Two further birdies on the back nine kept him out in front but the gap to the chasing group might have been smaller had McIlroy not double bogeyed the last.
Woods made a charge on the back nine but ultimately ran out of holes.
The 53-year-old carded five birdies on his back nine, including one from out of a bunker at 17, to claim a two-shot lead.
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But then, running back Frank Gore scored from nine yards out to put San Francisco ahead 28-24.
Deacon faced Wasps last week, after nine months out with a back injury.
In all, 1.1m tonnes of earth and rock were excavated in the construction of the 2010 course, flattening out the harsh gradients of the back nine, and using the aggregate to raise the opening holes above the level of the Usk's flood plain.
The sperm whale, a deep diving species, spent almost nine days in the shallow waters of Oban bay before swimming back out to sea.
After missing the fairways off the tees and making bogeys at No. 18 and then No. 1, the latter starting his back nine when he drove into a bunker and had a par putt lip out of the cup, Bradley was at 3 under.
Birdies on the sixth and ninth saw him go out in 34 and he picked up five more on the back nine, including back-to-back birdies on the last two holes.
Ivan Klasnic, with five goals in his last nine matches, brought the first save out from Bunn following Tamir Cohen's cut-back.
Brown churned out 200 innings or more nine times and, at his peak, was the ace of back-to-back World Series clubs (the 1997 Marlins and 1998 Padres).
Orlando starting forward Arron Afflalo was out with a strained left calf and Hedo Turkoglu was ineffective after missing nine games while getting back in shape after a broken left hand.
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