General / Editor / 22 June 2007 /

Hunter Mahan leads the field at the rain affected Travelers Championship, where 39 golfers are yet to complete their first rounds.

Despite enduring a rain break towards the end of his round, Mahan fired a 62 to leave him on -8 - two shots ahead of Chris DiMarco.

Mahan is in good form after finishing tied 13th at last week's US Open, with the Californian also having a liking for the River Highlands course having finished second there last year.
The 25-year-old admitted: "It's one of the courses that you look at it and you feel comfortable. There's not really a shot here that I worry about.
"I hit a ton of good golf shots today, but it's just the first round. We've got a long way to go."
There are a several experienced stars chasing Mahan, with Sweden's Karl Pettersson and American's Brad Faxon and Kenny Perry among a group five players on -5.
Veteran duo David Toms and Tom Lehman hit opening rounds of 67 to leave them on -3, five shots off the pace.
After his strong start and his good run in the tournament last year, Mahan is the 8.6 favourite in Betfair's outright winner market.

Perry is next best at 12.5, with DiMarco and Vijay Singh (-2) both trading at 15 and Toms on offer at 17.5.

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