Font ResizeCROMWELL, Conn. -- Defending champion Fredrik Jacobson is in a familiar spot at the Travelers Championship.
For the second straight year, Jacobson had a 9-under 131 total for 36 holes, following his opening 65 with a 66 on Friday. And for the second consecutive year, bad weather pushed back the completion of the second round to Saturday.
The Swede wouldn’t mind if history kept repeating itself.
He’s trying to join Phil Mickelson, the 2001 and 2002 winner, as the only players to successfully defend a title at River Highlands.
Charley Hoffman opened with a par and birdied the next five holes to move within a stroke of the lead before rain suspended play for the day. Nathan Green also was 8 under when the horn blew at 3:19 p.m. He finished nine holes.
Jacobson played before the rain hit the course. He started on the back nine and followed up two birdies with an eagle on the 13th hole. He hit his second shot 240 yards over the water and onto the green, and made a 40-foot putt on the par 5.
"It’s going to be tough to drive it the way I did the last two rounds last year, where I didn’t miss the fairway," Jacobson said. "So, I’m not going to chase that. But yeah, probably I have been playing about the same as I did the first couple days of last year."
Blake Adams had a 64, the best round of the day, to join Stuart Appleby and Roland Thatcher at 7 under. Appleby had a 65, and Thatcher
Adams had five birdies on the back nine.
