February 24-26
PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
$8,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
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Kurt Kitayama signed for a 64, in spite of a single bogey at the 14th, to take the Honda Classic lead on Thursday.
"I think anything under par out here is really good. You've just got to watch the wind and see what happens.
"It's playing tough. I don't think you get an easy day out here. But the conditions are - like the conditions of the course are perfect. It's just really tough."
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The American's score is his best in sixty-nine rounds on the PGA Tour. His opening round included a career-best run of four back-to-back birdies.
"I felt like I've been playing well, and I've started to figure out my putting to kind of find this kind of round."
One shot behind at 5-under, fellow Americans Daniel Berger and Chris Kirk are tied in second place alongside Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini.
"The greens are - I'm expecting them to get a little firmer as the week goes on," said Berger. "You just have to be so on point here. I feel like there's not really any give to just kind of an easy hole out there. Everything just seems so challenging.
"To come out here and not make a bogey for 18 holes is a great start, and just got to continue with that momentum for the rest of the week."
Englishmen Aaron Rai and Danny Willett are tied in fifth place at 3-under alongside Americans Peter Uihlein and Andrew Kozan and Austrian Matthias Schwab.
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| Pos. | Player | Thru | To Par | R1 |
| 1 | Kurt Kitayama | F* | -6 | 64 |
| T2 | Rory Sabbatini | F | -5 | 65 |
| T2 | Daniel Berger | F | -5 | 65 |
| T2 | Chris Kirk | F | -5 | 65 |
| T5 | Peter Uihlein | F* | -3 | 67 |
| T5 | Aaron Rai | F* | -3 | 67 |
| T5 | Andrew Kozan | F* | -3 | 67 |
| T5 | Danny Willett | F | -3 | 67 |
| T5 | Matthias Schwab | F | -3 | 67 |
| T10 | Mito Pereira | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Dylan Frittelli | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Billy Horschel | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Cameron Young | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | William McGirt | F | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Brooks Koepka | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Patrick Rodgers | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Dylan Wu | F | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Martin Contini | F | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Ryan Palmer | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Garrick Higgo | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Wesley Bryan | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Doug Ghim | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Bronson Burgoon | F | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Seung-Yul Noh | F | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Stephan Jaeger | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | Callum Tarren | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T10 | David Lipsky | F* | -2 | 68 |
| T28 | Erik Compton | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Lucas Glover | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Sung Kang | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Beau Hossler | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Tommy Fleetwood | F* | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Russell Knox | F* | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | F* | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Adam Svensson | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Alex Noren | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Jhonattan Vegas | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Taylor Pendrith | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Lee Westwood | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Gary Woodland | F | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Martin Trainer | F* | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Roger Sloan | F* | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Kramer Hickok | F* | -1 | 69 |
| T28 | Chase Seiffert | 17 | -1 | -- |
| T45 | Mark Hubbard | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Bill Haas | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Nate Lashley | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | C.T. Pan | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | J.T. Poston | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Shane Lowry | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Charles Howell III | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Brian Stuard | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Patrick Reed | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Jim Herman | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Joaquin Niemann | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Mackenzie Hughes | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Sam Stevens | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Max McGreevy | F | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Michael Gligic | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Ben Kohles | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | K.H. Lee | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Curtis Thompson | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Austin Smotherman | F* | Par | 70 |
| T45 | Davis Riley | F* | Par | 70 |
| T65 | Brice Garnett | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Sepp Straka | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Sam Ryder | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Michael Thompson | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Harry Higgs | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Adam Schenk | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | J.J. Spaun | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Alex Smalley | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Kyle Stanley | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Nick Watney | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Denny McCarthy | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Lee Hodges | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Ian Poulter | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Chris Stroud | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Richy Werenski | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Keith Mitchell | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Hank Lebioda | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Kevin Streelman | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Taylor Moore | F | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Chase Koepka | F* | +1 | 71 |
| T65 | Paul Barjon | 17 | +1 | -- |
| T86 | Ryan Armour | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Brandon Hagy | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Robert Streb | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Luke Donald | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Austin Cook | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | John Huh | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Andrew Novak | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Jim Knous | F* | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Rick Lamb | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Matthew NeSmith | F* | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Trey Mullinax | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Lucas Herbert | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Brian Harman | F* | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Rickie Fowler | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Aaron Wise | F* | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Brendan Steele | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Seth Reeves | F | +2 | 72 |
| T86 | Joshua Creel | F* | +2 | 72 |
| T104 | Anirban Lahiri | F* | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Justin Lower | F* | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Padraig Harrington | F* | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Vaughn Taylor | F* | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | F* | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Kevin Tway | F | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Henrik Stenson | F* | +3 | 73 |
| T104 | Matt Jones | F | +3 | 73 |
| T112 | Charl Schwartzel | F | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Brendon Todd | F | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Zach Johnson | F* | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Camilo Villegas | F* | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Alan Morin | F | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Kelly Kraft | F | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Grayson Murray | F* | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Sungjae Im | F | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Dawie van der Walt | F* | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Brett Drewitt | F* | +4 | 74 |
| T112 | Kyle Westmoreland | F | +4 | 74 |
| T123 | Vince Whaley | F | +5 | 75 |
| T123 | Louis Oosthuizen | F | +5 | 75 |
| T123 | Doc Redman | F* | +5 | 75 |
| T123 | Greyson Sigg | F* | +5 | 75 |
| T123 | Chad Ramey | F | +5 | 75 |
| T128 | Brian Gay | F | +6 | 76 |
| T128 | Jimmy Walker | F* | +6 | 76 |
| T128 | Nick Hardy | F* | +6 | 76 |
| T128 | Nicolai Hojgaard | 17 | +6 | -- |
| T132 | Hayden Buckley | F* | +7 | 77 |
| T132 | Tyler McCumber | F | +7 | 77 |
| T132 | Brandon Wu | F | +7 | 77 |
| T132 | David Skinns | F | +7 | 77 |
| T132 | Fabián Gómez | F* | +7 | 77 |
| T132 | Nick Taylor | F | +7 | 77 |
| T132 | Jason Dufner | F | +7 | 77 |
| T139 | Satoshi Kodaira | F* | +8 | 78 |
| T139 | Martin Kaymer | F* | +8 | 78 |
| T139 | Hudson Swafford | F | +8 | 78 |
| T139 | Stewart Cink | F* | +8 | 78 |
| T139 | Jared Wolfe | F | +8 | 78 |
| 144 | Matthew Wolff | F | +11 | 81 |
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