Day 1 in Numbers - DP World Tour Championship, Dubai

<strong><em>Some great scoring on day one and here are a few stats & numbers from the opening day around the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates...</em></strong>

<div><strong><em> </em></strong><strong>66 </strong>– leads with Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both shooting six under  </div>

<strong>29</strong>- players in red figures on day one

<strong>80 </strong>- under par from 21 rounds on the Earth Course for McIlroy

<strong>4 </strong>- times McIlroy has finished in the top five at the event

<strong>133</strong>– under par, the combined scores of McIlroy and defending champion Stenson round the Earth Course.

<strong>4 </strong>– birdies in first 5 holes for McIlroy

<strong>9 </strong>– successive pars after that

<strong>4 </strong>- birdies in last six holes for Lowry

<strong>33 </strong>– matching halves for Lowry

<strong>31 – </strong>shots on the front nine for the in-form Thorbjørn Olesen (he shot 67)

<strong>4 </strong>– birdies in a row for Olesen from the 7th to the 10th

<strong>0 –</strong>bogeys in Richie Ramsay’s opening round 67

<strong>4 –</strong>eagles on day one

<strong>203 -  </strong>birdies on the opening day

<strong>165 –</strong>bogeys

<strong>14</strong>– double bogeys or worse

<strong>113 </strong>– under par for the season for Stenson

<strong>7 </strong>– birdies for the Swede

<strong>83 –</strong>greens in regulation in Stenson’s last 90 holes round the Earth Course

<strong>12.7 – </strong>on the stimp meter for the greens in Dubai

<strong>55 </strong>– holes without a bogey for Joost Luiten at the DP World Tour Championship, before a five at the ninth cost the Dutchman a shot

<strong>1 </strong>– mile, the distance for the last four holes of the Earth Course

<strong>32 </strong>– on the back nine for Justin Rose, who went out in three over par 39 (the Englishman shot a one under par 71)

<strong>12 </strong>– played the hardest hole with an average of 4.30

<strong>7 </strong>– played the easiest hole with 3 eagles helping the average of 4.650.

<strong>30,700</strong>– yards left on Race to Dubai at the start of the first round.

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