Bubba off to Hot Start at Travelers Championship


Bubba Watson fired an 8-under 62 to take the opening-round lead in the Travelers Championship. The $6.4 million PGA Tour event began Thursday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.

Watson, who won his first Tour title at the tournament in 2010 in a playoff over Corey Pavin and Scott Verplank,, enters Friday with a two-stroke lead over Americans Keegan Bradley, Brian Stuard,Jason Gore and Harris English, and South Korea's Seung-Yul Noh.

Trailing the 36-year-old Floridian by three is a big group that includes Scott Langley, Chris Stroud, Robert Garrigus, Carl Pettersson, Tom Gillis, Scott Brown and Zach Johnson.

Defending champion Kevin Streelman started with a 69.

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