2020 Masters – All The Facts & Figures – First Round

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First-Round Notes – Friday, November 13, 2020

Thursday weather: Mostly cloudy with morning thunderstorms. High of 78. Wind WNW 4-8 mph. Due to inclement weather and thunderstorms, play was suspended at 7:35 a.m. ET and resumed at 10:20 a.m. ET. Due to darkness, the first round was suspended for the day at 5:30 p.m. ET with 44 players left on the course.

Friday weather: The first round resumed at 7:30 a.m. ET. Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind NW 5-10 mph.

First-Round Leaderboard

Paul Casey                                65 (-7)

Dylan Frittelli                           65 (-7)

Dustin Johnson                        65 (-7)

Justin Thomas                          66 (-6)

Sungjae Im                                66 (-6)

Things to Know

  • Reigning FedExCup champion Dustin Johnson looks to become first World No. 1 to win the Masters Tournament since Tiger Woods in 2002
  • Paul Casey ties his career-low score in a major, improves on 2019 first-round score by 16 strokes
  • Tiger Woods ties his career-low first-round score at the Masters, records first bogey-free score in a major since 2009
  • Woods is in search of sixth Masters victory, 16th major championship title and record-breaking 83rd PGA TOUR win
  • 53 under-par scores and 24 scores in the 60s in the first round (both tournament records in any round)

First-Round Lead Notes

16             First-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Masters Tournament  (most recent: Jordan Spieth/2015)

1               First-round leader/co-leader to win in 2020-21  (Hudson Swafford/Corales Puntacana Championship)

 Comparing the co-leaders (entering the week)

Category Paul Casey Dylan Frittelli Dustin Johnson
Age 43 (July 21, 1977) 30 (June 5, 1990) 36 (June 22, 1984)
FedExCup 101 95 17
OWGR 22 100 1
Starts at the Masters 13 1 9
Wins at the Masters 0 0 0
Top-10s at the Masters 5 0 4
Career PGA TOUR starts 281 66 276
Career PGA TOUR wins 3 1 23
Career PGA TOUR top-10s 61 4 105
PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 4 5 2
PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 0 0
PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 0 0 2

Dustin Johnson (T1/-7)

  • 18th 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; has gone to win four of the previous 17 (2009 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2013 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2020 TOUR Championship)
  • 0-for-4 to date converting 18-hole lead/co-lead to victory in major championships (T2/2015 U.S. Open, T49/2015 Open Championship, T7/2015 PGA Championship, 3rd/2018 U.S. Open)
  • Looking to become the eighth player (ninth instance) to win the Masters after finishing 2nd/T2 the year prior (Ralph Guldahl/1939, Byron Nelson/1942, Arnold Palmer/1962, Jack Nicklaus/1965, Billy Casper/1970, Nicklaus/1972, Ben Crenshaw/1984, Jordan Spieth/2015)
  • One major championship title (2016 U.S. Open)
  • Four consecutive top-10s at the Masters (T6/2015, T4/2016, T10/2018, T2/2019; DNP/2017)
  • Holds the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking entering the Masters for the third time in the last four years (No. 2 in 2019; regained the No. 1 position after the Masters)
  • Last World No. 1 to win the Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods, 2002
  • Last World No. 1 to win on TOUR: Johnson, 2020 TOUR Championship
  • Finished T2 at last week’s Vivint Houston Open
  • Top-10s in each of his last six starts, including five results of T2 or better: T2/PGA Championship, Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, P2/BMW Championship, Won/TOUR Championship, T6/U.S. Open, T2/Houston Open
  • Ranks 27thall-time with 23 PGA TOUR wins; would move into a tie for 26thwith Gary Player with a victory

Paul Casey (T1/-7)

  • Eighth 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; has not converted any of the previous seven to victory (most recent result: T30/2015 Sony Open in Hawaii)
  • Third 18-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship (results: T20/2004 Open Championship, T40/2010 U.S. Open)
  • Ties his career-low score in a major championship (R4/2018 Masters Tournament) in his 218thround in a major
  • Shot a 9-over 81 in the first round of the 2019 Masters Tournament, marking an improvement of 16 strokes
  • Finished in the top 20 in each of the first two majors in 2020 (T2/PGA Championship, T17/U.S. Open)
  • Best result in 65 prior major championship appearances: T2/2020 PGA Championship
  • Best result in 13 prior Masters appearances: T4/2016
  • Three-time PGA TOUR winner (2009 Vivint Houston Open, 2018 Valspar Championship, 2019 Valspar Championship)

Dylan Frittelli (T1/-7)

  • First 18-hole lead/co-lead of PGA TOUR career (previous-best position after 18 holes: T3, three times)
  • Qualified for the event via his win at the 2019 John Deere Classic, his lone victory on the PGA TOUR
  • Best result in nine prior major championship appearances: T31/2018 PGA Championship
  • Missed the cut in only prior Masters appearance (2018)

Tiger Woods (T10/-4)

  • Ties career-low first-round score at the Masters (2010) and records his second opening-round score in the 60s in his 23rd start at the event
  • First bogey-free round in a major since the first round of the 2009 PGA Championship (went on to finish 2nd)
  • Birdied both par 5s on the back nine (Nos. 13 and 15) and has played those holes in a combined 104-under in 87 rounds at the Masters
  • In search of 83rd PGA TOUR victory; currently tied with Sam Snead for most all-time
  • In search of 16th major championship title; currently second all-time, three behind Jack Nicklaus
  • In search of sixth Masters Tournament win; currently second all-time, one behind Jack Nicklaus
  • Making 14th start in a major as defending champion (DNP/2008 PGA Championship) and has four wins in the previous 13:
Tournament Result
2020 Masters Tournament TBD
2009 U.S. Open T6
2008 PGA Championship DNP
2007 PGA Championship Won
2007 The Open Championship T12
2006 The Open Championship Won
2006 Masters Tournament T3
2003 U.S. Open T20
2003 Masters Tournament T15
2002 Masters Tournament Won
2001 PGA Championship T29
2001 The Open Championship T25
2001 U.S. Open T12
2000 PGA Championship Won
1998 Masters Tournament T8

Additional Player Notes

  • 2017 FedExCup champion Justin Thomas (T4) records a 6-under 66, his first score of par-or-better in the first round at the Masters; Thomas has not finished in the top 10 at the Masters in four appearances (best result: T12/2019)
  • In his Masters Tournament debut, Sungjae Im opens with a 6-under 66; the last player to win in his first Masters appearance was Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979
  • Webb Simpson’s 67 marks his lowest opening-round score in a major championship since the 2011 Open Championship (66); Simpson has finished in the top 20 in each of his last six starts on the PGA TOUR (T3/Wyndham Championship, T6/THE NORTHERN TRUST, T12/TOUR Championship, T8/U.S. Open, T13/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T17/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP)
  • Xander Schauffele (T6) has been inside the top 10 after the first round of four of the last five major championships (T2/2019 U.S. Open, T3/2020 PGA Championship, T8/2020 U.S. Open, T6/2020 Masters Tournament)
  • Bernhard Langer (T10) can become the oldest player to make the cut in Masters history; will be 63 years, 2 months, 18 days old Saturday (current record: 63 years, 1 month, 16 days by Tommy Aaron in 2000)

Miscellaneous Notes

  • There were 53 under-par scores in the first round, setting the tournament record (previous: 47, R2/2019)
  • There were 20 scores in the 60s in the first round, setting the tournament record (previous: 20, three times; most recent: R4/2019)

Course Statistics

Toughest Hole                                 Easiest Hole

R1:        Par-4 10th(4.250)                    Par-5 2nd(4.489)

Scoring Averages

                  Front 9                     Back 9                       Total                          Cumulative

R1:            35.478                      35.935                      71.413                      —

Bogey-free rounds

R1 (4):     Paul Casey (65), Dustin Johnson (65), Webb Simpson (67), Tiger Woods (68)



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