Honda Classic 2015: Leaderboard Highlights and Reaction from Thursday

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Published: February 27, 2015

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The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Garden, Florida, isn't just notable for its $1,098,000 winning share or the 500 FedEx Cup points on the line. No, it's also notable because it's the first tournament of the year for No. 1 player Rory McIlroy.    

McIlroy's place atop the golfing world continues to be incredibly important with Tiger Woods on another hiatus. Below, you'll find all of the latest leaderboard updates and analysis as McIlroy and the field attempt to take home the Honda Classic title.

 

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Round 1 Recap



The world's top golfer, Rory McIlroy, would probably like a mulligan after his first round at the Honda Classic. A second alternate who wasn't even sure if he would be golfing in the field, Jim Herman, is sitting pretty after Thursday.

It's a crazy world we live in, folks.

While McIlroy limped out to a three-over 73, Herman finished the day atop the leaderboard with his five-under 65 with Brendan Steele (66), Padraig Harrington (67), Martin Flores (67) and Patrick Reed (67) all nipping at his heels.

“I don’t ever recall leading," Herman said after his round, per Will Gray of GolfChannel.com.

There's a first for everything, it would seem.

But the story of the day was McIlroy, of course, who like many other players struggled with the windy conditions on Thursday. He could have been in much worse straits had he not finished with birdies on his last two holes, however, including this beautiful putt on No. 17:



McIlroy, who won this tournament in 2012, bogeyed three holes and surprisingly double-bogeyed at Nos. 1 and 5. That's not something you see often from the superstar, as Jason Sobel of the Golf Channel noted, while also getting McIlroy's feedback on his rough round:



McIlroy is going to face a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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