Di babak pertama, Lee, pegolf Australia kelahiran Seoul 25 tahun silam dan peringkat 15 dunia, memukul 5-under 65 setelah mencetak 7 birdie dan 2 bogey.
Lee, juara amatir AS di usia 18 pada 2008, kembali membuktikan sinarnya setelah ia merebut gelar perdana PGA Tour melalui babak playoff di The Greenbrier Classic, bulan lalu. Tiga turnamen setelah itu, ia kalah 1 stroke di John Deere Classic, missed the cut di The Open Championship, dan di posisi di Quicken Loans National.
Di WGC, ini kali pertama Lee hadir setelah terakhir pada 2009 ketika ia bermain di Bridgestone dan HSBC menyusul kemenangannya di rangkaian turnamen European Tour di Johnnie Walker Classic.
Di sisi lain, Jordan Spieth yang tengah memanaskan mesin sebelum tampil di turnamen major PGA Championship, terpuruk di T-22 setelah bermkain even par 70. Ia memukul 2 birdie dan 2 bogey. Uniknya, Zach Johnson, yang baru saja menang di The Open Championship, sama-sama memukul 70.
Turnamen tak diikuti Rory McIlroy, sang juara bertahan, karena masih dalam kondisi pemulihan cedera engkel karena bermain bola.
Leaderboard
1 Danny Lee 65
T2 Graeme McDowell 66
T2 Jim Furyk 66
T4 Rickie Fowler 67
T4 Justin Rose 67
T6 Victor Dubuisson 68
T6 Paul Casey 68
T6 Robert Streb 68
T6 Koumei Oda 68
T6 Lee Westwood 68
T6 Ian Poulter 68
T6 Webb Simpson 68
T6 Henrik Stenson 68
T14 Soren Kjeldsen 69
T14 Francesco Molinari 69
T14 Jason Day 69
T14 Dustin Johnson 69
T14 Keegan Bradley 69
T14 Kevin Na 69
T14 Brooks Koepka 69
T14 Hideki Matsuyama 69
T22 James Hahn 70
T22 Jamie Donaldson 70
T22 Shane Lowry 70
T22 Danny Willett 70
T22 Thomas Bjorn 70
T22 Charl Schwartzel 70
T22 Brandt Snedeker 70
T22 David Lingmerth 70
T22 Bubba Watson 70
T22 Marcel Siem 70
T22 Martin Kaymer 70
T22 Joost Luiten 70
T22 Zach Johnson 70
T22 Jordan Spieth 70
T22 Russell Henley 70
T37 Bernd Wiesberger 71
T37 Marc Warren 71
T37 Patrick Reed 71
T37 Sergio Garcia 71
T37 Ryan Moore 71
T37 Sang-Moon Bae 71
T37 Billy Horschel 71
T44 Matt Every 72
T44 Gary Stal 72
T44 WC Liang 72
T44 David Lipsky 72
T44 Marc Leishman 72
T44 Adam Scott 72
T44 Pablo Larrazabal 72
T44 Padraig Harrington 72
T44 Louis Oosthuizen 72
T44 Matt Kuchar 72
T54 Steven Bowditch 73
T54 Thongchai Jaidee 73
T54 Kevin Kisner 73
T54 Branden Grace 73
T54 Jimmy Walker 73
T59 Ryan Palmer 74
T59 J.B. Holmes 74
T59 Hunter Mahan 74
T59 Bill Haas 74
T59 Mikko Ilonen 74
T59 Brendon Todd 74
T59 Oliver Wilson 74
T66 Gary Woodland 75
T66 Fabian Gomez 75
T66 Camilo Villegas 75
T66 Ben Martin 75
T66 Charley Hoffman 75
71 Phil Mickelson 76
T72 Anirban Lahiri 77
T72 Andrew Dodt 77
T72 Stephen Gallacher 77
T72 Byeong-Hun An 77
T72 Nick Cullen 77
77 Troy Merritt 82
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