First-Round Leaderboard
Sungjae Im 67 (-5)
Cameron Smith 68 (-4)
Danny Willett
Joaquin Niemann 69 (-3)
Scottie Scheffler
Dustin Johnson
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 (2nd) 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 (1st/-5)
| Category | Entering the week |
| Age | 24 (March 30, 1998) |
| FedExCup | 8 |
| OWGR | 26 |
| Starts – wins – top-10s in PGA TOUR career | 111-2-23 |
| Starts – wins – top-10s on TOUR in 2021-22 | 13-1-4 |
| Starts – wins – top-10s at the Masters | 2-0-1 |
- 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-T72-1st
- Third consecutive round at the Masters led by an Asian-born player (Hideki Matsuyama led after the third round and won the 2021 Masters)
- 100th 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 (2nd/-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; 10th 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)