Ben Curtis hits out of a sand trap during the Buick Championship. Curtis shot a 64 Thursday in Cromwell, Conn., to tie for the lead.
Cromwell, Conn. — Ben Curtis and J.L. Lewis shot 6-under 64s Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Buick Championship.
Curtis, the 2003 British Open winner, birdied his 17th hole, and Lewis birdied his 18th to emerge from a group of players bunched at 5 under.
Kevin Sutherland, Justin Rose, Franklin Langham, Vaughn Taylor, coming off a victory last week at the Reno-Tahoe Open, and NCAA individual runner-up Michael Putnam, who is making his PGA Tour debut, are a stroke back.
Former U.S. Open winner Corey Pavin is among a group of four finishing at 4 under.
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