After a weather-affected first day at Le Golf National, europeantour.com takes a statistical look back at the best of the action.
6- Birdies on Max Kieffer's card as the German reached four under par through 14 holes to claim the outright lead before play was stopped
3- Suspensions on a day of stormy weather in Paris
150- Minutes lost during the morning due to thunderstorms before play was suspended for the day thanks to another passing electrical storm at 20.58 local time
42- Players still to complete their first rounds
25- Players left under par when play was suspended
29- Frenchmen in the field
99- Next year will be the 100th Open De France, officially the oldest national Open in Continental Europe
-81- Byeong-hun An's score to par this season. The best on The European Tour
8- Nationalities in the top ten overnight
7 - Of the victorious European Ryder Cup side are in Versailles this week with their combined score three over par on day one
68- Victor Dubuisson's score on Thursday - his lowest opening round on The European Tour since September last year
4- Eagles seen on Thursday (Anirban Lahiri and Tom Lewis on the ninth, Adrien Saddier on the sixth and Romain Wattel on the third)
25,000- Bottles of water will be sold on site at Le Golf National this week with sweltering temperatures on the outskirts of the French capital