Jerry Kelly played off the emotion of what he considers a home crowd Thursday in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., shooting a 6-under-par 64 for a share of the first-round lead with Vaughn Taylor and Andrew Loupe.

The 49-year-old Kelly played at the nearby University of Hartford. Kelly won the last of his three PGA Tour titles in 2009.

‘‘I'm not that man who has people constantly yelling wherever I go,’’ Kelly said. ‘‘I kind of take those good vibes and run with it. It’s fun.’’

Kelly started his afternoon on the back nine, sinking a 45-foot putt for eagle on his sixth hole of the day, the course’s signature par-4 15th. The green was redesigned as part of a $3.5 million course renovation project this year and the front left pin placement was new.

‘‘It was a question mark, how fast it was going to be and I judged it correctly, apparently,’’ he said.

Loupe and Taylor went out early, when relatively soft greens and little wind helped the scoring.

Taylor, the 40-year-old who won for the first time since 2005 at Pebble Beach this year, strung together five consecutive birdies starting on the 12th hole and shot a 30 on the back nine.

‘‘That was a nice little run and I needed that,’’ Taylor said. ‘‘I was playing well and just needed something to kind of get me going.’’

Loupe, who at 27 is looking for his first PGA Tour win, had seven birdies and a bogey on the day. He pulled into a tie for the lead after a 128-yard approach shot on 18 gave him a 2-foot birdie putt.

Jon Rahm, the 21-year-old Spaniard who turned pro in June, eagled the par-5 13th hole and was a stroke back along with Ben Martin and Marc Leishman.

Ninety-three players shot par or better, including US Olympians Bubba Watson (67), Matt Kuchar (69), and Patrick Reed (70).

They are playing the first two rounds as a trio, and fans stood four and five deep at times to watch them, chanting ‘‘USA! USA!’’ as they arrived at the 18th tee.

Reed was using the red, white, and blue golf bag he received this week as part of his Olympic team gear

‘‘All three of us are very excited and eager to get over there,’’ said Watson, the tournament’s defending champion. ‘‘We hear all the USA chants. But at the same time, you want to play well here.’’

Besides the Americans, three other Olympians are playing in Cromwell. Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen and Germany’s Alex Cejka each shot 68, and Ireland’s Padraig Harrington came in at an even-par 70.

The tournament was moved from its traditional spot in June, a week after the US Open, as the PGA Tour shuffled its schedule to accommodate the Olympics. But the schedule didn’t affect the quality of the field, which includes 10 players ranked in the top 30 in the world, led by Watson, who came into the week ranked sixth.

South Korea’s Si Woo Kim had the shot of the day. The 21-year-old aced the 215-yard fifth hole on his way to a 69.

US Women’s Amateur — South Korea’s Eun Jeong Seong and Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta each won two matches in Springfield, Pa., to keep alive their bids for rare season sweeps.

The 16-year-old Seong is trying to become the first player to win the event and US Girls’ Junior in the same season, and the 19-year-old Carta is attempting to become the second player to win the tournament and NCAA individual title in the same year.

Seong beat Thailand’s Chakansim (Fai) Khamborn, 5 and 4, in the morning in the round of 32 at Rolling Green, and topped fellow South Korean player Hye-Jin Choi, 6 and 5, in the afternoon round of 16.

‘‘If I don’t know the player style or her ranking, I can play my [game],’’ Seong said about facing Choi, the top-ranked South Korean amateur and Canadian Women’s Amateur champion. ‘‘But I know her. I really know her. I know she’s a good player, and that’s why I cannot trust me.’’

Seong will face 17-year-old Andrea Lee of Hermosa Beach, Calif., in a rematch of her victory last month in the US Girls’ Junior final. Seong won that match, 4 and 2, to become the first player to successfully defend the title since 1971.

Lee beat Robynn Ree of Redondo Beach, Calif., 6 and 4, in the round of 16.

An incoming freshman at Stanford, Lee was the only US Curtis Cup player to reach the quarterfinals.

‘‘I played really well today,’’ Lee said. ‘‘My shots were really good, and I made the birdie putts that I needed to.’’

In the other lower-bracket quarterfinal, Australia’s Hannah Green will play France’s Mathilda Cappeliez. Green beat France’s Celine Boutier, 4 and 3, and Cappeliez topped Thailand’s Paphangkorn Tavatanakit, 1 up.

In the upper bracket, Carta, the NCAA individual champion as a Duke freshman in May, will face Puerto Rico’s Maria Torres, and Japan’s 17-year-old Nasa Hataoka will play 15-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines.

Carta beat Jessica Porvasnik of Hinckley, Ohio, 3 and 2.

‘‘It feels really good to be able to play tomorrow for sure,’’ Carta said. ‘‘I'm really excited to have that opportunity.’’

Carta is trying to join Vicki Goetze (1992) as the only players to win the Amateur and NCAA in the same year, and the sixth to win both titles. Carta also is trying to become the second Italian winner, following Silvia Cavalleri in 1997.

‘‘I don’t want to focus on the big picture, and this is what I learned at nationals this year, that I didn’t have to think about winning or scoring low,’’ Carta said. ‘‘I just had to think about every single shot and like what iron to pick and where to hit, and that was the key that made me win nationals, so I think that’s the key, also, to playing my best game this week.’’

European — Chris Wood and Matt Fitzpatrick secured easy first-round wins at the Paul Lawrie Match Play in North Berwick, Scotland, as they look for a victory to cement a place on Europe’s Ryder Cup team for the first time.

Wood recovered from losing the first hole to Brett Rumford and won, 4 and 3, while Fitzpatrick powered into a 6-up lead after nine holes before closing out a 4-and-3 win over Thomas Bjorn.

Wood is the top-seeded player at Archerfield in Scotland and, like Fitzpatrick, currently occupies a spot on the European team for the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine next month.

Tournament host Paul Lawrie advanced to the last 32 by beating Lucas Bjerregaard, 4 and 2.

Renato Paratore of Italy was the biggest winner in the first round, beating Stephen Gallacher, 7 and 6.

Gallacher, who played in the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, was making his return to the European Tour after recovering from a career-threatening wrist injury.

Haydn Porteous of South Africa, Roope Kakko of Finland, English players Oliver Fisher and Matt Southgate, and Spanish players Eduardo de la Riva and Alejandro Canizares all required extra holes to win their matches in the last 64.

In a change to the schedule, the European Tour said the round of 32 and the round of 16 will both take place Friday due to severe winds being forecast for Sunday.