Photos: First round of the 2022 Masters

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Photos: First round of the 2022 Masters

Photos from the first round of the 2022 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club Thursday, April 7, 2022.

040722 Augusta: Cameron Smith walks through the shadow of a giant pine tree after his fairway shot on the fifteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Under blooming trees, Hudson Swafford walks with his caddie Kyle Bradley along the second fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Kevin Na hits out of a bunker on the second green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Shane Lowry hits out of a bunker on the second green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Patrons use wired phones behind the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Stewart Cink tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Hudson Swafford tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Stewart Cink reacts after making a putt on the third hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Hudson Swafford chips toward the third green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Stewart Cink talks with his caddie Reagan Cink after his second shot on the second fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: The course opens to patrons who rush to claim their spots to watch the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

040722 Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Justin Thomas tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Joaquin Niemann looks over his putt on the third green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Cameron Smith jumps to see the green before his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Kevin Kisner reacts after his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Jason Kokrak gets out of the bunker after his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Danny Willett hits his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Kevin Na hits his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Max Homa hits his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Bryson DeChambeau, right, hits his second shot on the first fairway next to Cameron Smith during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Hideki Matsuyama looks over his putt with his caddie Shota Hayafuji on the third green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Justin Thomas reacts after making a putt on the third hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Daniel Berger hits his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Kevin Kisner hits his second shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Daniel Berger hits toward the seventh green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Patrons watch the action from the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Joaquin Niemann chips on the second hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Cameron Smith reacts after making a putt on the second hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Harry Higgs tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Brian Harman tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Scottie Scheffler hits on the fairway next to his caddie Ted Scott during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Bubba Watson reacts after missing his putt on the eleventh green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Joaquin Niemann looks over his putt on the thirteenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Tommy Fleetwood runs down the hill after hitting in the rough off of the twelfth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Kevin Kisner hits out of the bunker on the tenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Bryson DeChambeau prepares to putt on the tenth green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Jon Rahm reacts after his tee shot on the twelfth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Jordan Spieth reacts after chipping to the eleventh green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Sergio Garcia tees off on the twelfth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

040722 Augusta: Sungjae Im tees off on the twelfth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Credit: Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com

040722 Augusta: Cameron Smith walks through the shadow of a giant pine tree after his fairway shot on the fifteenth hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Augusta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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