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Tournament of Champions 2020: Joaquin Niemann Leads Justin Thomas After Round 1

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The 2020 golf season opened on Thursday when the Sentry Tournament of Champions teed off at The Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Kapalua, Hawaii.

First-timer Joaquin Niemann finished Day 1 with the lead at seven under par. The 21-year-old Chilean joined the PGA Tour in 2019, and his lone win on tour so far came in the A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier.

With that victory, according to the PGA Tour's official website, he "became the first player from Chile to win on the PGA Tour and joins Seve Ballesteros and Rory McIlroy as the only players born outside the United States to win on tour before turning 21 in the last 95 years.