Three 65s share lead at Colonial

Kelly Kraft, Derek Fathauer and PGA Tour rookie J.T. Poston each shot 5-under-par 65 on Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the PGA tournament at Colonial.

Jon Rahm, Scott Brown and Graeme McDowell followed at 66. Two-time Colonial champions Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson both birdied their last three holes and were among six players with rounds of 67.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth, coming off consecutive missed cuts, was tied for 34th after an even-par 70. In other news: • Stacy Lewis shot a 7-under 65 to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Volvik Championship at Ann Arbor, Mich. Lewis was tied with an unexpected challenger in Wei-Ling Hsu, a Taiwanese player who has only one top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour. Hsu eagled two of her first five holes and was 6 under through six. She and Lewis ended up a stroke ahead of Nelly Korda.

• Bernhard Langer will sleep on a two-shot lead as he aims for his record ninth senior major at the Senior PGA Championship. Langer shot a 7-under 65, and the lead held up as thunderstorms halted play in the afternoon with half the 156-man field still on the course. The 59-year-old German could break Jack Nicklaus’ record of eight senior majors with a win at Trump National in Sterling, Va.