Dallas residents ruled the day as Tom Kim, Scottie Scheffler, and Will Zalatoris are all atop Travelers Championship first round leaderboard.
Tom Kim, of South Korea, chips up on the 15th hole during the first round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Cromwell, Conn.and Tom Kim gorged themselves on pizza to get their shared birthday celebration out of the way before turning their focus to golf this week.Advertisement
Kim birdied the last two holes to separate himself from the four players tied at minus-6 on the 6,835-yard, par-70 course: Rickie Fowler, Akshay Bhatia, Kurt Kitayama and Will Zalatoris.Scheffler was among seven players at 5 under, looking again like the best player in the world a week after finishing tied for 41st at Pinehurst No. 2 — his worst performance of the year. Wyndham Clark, who tied for 56th in his U.S. Open defense, was another shot back at 4 under.
“Obviously a tough day on Sunday, but it wasn’t like I was playing terrible,” he said. “It wasn’t a bad week, but a bad round cost me the week. ... That gives me confidence to go out and that actually I am playing well and just trying to keep riding this momentum.” The six-time winner on the PGA Tour has just one top-25 finish this year and none in the top 10. But he can console himself with the knowledge that things aren’t as bad as they were during a four-year winless drought that ended last year in Detroit.
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