Marc Leishman jumps into the early mix at the 2020 Masters

The 37-year-old fired a two-under round of 70 to sit tied for 19^th after his opening 18 holes at the prestigious USPGA tournament at Augusta National.

Leishman is the equal-second highest Australian in the standings with 2013 champion Adam Day finishing the first day at four-under the card in a tie for fourth.

Jason Day is also tied for 19^th at two-under. Cameron Smith (tied for 40th) and Lukas Michel (86th) are the other Australians in the field.

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Englishman Paul Casey heads into the second day of the tournament leading at seven-under the card.

Leishman nailed a brilliant approach to the par-5 13th from the pine straw to set up an eagle putt from three metres that he duly buried.

The father-of-three's round also nailed two birdies on the par-3 fourth and par-5 15^th across his opening round. He also had two bogeys on the par-4 10^th and par-4 17^th.

"I could have shot a really low score today so it's a little frustrating to miss some chances but, given where I've been leading in to the tournament, I'll take the 70 and move on," Leishman said.

"Hopefully I can keep hitting it this well. It might have been one of my all-time ball striking days. And if I make putts to go with it, then I might have a chance."

Leishman tees off at 11:21pm (AEST) on Friday night.

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