After a blistering performance from Team Europe on day one of the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM, europeantour.com took a statistical - and sometimes sideways - look back at the best of the action...
EURASIA CUP - DAY 1 IN NUMBERS
5- Point lead for Team Europe after clean sweep in day1fourball matches
4&3- Largest winning margin from Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Stephen Gallacher
10- Combined shots under par they were on completing the match on the15th
148- Yardage of Gonzo's9 iron approach into the1st hole - he found the cup for an opening eagle2
30- Low 9score on day1(Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Miguel Angel Jimenez on the front9)
2- Eagles for Jimenez in his opening match at the3rd and11th plus3birdies
6- European Eagles in total on day1(4on the11th;1on the1st;1on the3rd)
3- Holes Graeme McDowell and Jamie Donaldson were down after7holes; they went on to win3&1
2- Matches that went all the way to the18th (Bjorn/Olesen vs Oda/Tanihara and McDowell/Donaldson vs Kim Hyung-Sung and Nicholas Fung)
1- Inch Joost Luiten was away from his2nd albatross of the year after his2nd shot into the par5 11th (His1st came at the Volvo Golf Champions in January)
5- Birdies Team Asia's Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Gaganjeet Bhullar both had yet still ended up on the losing side
2- Days to come:5foursomes matches on Saturday and10singles on Saturday
10.5- Points needed to win the contest outright
2 - The minimum number of celebratory glasses of rioja El Capitano will surely enjoy this evening after a spellbinding day for Team Europe...