Rory McIlroy je na največjih turnirjih v zadnjih petih nastopih trikrat končal na stopničkah.

Tiger Woods od letošnjega nastopa veliko pričakuje. Kljub temu, da se je na 11. luknji reševal iz gozda je na koncu zbral 71 udarcev.

Rezultati po prvem dnevu - Augusta, par 72):

65 Rory McIlroy (SIrs), Alvaro Quiros (Špa)
 

67 K J Choi (Kor), Y.E. Yang (Kor)
68 Ricky Barnes, Matt Kuchar
69 Trevor Immelman (Jar), Charl Schwartzel (Jar), Ross Fisher (Ang), Sergio Garcia (Špa), Gary Woodland, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Brandt Snedeker
70 Retief Goosen (Jar), Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jap), Phil Mickelson, Sean O'Hair, Paul Casey (Ang), Camilo Villegas (Kol), Rickie Fowler, Gregory Havret (Fra), Ryan Moore
71 Ryo Ishikawa (Jap), Tiger Woods (Zda), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Špa), Palmer, Stewart Cink, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Fred Couples
72 Steve Stricker, Nick Watney, Hideki Matsuyama (Jap), Adam Scott (Aus), Anders Hansen (Dan), David Toms, Heath Slocum, Jason Day (Aus), Alex Cejka (Nem), Peter Hanson (Šve), D.A. Points, Robert Karlsson (Šve), David Chung, Peter Uihlein, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald (Ang), Jhonattan Vegas, Lee Westwood (Eng)
73 Zach Johnson, Jeff Overton, Bubba Watson, Jin Jeong (Kor), Jose-Maria Olazabal (Špa), Kevin Na, Anthony Kim, Ben Crane, Justin Rose (Ang), Bo Van Pelt, Jonathan Byrd, Sandy Lyle (Ško), Tim Clark (Jar), Larry Mize, Jason Bohn
74 Jerry Kelly, Charley Hoffman, Rory Sabbatini (Jar), Graeme McDowell (SIrs), Dustin Johnson, Steve Marino, Bill Haas, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Martin Laird (Ško), Ian Poulter (Ang), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)
75 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Nathan Smith, Davis Love III, Lucas Glover, Lodewicus Oosthuizen (Jar), Kevin Streelman, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Hunter Mahan, Robert Allenby (Aus), Ernie Els (Jar), Carl Pettersson (Šve), Stuart Appleby (Aus)
76 Vijay Singh (Fij), Mike Weir (Kan), Lion Kim (Kor), Mark Wilson
77 Mark O'Meara, Padraig Harrington (Irs)
78 Ian Woosnam (Wal), Ben Crenshaw, Martin Kaymer (Nem)
79 Tom Watson (Zda)
80 Arjun Atwal (Ind), Craig Stadler
83 Henrik Stenson (Šve)