World number three McIlroy had been confined to bed for two days and passed up a major opportunity for practice rounds at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai. While he didn't think back to full wellbeing regardless he checked a 68 to possess a tie for sixteenth spot.
It was a score coordinated by world number two Jordan Spieth, guarding champion Bubba Watson and South African real victors Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen in an opening round postponed by 30 minutes due to substantial haze.
At the point when the mist lifted it was Grace who saw the opening clearest, the 27-year-old coming in a short birdie putt on his last, the ninth, to break out of a four-route tie at the highest point of the leaderboard.
Beauty exploited the delicate conditions taking after overwhelming precipitation on Wednesday night to flame some pinpoint irons in his intruder free round at the $8.5 million occasion, which Watson won with a 11-under aggregate a year ago.
"The ball-striking was most likely the best it's been in quite a while so that was the primary key today," Grace told correspondents.
"There was scarcely a breath of wind out there and the green is playing most likely as simple as it could be playing."
American Kevin Kisner, Australian Steven Bowditch and Dane Thorbjorn Olesen terminated 64s to sit one back of the world number 22.
American Dustin Johnson, pursuing his second WGC title of the year after his Cadillac Championship win in March, created another stunning presentation of long hitting as he checked a 65.
The 2013 champion was likewise crawls far from an opening in-one at the 197-yard fourth.
Seven-under was sufficient for an offer of fifth close by countryman Patrick Reed and England's Danny Willett who is second in the European Tour's Race to Dubai behind McIlroy with two occasions staying after this week.
McIlroy's cooperation was in uncertainty because of his disease yet he stacked up with anti-microbials and painkillers before creating a six-birdie exertion.
The round could have been far and away superior however for a twofold intruder six on his 6th gap and a chilly putter.
"I've lost 10 pounds subsequent to being here. I can't recollect the last time I was this light. However, ideally I'll have two or three great dinners throughout the following couple of days and rehydrate and I'll be feeling a considerable measure better," McIlroy said.
"It was a score I thought could have been a ton better however considering the position I was in this time yesterday it's not an awful begin."
Twofold noteworthy champ Spieth mixed well in his 68, his first trip since a month ago's U.S. Presidents Cup win, beating a lost ball at the standard three seventeenth after a wild tee shot.
"I hit maybe a couple stray shots however that back nine, two-under the last three, was awesome. I stole a couple there and I'm satisfied with four-under," the U.S. Bosses and U.S. Open champion said.
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