By Will Pearson, europeantour.com
at Royal Aberdeen
After a superb opening day at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, europeantour.com looks back at the best of the action from Royal Aberdeen...in numbers...
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT SCOTTISH OPEN: DAY 1 IN NUMBERS
64- Rory McIlroy's superb first round score which included 8 birdies and just 1 drop
7- Gains in 10 holes McIlroy had from the fifth
1- Shot lead over Kristoffer Broberg and Ricardo Gonzalez with 3 rounds to come in Aberdeen
2- Times the previous course record of 66 was bettered on Thursday, first by Broberg (65) and secondly by McIlroy (64)
430- The approximate yardage of McIlroy's drive in hitting the the par 4 13th green in 1 mighty blow
2- Bogey-free rounds on Thursday (Kristoffer Broberg - 65, Luke Donald - 67)
29- Michael Hoey's rip-roaring back 9 score featuring 4 birdies and 1 eagle on the 15th
148- Yardage of Francois Calmel's hole in one at the eighth (PW)
185- Yardage of Tom Lewis' hole in one at the 17th (8 iron)
25- Aces now in Scottish Open history
39- Players under par after round one at Royal Aberdeen
7- Nationalities inside the top 10 (2 Northern Irishmen, 1 Swede, 1 Argentinian, 3 Englishmen, 3 Scotsmen, 1 American, 1 Frenchman)
72.41- Scoring average for the field in the first round
6,355- Amount in Great British Pounds raised in the Archie Foundation Birdie Pledge on day one
9- Robert Rock's score on the par 5 second
19- Top wind speed in MPH measured on Thursday in this corner of the north-east coast of Scotland
552- Minutes between the first tee shot of the day at 0630 and the last at 1542
1780- The year Royal Aberdeen Golf Club was formed, making it the 6th oldest in the world
