeldsen and Chris Wood on the same hole
<strong>100</strong>– The approximate footage of Graeme McDowell’s gargantuan eagle putt at the 13th<br /><br /><strong>15</strong>– The par five ranked easiest hole on Thursday at an average of 4.57
<strong>25</strong>– The wind speed in miles per hour at points during the afternoon
<strong>13</strong>– Players to break par on Thursday
<strong>20</strong>– The number of shots between first and last place following the first round