Low scoring was the order of the day at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, with home hero Branden Grace rampaging into the lead with a faultless ten under par 62. Here's the best numbers from day one at the beautiful Leopard Creek CC...
62– for Grace is the lowest score on The European Tour this season
10– birdies and no bogeys for the in-form Grace
19– shots difference between the 81 Grace shot in his first round at the Alfred Dunhill Championship back in 2007, and his fine first round effort this year
1– Graces’ ten under par round came up just one shot shy of the course record at Leopard Creek (61), which is held by Thomas Aiken
18- greens in regulation found for Grace on the opening day in Malelane
3 – shot lead for the 26 year old over compatriot Jake Roos
1– eagle for Roos at his first hole (the tenth), to get his tournament off to a flying start
74– South Africans teed it up at Leopard Creek this week
52– the overall age of the group featuring Bradley Neil, Renato Paratore & Thriston Lawrence
6– under par has last week’s Nedbank Challenge winner Danny Willett in a tie for third
1 – bogey for Willett in his last 73 holes (including last week’s event)
66.25– is Willett’s scoring average over his last four rounds in South Africa
69– was a popular number, with South African Major Champions Charl Schwartzel & Louis Oosthuizen both shooting three under par
3– titles for Schwartzel at this event already, including at the last two editions of the Alfred Dunhill Championship
3 – under for the four par 3s at Leopard Creek helped Matt Ford card a six under par 66
7– birdies in nine holes for Ford from the fourth to twelfth holes
32– players shot a first rounds in the 60s
1– hippo called Harry lives in the dam between the 15th and 16th holes
7 – the par three seventh played the hardest on the opening hole, averaging 3.2
6– the short par four sixth played the easiest, averaging just 3.54 with 76 birdies being made there
