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Cromwell, Conn. • Daniel Berger says he's healthy again and hoping to regain the form that helped him to his first PGA Tour title two months ago.

Last year's rookie of the year followed his first-round 66 with a 67 on Friday for a share of the lead in the Travelers Championship.

He matched 2012 Travelers champion Marc Leishman, Russell Henley and Tyrone Van Aswegen at 7-under 133. Leishman shot 68, Henley shot 65, and Van Aswegen 66.

Berger strained his shoulder at the U.S. Open after winning in Memphis at the St. Jude Classic, his fourth top-10 finish in seven starts. The injury forced him to withdraw after hitting his opening tee shot at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and he didn't return until last week at the PGA Championship.

Four players, including 49-year-old University of Hartford graduate Jerry Kelly, were a shot behind. Kelly had a 70 after sharing the first-round lead with a 64. Blayne Barber had the best round of the day with a 64 of his own to top the seven players two strokes back.

U.S. Olympians Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed and Matt Kuchar remained in contention. Kuchar shot a 67 to move to reach 4 under. Reed, who turned 26 on Friday, also shot a 67 and was tied with Watson at 3 under. Watson, the defending champion, had a 70.

3M Championship

In Blaine, Minn., Monday qualifier Glen Day shot a 7-under 65 in perfect conditions to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions' 3M Championship.

On Monday, he topped the five qualifiers with a 7-under 64 at nearby Victory Links. On Friday playing in the first group off the first tee at TPC Twin Cities, the 50-year-old Day had four straight late birdies in his bogey-free round.

Jeff Maggert and Rod Spittle shot 66, and two-time champion Bernhard Langer was at 67 along with Colin Montgomerie, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Woody Austin, Kevin Sutherland, Carlos Franco, Scott Dunlap, Bart Bryant and Monday qualifier Jean-Francois Remesy.

Day made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 second and ran in a 10-footer on the par-5 third. He holed a 6-footer on par-4 11th, and made four straight on Nos. 14-17 — holing putts of 4, 25, 8 and 10 feet.

Day won the 1999 MCI Classic for his lone PGA Tour title. On the senior tour, he tied for sixth in Mississippi in April and last month in Endicott, New York.

John Daly opened with a 72, and two-time defending champion Kenny Perry shot 73.

U.S. Women's Amateur

In Springfield, Pa., South Korea's Eun Jeong Seong and Italy's Virginia Elena Carta advanced to the all-international U.S. Women's Amateur semifinals, keeping alive their bids for rare season sweeps.

The 16-year-old Seong is trying to become the first player to win the event and U.S. Girls' Junior in the same season. The 19-year-old Carta — the oldest of the final four — is attempting to become the second player to win the tournament and NCAA individual title in the same year.

The tournament will have the first all-international championship match since 1910, with 15-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines and 18-year-old Mathilda Cappeliez of France also advancing.

Seong beat 17-year-old Andrea Lee of Hermosa Beach, California, with a par on the 18th hole in a rematch of Seong's final victory last month in the U.S. Girls' Junior in New Jersey.

Seong will face Cappeliez, a 19-hole winner over Australia's Hannah Green.

Carta beat Puerto Rico's Maria Torres 3 and 1, and Saso outlasted Japan's 17-year-old Nasa Hataoka 1 up.

Carta won the NCAA individual title in May as a Duke freshman. She's 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.

Paul Lawrie Match Play

In North Berwick, Scotland, Chris Wood and Matt Fitzpatrick were both eliminated in the Paul Lawrie Match Play, leaving their chances of competing for Europe at the Ryder Cup in the jeopardy.

Wood lost 2 and 1 to England's Daniel Brooks in the round of 32, and Fitzpatrick dropped a 4-and-3 decision to Spain's Alejandro Canizares in the last 16.

The Englishmen are in the final slots in Darren Clarke's European team going into the last month of qualifying. Wood would have sealed his place in Minnesota by winning the title at Archerfield.

In the quarterfinals Saturday, Alejandro Canizares will face England's James Morrison; Germany's Max Kieffer will play England's Oliver Fisher; England's Anthony Wall will face South Africa's Hayden Porteous; and Alex Noren will play Johan Carlsson in an all-Swedish match. —

Friday's results

Travelers Championship

At TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

Purse: $6.6 million Yardage: 6,841 Par: 70

Second Round

Tyrone Van Aswegen 67-66 — 133 -7

Daniel Berger 66-67 — 133 -7

Russell Henley 68-65 — 133 -7

Marc Leishman 65-68 — 133 -7

Jerry Kelly 64-70 — 134 -6

Robert Garrigus 67-67 — 134 -6

Russell Knox 67-67 — 134 -6

Patrick Rodgers 68-66 — 134 -6

Blayne Barber 71-64 — 135 -5

Paul Casey 68-67 — 135 -5

Scott Pinckney 68-67 — 135 -5

Brian Stuard 70-65 — 135 -5

Vaughn Taylor 64-71 — 135 -5

Vijay Singh 67-68 — 135 -5

Jon Rahm 65-70 — 135 -5

Cameron Smith 69-67 — 136 -4

Jason Kokrak 70-66 — 136 -4

Ryan Moore 70-66 — 136 -4

Matt Kuchar 69-67 — 136 -4

Spencer Levin 69-67 — 136 -4

Abraham Ancer 68-68 — 136 -4

Tyrrell Hatton 71-65 — 136 -4

Stuart Appleby 68-68 — 136 -4

Charley Hoffman 69-68 — 137 -3

Gary Woodland 67-70 — 137 -3

John Senden 69-68 — 137 -3

Tony Finau 69-68 — 137 -3

Alex Cejka 68-69 — 137 -3

Justin Thomas 68-69 — 137 -3

Webb Simpson 70-67 — 137 -3

Bubba Watson 67-70 — 137 -3

Patrick Reed 70-67 — 137 -3

Lucas Lee 68-69 — 137 -3

Derek Ernst 68-69 — 137 -3

Rod Pampling 69-68 — 137 -3

Chez Reavie 70-67 — 137 -3

Daniel Summerhays 68-69 — 137 -3

Sung Kang 70-67 — 137 -3

Brooks Koepka 67-70 — 137 -3

Martin Laird 68-69 — 137 -3

Carlos Ortiz 66-71 — 137 -3

Soren Kjeldsen 68-69 — 137 -3

Scott Brown 68-70 — 138 -2

Hudson Swafford 67-71 — 138 -2

Cameron Percy 69-69 — 138 -2

Andres Gonzales 70-68 — 138 -2

Aaron Baddeley 73-65 — 138 -2

Retief Goosen 69-69 — 138 -2

Zach Johnson 67-71 — 138 -2

Francesco Molinari 71-67 — 138 -2

Zac Blair 70-68 — 138 -2

Matt Jones 69-69 — 138 -2

David Toms 67-71 — 138 -2

Greg Chalmers 69-69 — 138 -2

Bryson DeChambeau 72-66 — 138 -2

Shawn Stefani 71-68 — 139 -1

Brendan Steele 70-69 — 139 -1

Seung-Yul Noh 69-70 — 139 -1

Padraig Harrington 70-69 — 139 -1

Hunter Mahan 68-71 — 139 -1

Jim Furyk 73-66 — 139 -1

Chris Stroud 70-69 — 139 -1

Miguel Angel Carballo 73-66 — 139 -1

Henrik Norlander 71-68 — 139 -1

Rory Sabbatini 67-72 — 139 -1

Nick Taylor 68-71 — 139 -1

Keegan Bradley 67-72 — 139 -1

Ernie Els 72-67 — 139 -1

Louis Oosthuizen 68-71 — 139 -1

Bud Cauley 68-71 — 139 -1

Ricky Barnes 68-71 — 139 -1

Bryce Molder 69-70 — 139 -1

Si Woo Kim 69-70 — 139 -1