After a compelling first round at the Open de Espana we take a look at the numbers that matter most after the first 18 holes of play at the Open de Espana.
68 - The leading score of the day, shot by Englishman Eddie Pepperell to lead by 1 on 4 under par
211- Yards Robert-Jan Derksen made a hole in 1 from at the 5th hole
5- The iron he used to sink his 4th competitive ace
10- Nationalities inside the top 10 including 4 Spaniards
9- The hardest hole on the course on day 1, averaging at 4.458 and yielding just 11 birdies
18- The second hardest hole on the course in the first round, averaging at 4.355 and again yielding just 11 birdies
60- The number of players over par on the testing closing hole of the Stadium course
15- The easiest hole on the course on Thursday, averaging at 4.368 after giving up 13 eagles and 81 birdies
27- Miguel Angel Jimenez'z number of Open de Espana starts now, bringing his European Tour total to 626
19- The amount of shots between first and last place following round one
30- Players under par
16- Players within 2 shots of the lead following a tight first day
69- The best score from a former Open de Espana winner (Sergio Garcia - 2002)
74- The best score from a former winner at PGA Catalunya Resort (Thomas Levet - 2009 Open de Espana and Carlos Del Moral - 2013 Q-School Final)
8- Peter Whiteford's score on the par 4 17th. The Scotsman also made 2 double bogeys and 7 birdies in a rollercoaster 74
33- The best front nine score (Richie Ramsay)
33- The best back nine score (Pepperell, Thomas Pieters, Peter Uihlein)
10- The position of Fabrizio Zanotti following the first round. The Paraguayan has finished 12th (2008 Q-School Final), second (2009 Open de Espana) and second (2013 Q-Schol Final) in his previous three appearances at PGA Catalunya
5- Miles the resort is from local boy Jordi Garcia Pinto's home. The Girona man shot 70 in the first round
5,900- The amount in Euros raised on day 1 by Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and his recruits for Make A Wish Spain in their Birdie Pledge
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