CROMWELL, Conn. -- Sometimes the stars never align. The timing can't be worked out. A professional golfer might be perfectly suited for a specific golf course -- and vice versa -- but due to scheduling, it just doesn't happen. One never meets the other.
That was the case for Jordan Spieth and TPC River Highlands, host of this week's Travelers Championship. With its risk-reward holes and premium on shot-making, the course always would've suited Spieth's eye, except for one little problem.
He'd never been here.
That's changed this week, as Spieth is competing on this course for the first time, quickly learning the symbiotic relationship, to the tune of an opening-round 7-under 63 that gave him sole possession of the overnight lead.