A breezy first day of golf at the Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI over the Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra course produced 38 sub-par rounds and a field average score of 73.57. Lloyd Saltman leads on -8 with Richard Bland following behind on -6. We analyse how they did it plus we round up the early Genworth Statistics leaders.
Lloyd SALTMAN -8
Lloyd Saltman jumped out into an early lead with a superb round of 64, which included nine birdies against just the one bogey. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 28 year old Scotsman ranked 1st for Driving Distance with a huge 330 yards and 2nd for Greens in Regulation with 15/18 greens hit. He also notched up eleven single putts during the round and was 2/2 for Sand Saves.
| Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Stroke Average | 64.00 | 1 |
| Driving Accuracy | 57.1% | 41 |
| Driving Distance | 330 yds | 1 |
| Greens in Reg | 83.3% | 2 |
| Scrambles | 66.7% | 21 |
| Sand Saves | 100% | 1 |
| Putts per GIR | 1.467 | 2 |
| Putts per Round | 25.0 | 3 |
| 1 Putts per Rnd | 11.00 | 1 |
| Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Par 3 Scoring | 2.75 | 6 |
| Par 4 Scoring | 3.60 | 1 |
| Par 5 Scoring | 4.25 | 2 |
| Eagles per Rnd | 0.00 | 16 |
| Birdies per Rnd | 9.00 | 1 |
| Pars per Rnd | 8.00 | - |
| Bogeys per Rnd | 1.00 | 2 |
| Others per Rnd | 0.00 | 1 |
| Par 5's in 2 | 1 | 3 |
Richard BLAND -6
Richard Bland fired seven birdies against one bogey for his round of 66. Statistically, he was not quite so impressive from tee to green in comparison to Lloyd Saltman, but on the greens themselves there was no-one better. The 40 year old Englishman took a total of just 23 putts on his way to ranking 1st for each of the Genworth Putting Statistics categories.
| Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Stroke Average | 66.00 | 2 |
| Driving Accuracy | 57.1% | 41 |
| Driving Distance | 299 yds | 21 |
| Greens in Reg | 66.7% | 36 |
| Scrambles | 83.3% | 10 |
| Sand Saves | 0.0% | 31 |
| Putts per GIR | 1.417 | 1 |
| Putts per Round | 23.0 | 1 |
| 1 Putts per Rnd | 11.00 | 1 |
| Tournament Stats | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Par 3 Scoring | 2.50 | 2 |
| Par 4 Scoring | 3.80 | 3 |
| Par 5 Scoring | 4.50 | 11 |
| Eagles per Rnd | 0.00 | 16 |
| Birdies per Rnd | 7.00 | 2 |
| Pars per Rnd | 10.00 | - |
| Bogeys per Rnd | 1.00 | 2 |
| Others per Rnd | 0.00 | 1 |
| Par 5's in 2 | 0 | 27 |
Official Genworth Statistics Leaders
- Stroke Average: 64.00
Lloyd SALTMAN. - Driving Accuracy: 85.7%
Robert-Jan DERKSEN, Gary BOYD, Chris DOAK, Seve BENSON, Stephen DODD, Richard MCEVOY, Matthew SOUTHGATE. - Driving Distance: 330 yards
Lloyd SALTMAN. - Greens in Regulation: 94.4%
Mark TULLO. - Scrambles: 100%
Morten Ørum MADSEN, Craig LEE, Peter HEDBLOM, Carlos DEL MORAL, Chris LLOYD, Joakim LAGERGREN, Mikael LUNDBERG, Guillaume CAMBIS. - Sand Saves: 100%
23 players including Daniel BROOKS and Lloyd SALTMAN who both saved 2/2. - Putts per GIR: 1.417
Richard BLAND. - Putts per Round: 23
Richard BLAND. - 1 Putts: 11
Richard BLAND and Lloyd SALTMAN.
Other interesting statistics provided by the Genworth Stats Pack
- Par 3 Scoring: 2.25
Victor RIU. - Par 4 Scoring: 3.60
Lloyd SALTMAN. - Par 5 Scoring: 4.00
Joakim LAGERGREN. - Most Par 5 holes where green is hit in two shots: 2
Rikard KARLBERG, Estanislao GOYA. - Most shots holed from off the green: 2
Guillaume CAMBIS, Daniel BROOKS, Anthony SNOBECK, Alastair FORSYTH. - Least number of drop shots during the tournament: No dropped shots
Max GLAUERT. - Most 3 Putts: 4
Eduardo DE LA RIVA, Shiv KAPUR. - Most Eagles: 1
15 players. - Most Birdies: 9
Lloyd SALTMAN. - Most Pars: 16
Matthew NIXON. - Most Bogeys: 9
Shiv KAPUR. - Most Others: 2
15 players.
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