After an intriguing first day at Durban Country Club, europeantour.com took a numerical, and sometimes sideways, look at the key numbers from the first round of the Volvo Golf Champions.
67 – Raphael Jacquelin’s majestic first round score
0 – Bogeys on the Frenchman’s card in the first round – the only player to remain blemish-free
5 – Birdies for the Open de Espana winner on Thursday, including two in succession to finish
22 – Wind gusts in miles per hour facing the field at points on Thursday
31 – The highest temperature reached in Durban during the first round
6 – Inches Colin Montgomerie was away from away from holing his tee shot at the short 15th and winning a Volvo Backhoe Loader excavator worth US$75,000
50 – Age of the former Ryder Cup captain – the oldest in the field this week
9 – Nationalities in the top ten following the first round
4 – Eagles on Thursday (Darren Fichardt, Simon Thornton, Marcel Siem, Victor Dubuisson)
8 – Fichardt’s score on the par five tenth
40 – Pounds Darren Clarke estimates he has lost in weight over the last few months
16 – Players who broke par in the first round
12 – The amount of shots between first and last place
1 – The number of birdies all day on the 387-yard par four first (Miguel Angel Jimenez)
5 – The hardest hole on the course, ranking at an average of 4.56
18 – The easiest hole on the course, ranking at an average of 3.36
12 – The unlucky few who didn’t manage to birdie the driveable par four last
