Kurt Kitayama (1st, -6) hit a career-low score on the PGA Tour in Round 1 of the Honda Classic (64; previous: 66, R1/2021 Sanderson Farms Championship).
He opened with three consecutive birdies (Nos. 10-12) and made a career-high four in a row (Nos. 3-6).
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His first career lead/co-lead after any round on Tour (previous-best position after any round: T4 after R1/2021 Sanderson Farms Championship).
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His career-best PGA Tour result: T17, 2017 Puerto Rico Open.
Competed at the 2020 Honda Classic on a sponsor exemption and finished T47.
First season as Tour member; not a rookie because he played in more than seven events in a previous season (8, 2019-20).
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Finished T22 in the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals points standings to earn membership for the 2021-22 season.
Two-time winner on the DP World Tour (2018 Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open, 2019 Oman Open).
Daniel Berger (T2/-5) carded his third bogey-free score at the event, tied for second-most since it moved to PGA National in 2007 (most: Luke Donald/4).
Only bogey-free score in the second wave (Billy Horschel, Mito Pereira, Rory Sabbatini in the first wave).
Two top-10s in six prior starts at the event (2nd/2015, T4/2020); WD the day before the first round in 2021 due to injury.
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65 ties his second-lowest first-round score on TOUR (lowest: 64, 2021 Sony Open in Hawaii); lowest opening-round score in seven starts at the event.
Won the last PGA Tour event he opened with exactly 65 (2020 Charles Schwab Challenge).
One top-10 in three starts this season (T5/Sentry Tournament of Champions).
Was unable to defend his title at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February due to a back injury; snapped his then-TOUR best streak of 13 consecutive cuts made at the WM Phoenix Open in his most recent start.
Is a four-time PGA TOUR winner (2016 FedEx St. Jude Classic, 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic, 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge, 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am).
Chris Kirk (T2/-5) leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (3.620); entered the week T100th on TOUR in that category (0.030 per round).
2011 Honda Classic winner Rory Sabbatini (T2/-5) opens with a bogey-free 65 (first bogey-free score in 37 rounds at PGA National).
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With a hole-out from 204 yards, Curtis Thompson (T45/E) records the first eagle at No. 6 since The Honda Classic moved to PGA National in 2007.
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