After an enthralling first day at the 100th Open de France, europeantour.com drills down into the stories and statistics to bring you the best numbers from the opening round at Le Golf National.
1- Lucas Bjerregaard made the first hole-in-one of his life on Thursday en route to a first round 66 and a one-shot lead after 18 holes
202- Yardage of the par three second, found in a single blow of a seven iron by the big Dane
14- New clubs in Bjerregaard's bag after his own set was lost en route to France
317.5 - Average drive for 'The Bear' on Thursday - longest in the field
46- Year old Thongchai Jaidee is part of the three-way tie for second following the first day's play. The Thai has finished inside the top ten here in each of the last two years.
3- Professional wins in France for Bernd Wiesberger - two on the Challenge Tour and the Open de France 12 months ago. The Austrian shot 67 on day one to launch his defence.
0- Adrian Otaegui was the only player to not drop a shot in the first round as the Spaniard made four birdies and 15 pars across L'Albatros on day one
1,051- The World Ranking of Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon coming into the week. The French qualifier shone during the first round as only a double bogey at the tough 18th saw him fall out of the lead.
68- Matching scores on Thursday for brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari
50- Years since Denis Hutchinson won the Open de France at nearby La Boulie. After the World Feed commentator's winner's medal was stolen in a robbery a few years ago, the French Golf Federation presented a duplicate medal to the South African.
13– The hardest hole on Thursday at an average of 4.40. There were more double bogeys or worse made on the 415-yard par four on Thursday than birdies.
84- Shots under par overall for Joost Luiten so far this season. No other player is more under par in the 2016 Race to Dubai than the Dutchman, who fired 69 on Thursday.
22 - Putts for Alex Noren on Thursday - no one had fewer
100- Editions of the Open de France now as the old tournament this week joins The Open, US Open, Canadian Open, Australian Open, South African Open and Argentine Open as the only events to have reached a century of playings
