Day One In Numbers

Our stats guru details the best facts and figures from the opening day's play The Grove.

4- Players share the lead on five under. Mikko Ilonen was the first to do so, followed by Marc Warren, Tommy Fleetwood and Richard Sterne.

31– Starts since Marc Warren last shot a lower round than his opening 66 – a 65 in the opening round of last year’s British Masters.

8- Straight rounds in the 60s for Richard Sterne after his 66 this afternoon.

55- Holes without a dropped shot for the South African. Sterne played two bogey-free rounds at the Old Course to close out the Dunhill Links at the weekend before making 13 pars and five birdies today.

4- Bogey-free rounds today, courtesy of Tommy Fleetwood, Richard Sterne, Richard Bland and Andrew Johnson.

71.54- Average score on day one. 49 of the 118 players broke par, whilst 20 shot in the 60s.

70- Opening round score from the defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick. It is the first time the 22 year has trailed at the British Masters having won in wire-to-wire fashion on his debut last year.

10- Englishman in the top 20 after 18 holes. In the history of the British Masters, ten different Englishman have lifted the trophy.

0- Missed fairways for Lee Westwood today. The 2007 British Masters champion opened with four under par round of 67.

335- The average distance of Nicolas Colsaerts’ drives today at The Grove. The Belgian has led the Tour in Driving Distance in three of the last six seasons.

8- Birdies for Colsaerts today, more than anyone else. However, one double bogey and two bogeys left the 33 year old at two under par.

5- Withdrawals or retirements on day one including Jamie Donaldson, Thomas Bjorn and Masters Champion Danny Willett, who was forced to withdraw with an injured back.