SEAMUS POWER IS three shots off the lead following a promising opening round of 66 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut on Thursday.
Power enjoyed a strong front nine, shooting successive birdies on the second, third and fourth holes before a bogey on the par three fifth.
He recovered with a birdie on the par five sixth, before closing out the front nine with three pars in a row.
Another birdie and bogey followed on 11 and 12, and Power should have birdied the 13th, too, but had to settle for par after seeing his close-range putt lip out.
He added a further birdie on the 15th and then found par on the final three holes to sit four-under for the day.
Kramer Hickok and Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira hold the early clubhouse lead, the two shooting superb rounds of 63 to sit seven-under par.
America’s Taylor Gooch sits a further shot behind on six-under, with a cluster of players finishing the day on five-under.
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