* Elsewhere on the course: As Tommy Gainey holds steady as a co-leader, Brendon de Jonge bogeys the

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With seven of the OWGR's hotels in san diego ca top 10 in the Honda Classic field this week, plenty of buzz surrounds PGA National – and Rory McIlroy needed a 63 to climb to the top of the leaderboard Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Tiger Woods helped get the day started with a 71, beginning his week on the slow side at 1 over. William McGirt and Rory Sabbatini were the best of the morning groups at 5 under, but McIlroy bested them by two shots and Russell Henley shot 64. Jamie Donaldson matched McGirt and Sabbatini at 65
Russell Henley finishes a bogey-free day with pars at Nos. 6-9 for a 64 that has him one shot back of leader Rory McIlroy, one ahead of T-3 group Jamie Donaldoson, Matt Every, William McGirt and Rory Sabbatini. Henley did most of his damage for the day with birdies at Nos. 1-4 and 6.
Adam Scott falls four back of the lead with bogeys at Nos. 14-15, the latter hotels in san diego ca after hitting his tee shot in the water at the par 3 then wedging it close from the drop area. Mark Wilson drops from the lead after a bogey at No. 13, leaving four co-leaders at 5 under: Russell Henley, William hotels in san diego ca McGirt, Rory McIlroy hotels in san diego ca and Rory Sabbatini.
After a 32 on the front, Mark Wilson hotels in san diego ca birdies Nos. 10 and 12 to move to 5 under and tie for the lead with Russell Henley, William McGirt, Rory McIlroy and Rory Sabbatini. Henley hotels in san diego ca needs to take off a shoe and sock to hit from the water near the No. 3 green to inside 10 feet, then two-putts hotels in san diego ca for par.
Rickie Fowler has had an interesting path to 1 under and T-29 through 12 holes, with a birdie hotels in san diego ca at No. 3, bogeys at Nos. 6-7 and birdies again at Nos. 8-9. Fowler's hotels in san diego ca coming off a hot performance at the WGC-Accenture Match Play.
Rory McIlroy hits one close at the par-4 12th and sinks the putt to can his third straight birdie since the turn move into a share of the lead at 5 under, hotels in san diego ca tied with Russell hotels in san diego ca Henley, William McGirt and Rory Sabbatini. Henley has already run off a highlight reel during his front nine ( mobile readers can see the video here ).
Phil Mickelson runs into trouble after missing the green at the par-3 seventh hole, needing two chips and two putts to get in for a double bogey. That drops him to 1 over, T-82 alongside Tiger Woods.
Russell Henley's birdie streak ends at the fifth hole, but the former Georgia Bulldog starts a new one at the par-3 sixth to tie for the lead just a third of the way through his round. Henley finished T-13 here last year.
Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott are both off to 1-under starts through five holes, each birdieing the par-5 third hole. The reigning Open Championship hotels in san diego ca and Masters champions, respectively, are in back-to-back groups today.
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William McGirt's birdie-par finish lifts him to a share of the lead as he signs for a 65 to match Rory Sabbatini. One shot back and all having finished their rounds are Brendon de Jonge, Derek Ernst and Tommy Gainey. Nine players are two shots back at 3 under, with Luke Donald, Brian Harman, Zach Johnson and Will MacKenzie in the clubhouse.
Co-leader Rory Sabbatini pars his final three holes to finish with the first 65 of the day at 5 under. That's even with William McGirt, who's on no. 9 to wrap up his day, and one shot ahead of Brendon de Jonge, Derek Ernst and Tommy Gainey.
Derek Ernst wraps up a 66 with a birdie at the 18th. The UNLV product looking for his first win since last year's Wells Fargo Championship, got his week off to a good start with an eagle at the third hole ( mobile readers can see the video here ).
• Elsewhere on the course: Among the lead pack, Brendon de Jonge is first to get to the clubhouse. His 66 has him T-2, one shot back of Rory Sabbatini. Meanwhile, Luke Donald is the first to sign for a 67. Zach Johnson matches Donald's 67 by finishing strong, our Adam Schupak hotels in san diego ca notes via @GolfweekSchupak : "A birdie finish for @ZachJohnsonPGA. Shoots 67 after 8 on his 2nd hole of the day when he hit 2 in the water."
• Elsewhere on the course: A snowman is rare in Florida, but Zach Johnson cards one at the par-4 No. 11 hole to start his day on the wrong foot. But snowmen do melt – as our Adam Schupak points out via his Twitter account, @GolfweekSchupak hotels in san diego ca : "there is no quit in Zach who has battled back with 6 birdies since early snowman." He's 2 under, T-7, through 16 holes.
• Elsewhere on the course: William McGirt gets to 4 under through hotels in san diego ca 12, thanks to an eagle at No. 3. McGirt contended hotels in san diego ca at the Northern Trust Open a couple of weeks ago. That's good for a share of the lead alongside Brendon de Jonge, Tommy Gainey and Rory Sabbatini.
• On the green: Tiger runs his birdie putt past the hole a good 5 feet – then misses the comebacker. He slips over par for the second time on this nine, and at six back of the lead will need some scoring down the stretch to be considered "lurking."
• Elsewhere on the course: As Tommy Gainey holds steady as a co-leader, Brendon de Jonge bogeys the 16th as Rory Sabbatini birdies the 12th. The number to shoot for is still 4 under. Gainey then birdies the par-5 third hole to move to 5 under and take the lead outright with six to play.
A much-needed birdie erases half of Tiger's troubles at No. 2, despite a second-straight miss left with his drive; we'll see if he can get that straightened out down the stretch, as the tee ball was reliable earlier.
•  On the approach: You'd expect Tiger to get aggressive here in the wake of that double bogey, and indeed he goes for the green in two from the rough. He finds the left-side rough at the green, from where an up-and-down could get him back to even par.
• Around the green: From the bunker, Tiger finds the green but leaves himself more than 10 feet for bogey. His putt just misses and he taps in for an unlikely double bogey that drops him to T-43 – and over par for the first time today.
• Elsewhere on the course: Playing with Tiger, Keegan Bradley has picked up two birdies through six holes and is just a shot off the very early pace. It hasn't been as pretty for Zach Johnson – also playing with Tiger – as he is 3 over through six holes.
While traditionally playing both Doral and Bay Hill prior to the Masters, Tiger Woods has added the Honda Classic this year and hinted that he might add one more prior to his date with Augusta National.
It's been a whirlwind few weeks for Jason Allred, picking up a third-place finish at the Northern Trust Open, a third child that was born on Monday and winding down with a pressure-packed tee time this week at the Honda Classic.
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