Two share Travelers lead

Satoshi Kodaira and Kramer Hickok each shot a PGA Tour career-best 7-under 63 to share the first-round lead Thursday in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn. Talor Gooch was a stroke behind Hickok after the morning rounds. Kodaira took the lead at 8 under in the afternoon after making the turn onto the front nine birdie-eagle-birdie, but a bogey on the par-3 eighth dropped him back into a tie with Hickok. Defending champion Dustin Johnson, who held the world No. 1 ranking until Jon Rahm passed him Sunday with his U.S. Open victory, stumbled at the start with a bogey on the second hole and then a double on No. 3. He finished with a pair of birdies to end the day at 70 at TPC River Highlands. Two-time Travelers champion Phil Mickelson sank a 64-foot putt for birdie on the par4 ninth hole — his second-longest putt since the tour began tracking such things in 2004. The 2001 and ‘02 winner then made a 40-footer for par on No. 10. Mickelson was 1 over on the back in a 69. Sebastian Cappelen (Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 2-over 72 and Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Razorbacks) shot a 4-over 74.