The best stats and numbers from day one at the Portugal Masters where the men around the bubble are playing for their 2017 European Tour cards...
63 - Low score of the day from Scotland's Marc Warren. Having started with six birdies in a row, Warren fired an eight par round, his lowest on the European Tour since September 2014.
24 - Putts for the Scot on day one. Nobody in the field had fewer.
64- For Eddie Pepperell was his best round of the season, beating the 65s the Englishman shot at last week's British Masters and the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the start of the 2016 Race to Dubai.
30- The number of places Pepperell is projected to jump in the Race to Dubai rankings after his opening round. He started the week ranked 110th, on the bubble of players who will keep their Tour card after this week.
3- Players moved from outside to inside the projected top 111 in the Race to Dubai: Oliver Fisher, Mikko Korhonen, and Paul Peterson, who is already exempt for next year thanks to his win in the Czech Republic.
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- Bogeys for defending champion Andy Sullivan in his opening round 67. One of 10 players without a bogey.
56
- Shots under par for Alex Noren for his last 19 rounds after the Swede opened with a 67 in Vilamoura.
70
- Of the field broke 70 on day one. The average score was 69.3.
505
- Birdies were made by the field today, compared to just 257 bogeys.
328
- Thomas Pieters average driving distance in round one, second only to Laurie Canter (328.5 yards). The Belgian Ryder Cup rookie birdied his final two holes to card an opening round 69.
0
- Missed greens by Chris Hanson. The Englishman hit all 18 Greens in Regulation, no one else hit more than 17.
