A trio of 65s lead at Colonial

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jon Rahm was at Colonial during tournament week each of the past two years to accept the Ben Hogan Award that goes to the nation’s top college golfer. This time, he’s playing in the PGA Tour event at Hogan’s Alley and among the leaders.

With his 4-under 66 on Thursday, Rahm was a stroke behind first-round leaders Kelly Kraft, Derek Fathauer and PGA Tour rookie J.T. Poston.

That also put Rahm ahead of two-time Colonial champs Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson after both birdied their last three holes for 67s. He also led 2016 winner Jordan Spieth, whose even-par round included six birdies.

Kraft and Graeme McDowell, tied with Rahm for fourth, had the only bogeyfree rounds. Only 33 of the 121 players finished the first round under par.

Scott Brown had the other 66, and had the outright lead at 6 under before a double bogey at No. 18.

Spieth, coming off missed cuts the past two weeks, was tied for 34th his six birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.

Lewis, Hsu tied after 65s

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Stacy Lewis shot a 7-under 65 to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Volvik Championship.

Lewis was tied with an unexpected challenger in Wei-Ling Hsu, the 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.

Lewis, a former world No. 1, is winless in 72 events since June 2014. She has 11 LPGA Tour victories and 25 second-place finishes — 12 since her last win.

Langer leads by 2 at Senior PGA

STERLING, Va. — Shrugging off fatigue from last week’s victory, Bernhard Langer shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-shot lead in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship.

The 59-year-old German could break Jack Nicklaus’ record of eight senior majors with a win at Trump National. He tied Nicklaus last week with a five-shot victory at the Regions Tradition. He would also become the first player to win all five of the current senior majors.

Langer started with five straight pars on a cool, misty morning before sparse galleries. The start was delayed 80 minutes because of overnight rain that saturated President Donald Trump’s already-soft course on the shores of the Potomac River, about 25 miles from Washington.

The PGA of America allowed players to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairways and moved up some tees on the soggy course so that it played at just under 7,000 yards.

“They shortened the course quite a bit and it turned out to be such a nice day, the course played incredibly short,” said Tom Lehman, who was two shots back after a 67.

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