Plenty of numbers to talk about on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Here's some of the highlights from the first round over the Montgomerie Maxx Royal.
9 –under par leads the way for Miguel Angel Jimenez
1 –shot lead for the coolest man in golf over Ian Poulter
7 –birdies and an eagle for the Spaniard over the Montgomerie Maxx Royal
91 –metres for his second shot on his opening hole, the tenth, holed with a 52 degree lob wedge
4 –twos on the card for the 50 year old - impressive
3 –over par rounds for Jiménez last year in Turkey
14 -players within four shots of the lead
8 –nationalities among those 14 players including 5 Englishmen, two Scots and two South Africans
14– under par in his two first rounds at the Turkish Airlines Open for Poulter (he shot a 66 last year to go with his 64 from this year)
0 –wins for Poults this year on The European Tour – something he’s eager to change
8 –birdies in Wade Ormsby’s back nine of 30
3 –players who have to win to keep Race to Dubai alive – Donaldson, Garcia, Siem
70 –best round of those three.
7 –birdies in a row from Hennie Otto, one short of the European Tour record
600 –European Tour appearances for the legendary Colin Montgomerie
2,010 –rounds on the European Tour for the Scot now
4– over par 76 for Monty on the opening day on the course he designed
313 –yards, the longest drive of day one by – yes you guessed it, Nicolas Colsaerts
10 –players who drove over 300 yards
10 –eagles during the first round
333– birdies on day one
194 –Bogeys on the opening round
35 –double bogeys or worse, including a 10 from Colsaerts
70.941– scoring average on day one
6 –the hardest hole on the course, the 482 yard par four averaging 4.513.
11 –the easiest hole, the 570 yard par five averaging 4.628
