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Day 1 in Numbers: Nordea Masters
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Day 1 in Numbers: Nordea Masters

Plenty of storylines came out of the first day at the Nordea Masters - see the numbers behind the headlines here...

Henrik Stenson

5- under par leads the way for Marcus Kinhult, Jens Dantorp and Chris Paisley

18 - the age of young Swede Kinhult, who represented Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup last year

31- five under par on the back nine helped Kinhult to a first round 67

3- is Kinhult's World Amateur Ranking

100 - birdies were made on the par five first, which played the easiest hole on the course on day one

4- holes of practice at PGA Sweden National was all Dantorp got in, because of the heavy winds on Tuesday and Wednesday

1 - bogey in Paisley's round

Chris Paisley

53 -yard pitch-in for an eagle two by Robert Karlsson at the 14th hole

70 - for Henrik Stenson on day one, good enough for a share of 24th place

1269- places Stenson is above Kinhult in the Official World Golf Ranking

311- yards was Thomas Pieters' average drive in the first round (the Belgian shot a four under par 68)

- bogey-free rounds - courtesy of Maximilian Kieffer, Benjmain Herbert, David Drysdale and Peter Lawrie

16 - the par four was the toughest hole, averaging 4.4, with just five birdies all day

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