Mahan finds comfort zone

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-22-2007

Mahan finds comfort zone -- Leader one off course record
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-22-2007, Friday
Section: SPORTS
Edtion: All Editions
Column: GOLF ROUNDUP

CROMWELL, Conn. — Hunter Mahan likes this part of Connecticut.

Mahan, who finished second here last year, shot an 8-under 62 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship before play was suspended with 39 golfers still on the course.

His round was one stroke off the course record and it was his sixth consecutive round in the 60s at the TPC at River Highlands.

"It's one of the courses that you look at it and you feel comfortable," he said. "There's not really a shot here that I worry about."

A rain delay of over an hour didn't seem to faze him, as he came back out and birdied 17.

That run allowed him to overtake early leader Chris DiMarco who shot a 64 despite an ailing shoulder.

Mahan's had two top-10 finishes this year, but has never won on the PGA Tour.

Kerr by a stroke

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Cristie Kerr, comforted by a new putter as she battled a head cold, opened with a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead in the storm-delayed Wegmans LPGA.

"I'll buy every single putter I ever play with if I can putt like that," Kerr, a nine-time tour winner, said of her 26-putt round at the tree-lined Locust Hill course. "I feel like my game is coming around."

Canada's Alena Sharp ran off seven birdies and two bogeys to shoot 67. She was one better than Norway's Suzann Pettersen, who is still glowing after capturing her first major title at the LPGA Championship two weeks ago.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was tied for fourth at 3-under with Brittany Lincicome and South Korea's Mi Hyun Kim.

Keywords: GOLF

Copyright 2007 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
Mahan finds comfort zoneTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-22-2007

Mahan finds comfort zone -- Leader one off course record
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-22-2007, Friday
Section: SPORTS
Edtion: All Editions
Column: GOLF ROUNDUP

CROMWELL, Conn. — Hunter Mahan likes this part of Connecticut.

Mahan, who finished second here last year, shot an 8-under 62 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship before play was suspended with 39 golfers still on the course.

His round was one stroke off the course record and it was his sixth consecutive round in the 60s at the TPC at River Highlands.

"It's one of the courses that you look at it and you feel comfortable," he said. "There's not really a shot here that I worry about."

A rain delay of over an hour didn't seem to faze him, as he came back out and birdied 17.

That run allowed him to overtake early leader Chris DiMarco who shot a 64 despite an ailing shoulder.

Mahan's had two top-10 finishes this year, but has never won on the PGA Tour.

Kerr by a stroke

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Cristie Kerr, comforted by a new putter as she battled a head cold, opened with a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead in the storm-delayed Wegmans LPGA.

"I'll buy every single putter I ever play with if I can putt like that," Kerr, a nine-time tour winner, said of her 26-putt round at the tree-lined Locust Hill course. "I feel like my game is coming around."

Canada's Alena Sharp ran off seven birdies and two bogeys to shoot 67. She was one better than Norway's Suzann Pettersen, who is still glowing after capturing her first major title at the LPGA Championship two weeks ago.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was tied for fourth at 3-under with Brittany Lincicome and South Korea's Mi Hyun Kim.

Keywords: GOLF

Copyright 2007 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.