The sun was shining for the first round of the inaugural Shenzhen International. The Genzon Golf Club layout certainly separated the field over the course of the day. Here's some of the most interesting numbers from today's play.
66- Low score of the day from Wen-yi Huang, his lowest European Tour round since the 2013 BMW International Open.
3.5- Huang's average on the par fours today, making five birdies and five pars.
211- The distance of Morten Ørum Madsen’s hole in one on the 12th hole. Made with a sweetly struck 4 iron.
3,797- The number of holes Madsen played on The European Tour before his first hole in one, in his last start, at the Tshwane Open.It took him just 59 days to make his second, today in China.
226 - The distance ofByeong-Hun An’s hole in one on the eighth hole today, the longest par three on the course. Also his second hole in one of the season having made one at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
22- Hole in one tally for the 2015 season. The record is 39 for a European Tour season back in 2006.
500- European Tour starts for Raphaël Jacquelin.The 28th player to reach that milestoneon The European Tour today.
20- The number of strokes under par for Alexander Levy in five career rounds at Genzon Golf Club (68, 62, 70, 69, 71). The Frenchman won his first European Tour event here last year at theVolvo China Open.
4.34 -Bubba Watson’s par five average so far this season. Better than anyone else on the European or PGA Tour.
33.4- Percentage of Fantasy Race To Dubai teams have Pablo Larrazabal in them, more than anyone else in the field.
315- The average driving distance of Peter Uihlein today. The American birdied four of his last five holes for an opening 67.
14- Fairways hit by Andy Sullivan and YE Yang, the only two players to achieve 100 per cent driving accuracy.
4- Wins in his last 15 starts for 19 year old Hao-tong Li, China’s number one ranked golfer. He shot an opening round 71 today.
80- For Tian-Lang Guan today, the 16 year old amateur who famously made the cut at the Masters two years ago.
2- Bogey-free rounds today, courtesy of Felipe Aguilar (-5) and Andy Sullivan (-3).
74.01 - Average score today. 45 players of 154 players in the field broke par. 16 broke 70.
5- The hardest hole today. The 474 yard par four yielded just six birdies compared to 86 bogeys or worse.
