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South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen plays his shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on November 12, 2020.
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Louis Oosthuizen fired a four-under-par 68 to lead the South African charge after the opening day of a Teachers at Augusta National on Thursday.
Oosthuizen follows England’s leader Paul Casey by three shots.
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The rains delayed the game on Thursday and there are 44 players due to finish their first rounds on Friday after the game was stopped due to darkness.
The only other South African who managed to complete his first round was Charl schwartzel, who shot a par 73 to sit tied for 64th.
Dylan frittelli He is also four under par alongside Oosthuizen, but only managed to complete nine holes.
Erik van rooyen Y Christiaan Bezuidenhout are both a low after 13 and 10 holes respectively, while Justin harding it is double after 13 holes.
With so many players to complete their first round, it is unlikely that all players will finish their second rounds on Friday.
First-round partial scores Thursday at the weather-altered 84th Masters at par 72 Augusta National Golf Club (a-denotes amateur; USA unless noted; Darkness stopped play with 44 players in the field, the round will resume on Friday):
65 – Paul Casey (ENG)
67 – Webb Simpson, Xander Schauffele
68 – Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Lee Westwood (ENG), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)By Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods
69 – Jazz Janewattananond (THA), Jon Rahm (ESP), Tony Finau, Matt Wallace (ENG)
70 – CT Pan (TPE), Marc Leishman (AUS), Larry Mize, Matt Kuchar, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day (AUS), Kim Si-woo (KOR)
71 – Jimmy Walker, Charles Howell, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Kisner, Scottie Scheffler, Jason Kokrak, Henrik Stenson (SWE), Mike Weir (CAN)
72 – Ian Poulter (ENG), Gary Woodland, Graeme McDowell (NIR)
73 – Kevin Na, Charl Schwartzel (RSA), a-Andy Ogletree, Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP)
74 – Corey Conners (CAN), Adam Hadwin (CAN), Shane Lowry (IRL), Lanto Griffin, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson
75 – Vijay Singh (FIJ), Nate Lashley
76 – a-Lukas Michel (AUS)
77 – Lucas Glover, Tyler Duncan
78 – Sandy Lyle (SCO), Andrew Landry
79 – a-Lin Yuxin (CHN), a-Abel Gallegos (ARG)
