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There are two people sharing the lead at the Travelers Championship.
In his first round at TPC River Highlands, the world number two golfer went bogey-free.
The two Scottish men are in Connecticut.
He had finished tied for fifth at the US Open, his third top 10 major placing of the year.
The course at River Highlands was a relief after the difficult layout of the US Open.
The anti-US Open is similar to it.
It's similar to US Open rehabilitation. You're like, "Oh, I can actually make a hole in one." This is good.
He has finished in the top 10 in five of his last six events.
He made a 47-foot putt on the par-four seventh in the first round of the Travelers.
He scored three more times on the back nine, including one on the 18th, to take the lead into the weekend.
Poston made six birdies in the first nine holes.
Poston said that he felt like he was getting close, but that his scores and results may not have shown it.
It finally clicked a little bit today.
Three Americans are in third, while Matthew NeSmith and Australia's Cameron Davis are a further shot back at five-under par.
The English players finished on three under with the exception of Tarren and Wallace.
Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth shot a five-over 75 at the US Open.
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