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Asked to describe his birdie putts, Maggert joked, "At my age, it's hard to remember -- short-term memory's going."
He didn't need a big measuring stick -- three of his six birdies overall were from less than 10 feet in a bogey-free round.
"I feel really comfortable here," Maggert said. "There's a lot of guys out here in their 40s, late 40s, that can really play some good golf still. So it's not surprising to see some of the old guys up on the leaderboard."
Byrd has five career wins and already has five top-10 finishes this year. He hadn't played since the U.S. Open and fought through a nagging cough to finish birdie-bogey-birdie Thursday.
Flores had a rare bogey-free round that was his second best of the year. He spent the majority of 2011 on the Nationwide Tour, now called the Web.com Tour.
Playing alongside U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson and Steve Stricker and starting on No. 10, Woods birdied two of his first three holes in his final tuneup before the British Open in two weeks.
On the par-5 17th, he drove into a hazard, took a penalty stroke and three-putted from 20 feet for double bogey.
Phil Mickelson matched Woods with a 71. Mickelson vowed to focus more on golf this time after taking advantage of the resort's numerous amenities with his family last year and missing the cut.
"I didn't play that bad (Thursday)," Mickelson said. "But I made some mistakes there that were just a little sloppy."
Simpson, J.B. Holmes, Andres Romero and Garth Mulroy shot 65. K.J. Choi was among a group of seven at 66.
Stallings birdied his final three holes Thursday for a 67.
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