In the history of the Masters, only five golfers have ever led the tournament at the conclusion of the first three rounds and gone on to be wire-to-wire winners, so while it is not critical to have the first-round lead at Augusta National, every golfer in the field wants to post a good score.
But what have been the opening-round scores of recent Masters winners?
While the average round one score of the Masters winner since 2000 is 69.5, Tiger Woods won the 2005 Masters after shooting an opening-round 74, and three players have gone on to win after shooting an even-par 72.