The Masters 2022 R1
April 07-10
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Out front at Augusta.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 7, 2022
Sungjae Im holds a 1-stroke lead after his opening round 67. pic.twitter.com/2Ou9vyr0KU
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South Korean Sungjae Im started his Masters well campaign well, opening with three consecutive birdies then made one more to make the turn in 32.
The Masters 2022 R1
Back-to-back bogeys on the first holes of the back nine set hime back before recovering with a 12-foot eagle putt at the par-5 13th and one more birdie at the 15th to close with a 5-under 67 and a one-shot lead.
“I don’t want to think about overachieving anything at this moment. I still have a lot of days of play and there are a lot of talented players out here at the Masters.”
Sungjae Im dials in the eagle at 13.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 7, 2022
He’s tied for the lead at #theMasters pic.twitter.com/CRLaRl6lYH
The Masters 2022 R1
“I think with the rain passing by, the greens are going to get firmer, the fairways are going to get firmer, so I just have to be prepared to do the same thing I did today.”
Im’s score was the highest score to lead after the first round at the Masters since 2014 after two inches of rain softened the course followed by strong wind.
The Masters 2022 R1
Australian Cameron Smith, playing for the first time since he won the Players Championship a month ago lies in second place after firing eight birdies unfortunately capped by double bogeys at the par-4s 1st and 18th for a 68.
“To be honest, those couple of double bogeys really didn’t have too bad a shot in them. It’s not like I was scratching it out of the trees,” said Smith. “Just misjudged the wind on both wedges. Just left myself in a bit of a tough spot. Other than that, it was just really solid.”
2020 champion Dustin Johnson fired a 69 for a share of third place at 3-under. Tied alongside him are fellow American and new Wolrd number 1 Scottie Scheffler as well as Chilean Joaquin Niemann and Englishman Danny Willett who won in 2016.
The Masters 2022 R1
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
| 1 | Sungjae Im | -5 | 67 |
| 2 | Cameron Smith | -4 | 68 |
| T3 | Danny Willett | -3 | 69 |
| T3 | Joaquin Niemann | -3 | 69 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | -3 | 69 |
| T3 | Dustin Johnson | -3 | 69 |
| T7 | Jason Kokrak | -2 | 70 |
| T7 | Corey Conners | -2 | 70 |
| T7 | Patrick Cantlay | -2 | 70 |
| T10 | Harry Higgs | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Kevin Na | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Daniel Berger | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Tiger Woods | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Webb Simpson | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Harold Varner III | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Will Zalatoris | -1 | 71 |
| T10 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -1 | 71 |
| T19 | Garrick Higgo | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Talor Gooch | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Hideki Matsuyama | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Cameron Champ | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Lucas Glover | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Charl Schwartzel | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Lee Westwood | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Keita Nakajima (a) | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Sergio Garcia | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Abraham Ancer | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Tyrrell Hatton | Par | 72 |
| T19 | Viktor Hovland | Par | 72 |
| T31 | Min Woo Lee | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Mackenzie Hughes | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Shane Lowry | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Erik van Rooyen | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Robert MacIntyre | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Russell Henley | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Tom Hoge | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Bubba Watson | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Marc Leishman | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Collin Morikawa | +1 | 73 |
| T31 | Rory McIlroy | +1 | 73 |
| T43 | J.J. Spaun | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Austin Greaser (a) | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Padraig Harrington | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Mike Weir | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Sepp Straka | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Brian Harman | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Zach Johnson | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Max Homa | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Adam Scott | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Lucas Herbert | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Seamus Power | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Patrick Reed | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Billy Horschel | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Jon Rahm | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Xander Schauffele | +2 | 74 |
| T43 | Jordan Spieth | +2 | 74 |
| T60 | Fred Couples | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Guido Migliozzi | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Ryan Palmer | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Tommy Fleetwood | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Kevin Kisner | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Cameron Davis | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Takumi Kanaya | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Gary Woodland | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Sam Burns | +3 | 75 |
| T60 | Brooks Koepka | +3 | 75 |
| T70 | Stewart Cink | +4 | 76 |
| T70 | Si Woo Kim | +4 | 76 |
| T70 | Bryson DeChambeau | +4 | 76 |
| T70 | Louis Oosthuizen | +4 | 76 |
| T70 | Justin Thomas | +4 | 76 |
| T70 | Bernhard Langer | +4 | 76 |
| T70 | Justin Rose | +4 | 76 |
| T77 | Jose Maria Olazabal | +5 | 77 |
| T77 | Larry Mize | +5 | 77 |
| T77 | Hudson Swafford | +5 | 77 |
| T77 | Cameron Young | +5 | 77 |
| T77 | Luke List | +5 | 77 |
| T82 | Francesco Molinari | +6 | 78 |
| T82 | Vijay Singh | +6 | 78 |
| T84 | Stewart Hagestad (a) | +7 | 79 |
| T84 | Thomas Pieters | +7 | 79 |
| T86 | Aaron Jarvis (a) | +9 | 81 |
| T86 | Matthew Wolff | +9 | 81 |
| T86 | James Piot (a) | +9 | 81 |
| T86 | Laird Shepherd (a) | +9 | 81 |
| 90 | Sandy Lyle | +10 | 82 |
