WGC-HSBC Champions: Day 1 in numbers

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.

<b>65 </b>– Rory McIlroy’s majestic first round score

<b>7</b>– Months since he has shot so low (WGC-Cadillac Championship)

<b>1 </b>– Bogey all day in a round featuring eight brilliant birdies

<b>5 </b>– Where McIlroy would probably move to in The Race to Dubai (from 62nd) were the tournament to finish now

<b>110 </b>– The yardage of Jason Dufner’s second shot into the par four tenth. He drained it with sand wedge

<b>283 </b>– The length in yards the 16th was playing on Thursday when Jamie Donaldson drove the green and made eagle

<b>26 </b>– The places Phil Mickelson dropped in the leaderboard – from second to tied 28th – after finishing quad-bogey

<b>9 </b>– Nationalities in the top ten following the first round

<b>4 </b>– Score over par Kiradech Aphibarnrat was on two holes (fourth and 15th) while still finishing with a 69

<b>38 </b>– Players who broke par in the first round

<b>18 </b>– The amount of shots between first and last place

<b>9 </b>– The hardest hole on the course, ranking at an average of 4.51

<b>2 </b>– The easiest hole on the course, ranking at an average of 4.54