CROMWELL, Conn. — Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler’s late double bogey provided hope to those in pursuit. Tommy Fleetwood charged through with two eagles in three holes, and Justin Thomas made his own run with five straight birdies.
All three wound up tied for the 36-hole lead on a blustery Friday at the Travelers Championship.
All it took was the fate of the wind, good or bad, to shape the leaderboard going into the weekend at TPC River Highlands, with 12 players separated by four shots in the PGA Tour’s final $20 million signature event of the season.
Scheffler was comfortably in front when the left-to-right wind his tee shot had been riding laid down, sending his ball into the fairway bunker on the par-4 17th hole. The three-time major champion from Texas put the next one in the water, barely reached the green with his fourth shot and settled for a double bogey.
He wound up with a 1-under-par 69 a day after sharing a two-shot lead with Austin Eckroat.