Round 1
Joost Luiten leads after round 1 on 5 under par and leads by one shot from Jacob Skov Olesen. The field averaged 0.32 over par, and 22 players broke par. Luiten's 67 was the low round of the day. The the par-5 7th played easiest.
| Pos | Player | Round 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joost Luiten | 67 (-5) | -5 |
| 2 | Jacob Skov Olesen | 68 (-4) | -4 |
| 3 | Francesco Laporta | 69 (-3) | -3 |
| 3 | Freddy Schott | 69 (-3) | -3 |
| 3 | Gregorio De Leo | 69 (-3) | -3 |
| 3 | Rory Mcilroy | 69 (-3) | -3 |
| 3 | Victor Perez | 69 (-3) | -3 |
| 8 | Adrian Otaegui | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | Dan Bradbury | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | David Puig | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | Jorge Campillo | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Reitan | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | Matthew Jordan | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | Oliver Lindell | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| 8 | Tyrrell Hatton | 70 (-2) | -2 |
| Round 1 | |
|---|---|
| Scoring average | 72.32 (0.32 over par) |
| Players under par | 22 of 50 |
| Low round | 67 (-5): Joost Luiten |
| Hardest hole | 9th (par 4): 0.28 over par |
| Easiest hole | 7th (par 5): 0.56 under par |
The scoring average is over the players who completed the round. The holes are from the In-Running page's hole averages.
The leader
Luiten's 67 came with seven birdies and two bogeys. His strokes came from approach play, where he gained 3.55, and from putting, where he ranks 4th. Around the green he lost 1.14 strokes. Against the course's key metrics, greens in regulation (HIGH) is a perfect match. Play off the tee (CRITICAL) is neutral, while driving distance (CRITICAL) is an anomaly.
| Stat | Round 1 |
|---|---|
| SG: Off the tee | +0.29 (20) |
| SG: Approach | +3.55 (1) |
| SG: Around the green | -1.14 (43) |
| SG: Putting | +2.62 (4) |
| Driving distance | 305.5 (30) |
| Driving accuracy | 85.7% (1) |
| Greens in regulation | 83.3% (4) |
| Scrambling | 33.3% (40) |
| Putts per round | 29.0 (8) |
Each figure with his rank in the field in brackets, as the In-Running page ranks it.
Course Fit ranks each week's field by how closely each player's game over the last 12 months matches what the course rewards beyond the tour norm. This table checks Course Fit's profile of Jumeirah against the week so far: its key metrics, with the leader's rank on each over round 1. The higher the leader ranks on them, round by round, the more the course is rewarding what Course Fit says it does.
See this week's Course Fit table for the DP World Tour
| Key metric | Priority | Joost Luiten, rank over round 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Driving distance | CRITICAL | 30, anomaly |
| Off the tee | CRITICAL | 20, neutral |
| Greens in regulation | HIGH | 4, perfect match |
Priority is how much the course rewards the metric, read against every venue's Course Fit weights. The rank is over round 1. The verdict: a perfect match is a top-5 rank, a match the top quarter, neutral the top half, an anomaly below.
Progress / Regress targets
A Progress target has ranked much higher so far this week from tee to green or on approach than his position, but much lower for putting, although over the last 12 months he has been one of the better putters in this field. His position undersells his long game, and he may climb if his putting returns to its usual level.
A Regress target is the reverse: a weaker putter whose putting so far has lifted him well above what his long game has earned, so his position may flatter him.
Each figure is a rank in this week's field over the event so far, except the last column: his putting rank over the previous 12 months. Only players in the top 50 and ties after the round are considered.
| Target | Player | After round 1 | SG: T2G | SG: Approach | SG: Putting | Putting, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress | Adrian Meronk | 31 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 2 |
| Regress | Manuel Elvira | 31 | 48 | 46 | 9 | 30 |
| Regress | Mikael Lindberg | 23 | 39 | 44 | 8 | 24 |
Progress: SG: Tee to Green or SG: Approach rank over round 1 at least 13 places better than his position, SG: Putting at least 13 places worse, and in the field's top quarter for putting over the previous 12 months. Regress: the reverse, and outside that top quarter. Putting, last 12 months: his rank among the 50 in the field for strokes gained putting over the year before the event, as the CC: SG table ranks it.
Written automatically from the site's in-running data: every figure in it is worked out from it by code.