Honda Classic week is one of the rare weeks on the PGA Tour where one-under, at least on Thursday or Friday, is a real good score. Normally, one-under might have you thinking about the cut line. At PGA National, one-under puts you right in the mix.

Of course, not all one-under 69s are created equal. Mark Hubbard’s one-under 69 on Thursday? Solid, but forgettable. Three birdies, two bogeys, minimal chaos. Brice Garnett’s one-under 69? A little more eventful. Five birdies, two bogeys, one double bogey. Aaron Wise’s one-under 69? Well, his deserves some sort of award. A triumph.

Wise, one of the pre-tournament favorites, began his round with a bogey at the par-4 10th and then another at the 12th, where his approach found the water for his first of four water balls on the day. A birdie at 13 stopped the bleeding, but he gave it back at the par-3 17th, the final hole of the infamous Bear Trap. A par at the gettable par-5 18th saw him turn in two-over 37.

That’s when it all went a bit mad. Wise’s drive at No. 1 found the water down the left side, and after a drop he hit his third long and right of the green, then promptly chipped in for par. A birdie at No. 2 followed, only for him to give it back at the par-5 third, once again finding the water with his second shot. Another bounce-back birdie ensued at the fourth, only for Wise to miss badly right at the par-3 fifth, which led to him hitting his second shot into the water again, ultimately resulting in a double bogey.

Then, at the par-4 sixth, sitting at three over on his round, Wise found the fairway with his drive and then did this:

The subdued, business-like reaction says it all. Wise had already expended far too much energy on this roller-coaster of a round to that point to truly go crazy.

And he wasn’t done. The former AT&T Byron Nelson winner birdied two of his last three holes to post one-under, which has him inside the top 30 after Round 1.

Good news is Wise should, theoretically, have a much less mentally taxing weekend, because no round is going to be as mentally taxing as that one. Then again, at PGA National, mental warfare is the norm.