2022 Masters Tournament-First-Round Notes

First-Round Leaderboard

Sungjae Im                              67 (-5)

Cameron Smith                       68 (-4)

Danny Willett                          69 (-3)

Joaquin Niemann                   69 (-3)

Scottie Scheffler                     69 (-3)

Dustin Johnson                       69 (-3)

Things to Know

• 82-time PGA TOUR winner and five-time Masters Tournament champion Tiger Woods opens with a 1-under 71 (T10) in his first competitive round since the final round of the 2020 Masters (508 days ago)
• 2020 runner-up Sungjae Im holds a one-stroke lead following a first-round 67
• Cameron Smith (2^nd) and Scottie Scheffler (T3), both winners in their most recent starts on the PGA TOUR, are within two strokes of the lead; last player to win on the PGA TOUR and win a major in his next start: Jordan Spieth, 2017 Travelers Championship and Open Championship
• Scheffler, who has three wins in his last five starts, is making his first start as World No. 1 (also No. 1 in the FedExCup standings)
• Four of the six players at T3 or better have won on the PGA TOUR this season, combining for seven wins (3/Scheffler, 2/Smith, 1/Im, 1/Joaquin Niemann)
• Two past champions are tied for third place: Dustin Johnson (2020) and Danny Willett (2016)

First-Round Lead Notes

17             First-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Masters Tournament (most recent: Dustin Johnson, 2020)

4               First-round leaders/co-leaders to win on TOUR in 2021-22 (most recent: Sam Burns, Valspar

Championship)

Sungjae Im (1^st/-5)

• Second career 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (first: T1/2019 Wyndham Championship/finished T6)
• Runner-up at the 2020 Masters in his tournament debut (MC/2021)
• Career first-round scores at the Masters (2020 to 2022): 66-77-67
• Career first-round positions at the Masters (2020 to 2022): T4-T72-1^st
• Third consecutive round at the Masters led by an Asian-born player (Hideki Matsuyama led after the third round and won the 2021 Masters)
• 100^th career round of 67 or better on the PGA TOUR (third-most since joining the PGA TOUR in 2018-19; Justin Thomas/110, Webb Simpson/102)
• Two-time winner on the PGA TOUR, including this season’s Shriners Children’s Open (first win: 2020 Honda Classic)
• Entered the week No. 8 in the FedExCup standings and has qualified for the TOUR Championship in each of his first three seasons on TOUR

Cameron Smith (2^nd/-4)

• First player to make eight birdies or more in a round at the Masters since Cameron Champ in the final-round in 2020
• Second player on record (1983-present) to record multiple double bogeys and shoot 68 or better at the Masters (first: Rickie Fowler, 2013/R1)
• Finished T2 at the 2020 Masters (held a share of the second-round lead)
• Three top-10s in his last four starts at the event (T5/2018, T2/2020, T10/2021)
• Two wins on the PGA TOUR this season: Sentry Tournament of Champions and THE PLAYERS Championship (most recent start)
• One of four players with multiple wins on the PGA TOUR this season, along with Scottie Scheffler (3), Sam Burns (2) and Hideki Matsuyama (2)
• Tiger Woods (2001) is the only player to win THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters in the same year
• Last player to win on the PGA TOUR and win a major in his next start: Jordan Spieth, 2017 Travelers Championship and Open Championship
• Last player to win in consecutive PGA TOUR starts: Patrick Cantlay, 2021 BMW Championship and TOUR Championship
• Last player to win in consecutive PGA TOUR starts during the FedExCup Regular Season: Brendon Todd, 2019 Bermuda Championship and World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

Scottie Scheffler (T3/-3)

• No. 1 in both the FedExCup standings and Official World Golf Ranking (first start as World No. 1)
• In the top 10 after each of the last eight major championship rounds (R2-R4/2021 U.S. Open, R1-R4/2021 Open Championship, R1/2022 Masters Tournament)
• The winner of the Masters Tournament has entered the week No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking five times: Ian Woosnam/1991, Fred Couples/1992, Tiger Woods/2001, Woods/2002, Dustin Johnson/2020
• No Masters Tournament winner has entered the week No. 1 in the FedExCup standings
• Leads the PGA TOUR with three wins this season; all three have come in his last five starts (WM Phoenix Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play)
• Last player to win on the PGA TOUR and win a major in his next start: Jordan Spieth, 2017 Travelers Championship and Open Championship
• Last player to win in consecutive PGA TOUR starts: Patrick Cantlay, 2021 BMW Championship and TOUR Championship
• Last player to win in consecutive PGA TOUR starts during the FedExCup Regular Season: Brendon Todd, 2019 Bermuda Championship and World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

Tiger Woods (T10/-1)

• Making first start on the PGA TOUR since the 2020 Masters Tournament (508 days between the final round of the 2020 Masters and first round of the 2022 Masters)
• Third consecutive 18-hole position of T11 or better at the Masters (T11/2019, T10/2020, T10/2022)
• 22 of his 24 first-round scores at the Masters have been in the 70s (68s in 2010 and 2020)
• Hit nine of 18 greens in regulation; 10^th time in 91 rounds at the Masters with nine or fewer GIRs

Miscellaneous notes

• 2020 champion Dustin Johnson is T3; last player to win two titles at the Masters in a three-year span: Bubba Watson, 2012 and 2014
• Joaquin Niemann (T3) holed out for eagle at No. 9, recording the sixth eagle at that hole in tournament history and first since Bill Haas in 2013
• Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama is T19 (even-par 70); last player to successfully defend Masters title: Tiger Woods, 2002
• With a 2-over 74, Jon Rahm ends his streak of 15 consecutive par-or-better scores at the Masters, which was one shy of Tiger Woods’ record (16)