The best numbers and statistics from the first round of the UBS Hong Kong Open...
65- S.S.P Chawrasia's five under par opening round was enough to see the Indian leading in Hong Kong after day one.
3.1- Strokes gained putting for the 39 year old on Thursday, better than anyone else in the field.
2- This is the second time since 2009 that the four-time European Tour winner has opened with a round of 65 or lower. The last time was at the 2015 Hero Indian Open where he ended up losing in a play-off.
66 - For England's Matt Fitzpatrick. The 23 year old has finished in the top 15 in each of his last eight starts on the European Tour and led after 36 holes last week in Dubai.
5 - rounds in the 60s from the five times Matt Fitzpatrick has teed it up at Hong Kong Golf Club (67, 67, 66, 69, 66 - 15 under par).
6- A win this week would make Fitzpatrick just the sixth player to win five times on the European Tour before his 24th birthday, joining Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle, Jose Maria Olazabal, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
1 - Finland's Tapio Pulkkanen, who won the 2017 Road to Oman, hit the first shot of the 2018 Race to Dubai.
1,379,706 - shots were hit on the 2017 Race to Dubai.
6,713- Yardage of Hong Kong Golf Club, which makes the tight layout the shortest on the European Tour in 2017 (117 yards shorter than Close House Golf Club, host to the British Masters).
71.70 - Was the average score for the field for round one in Fanling, making it the fifth hardest opening round on the European Tour this year outside of the Majors (versus par).
5- Birdies for Sergio Garcia in his opening round of one under par 69.
7 - Years since Garcia last went a whole season without a worldwide win.
42 - Shots under par for Justin Rose over his last ten rounds on the European Tour.
68 - for 2017 Race to Dubai champion Tommy Fleetwood on the first day of the new season. Like Fitzpatrick, Fleetwood has never shot in the 70s here in five attempts.
