Kaymer one behind two rookie leaders at Honda Classic

Golf - WGC-HSBC Champions Golf Tournament - Shanghai, China - 27/10/16. Martin Kaymer of Germany in action. REUTERS/Aly Song

(Reuters) - Martin Kaymer chipped in for birdie at the 17th then birdied the last to move within one stroke of the lead after Thursday's opening round of the Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Springs Gardens, Florida.

The rousing finish by the German, playing his first U.S. event of the year, lifted him to a five-under-par 65, one stroke behind American rookies Cody Gribble and Wesley Bryan on a course softened by rain on Wednesday.