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Jun 23, 2021

The 2021 Travelers Championship Preview

COURSE: TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut

ARCHITECT: Robert J. Ross/Maurice Kearney

YARDS/PAR: 6,841 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $7,400,000 /$1,332,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Dustin Johnson (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 2,989/500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @TravelersChamp

OFFICIAL SITE: (The Travelers)

TV COVERAGE: Thursday, June 24 and Friday, June 25: 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.

On Saturday, June 26, Round 3 coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. CBS takes over from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, June 27: Golf Channel starts-off the coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).

STREAMING: Streaming coverage with Featured Groups via PGA Live from 6:45am to 6:00pm (EDT) on Thursday and Friday. PGA Live Coverage expands on the weekend with Featured Groups streaming 8:00am to 3:00pm (EDT) and Featured Holes 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on both Saturday and Sunday.

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio returns for Thursday and Friday coverage 12:00pm Noon to 6:00pm (EDT). Weekend coverage on PGA Tour Radio airs from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) or until conclusion. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com

How to Watch: In case of changes, see: (PGATourCom)

The Travelers: 2021 Notebook

The 2021 Travelers Championship field includes 99 PGA Tour tournament winners, the most in an event since the 2021 PLAYERS Championship. Two-time Travelers Championship winner Phil Mickelson leads the pack with 45 wins, while the Tour’s most recent first-time winner, South Africa’s Garrick Higgo, will make just his second start since winning the Palmetto Championship at Congaree to earn PGA Tour membership.

Dustin Johnson will attempt to become the second player to successfully defend a Travelers Championship title. The 2020 win was Johnson’s first of three during the 2019-20 season and he went on to win the FedExCup, becoming the first player to win the Travelers Championship and the FedExCup title in the same season. Johnson relinquished the No. 1 position in the Official World Golf Ranking to U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm on Sunday, snapping a streak of 43 weeks as the world’s top-ranked player.

Three-time Travelers Championship winner Bubba Watson (2010, 2015, 2018) will make his 15th appearance and is seeking to tie Billy Casper for most wins in tournament history (4).

There were 27 rounds of (64) or better at the Travelers Championship in 2020, the most in a week since the event moved to TPC River Highlands in 1984. There were 1,774 birdies made in 2020, fifth-most of any event during the 2019-20 PGA Tour season.

The Basics:

Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 6:45am (EDT) through 2:00pm (EDT).

Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a comfortable 67-degrees, low humidity at 46% and a 0% chance of rain.

PGATourBrunch will post at 6:00am (EDT) on Thursday and 7:00am (EDT on Friday.

Next Week: The Rocket Mortgage Classic (Detroit, Michigan)

Field Update:

156 Players

Steve Stricker (OUT) / Grayson Murray (IN)

Joel Dahmen (OUT) / DJ Trahan (IN) Maverick McNealy

Luke List (OUT) / Ryan Brehm (IN)

Erik van Rooyen (OUT) / Sebastian Cappelen (IN)

The Field - (link)

Odds for The Travelers at TPC River Highlands

(Odds by William Hill)

Dustin Johnson 12-1

Bryson DeChambeau 12-1

Brooks Koepka 14-1

Paul Casey 16-1

Patrick Cantlay 16-1

Scottie Scheffler 22-1

Patrick Reed 25-1

Tony Finau 28-1

Brian Harman 30-1

Abraham Ancer 33-1

Kevin Streelman 33-1

Harris English 35-1

Joaquin Niemann 35-1

Matthew Wolff 40-1

Charley Hoffman 40-1

Sam Burns 45-1

Cameron Smith 45-1

Bubba Watson 45-1

Justin Rose 50-1

Rickie Fowler 50-1

Russell Henley 50-1

Garrick Higgo 50-1

Adam Scott 50-1

Keegan Bradley 55-1

Jason Day 60-1

Si-Woo Kim 50-1

Emiliano Grillo 66-1

Marc Leishman 60-1

Max Homa 66-1

Ian Poulter 66-1

Phil Mickelson 66-1

Kevin Na 66-1

Cameron Tringale 70-1

Francesco Molinari 70-1

Russell Knox 100-1

Aaron Wise 70-1

Talor Gooch 100-1

Stewart Cink 80-1

Carlos Ortiz 80-1

Doc Redman 66-1

Brandt Snedeker 100-1

Matt Jones 125-1

Kevin Kisner 100-1

Zach Johnson 100-1

Chris Kirk 100-1

Patton Kizzire 100-1

Brendan Steele 100-1

Brendon Todd 90-1

Harold Varner 80-1

Guido Migliozzi 100-1

Keith Mitchell 125-1

C.T. Pan 125-1

Chez Reavie 125-1

Mackenzie Hughes 100-1

Pat Perez 125-1

Joel Dahmen 150-1

Doug Ghim 125-1

Adam Hadwin 125-1

Troy Merritt 125-1

Lanto Griffin 100-1

Erik Van Rooyen 125-1

Maverick McNealy 125-1

David Lipsky 150-1

Luke List 150-1

Joseph Bramlett 150-1

Dylan Frittelli 150-1

Steve Stricker 150-1

Patrick Rodgers 150-1

Kyle Stanley 125-1

Scott Stallings 150-1

Matthew NeSmith 150-1

Kyoung-Hoon Lee 150-1

Ryan Moore 150-1

Harry Higgs 200-1

Scott Piercy 200-1

Satoshi Kodaira 150-1

Sebastian Munoz 150-1

Danny Lee 175-1

Hank Lebioda 200-1

Michael Thompson 200-1

Kevin Chappell 250-1

Rory Sabbatini 250-1

Adam Long 200-1

Vaughn Taylor 200-1

Will Gordon 200-1

Chesson Hadley 150-1

Nick Taylor 200-1

Denny McCarthy 250-1

Vincent Whaley 200-1

Ryan Armour 200-1

Wyndham Clark 200-1

Henrik Norlander 200-1

Adam Schenk 200-1

Richy Werenski 150-1

Bronson Burgoon 200-1

Byeong Hun An 250-1

Sepp Straka 250-1

Brice Garnett 250-1

Nate Lashley 250-1

Chase Seiffert 200-1

Beau Hossler 250-1

Andrew Putnam 250-1

Tom Lewis 250-1

Kramer Hickok 250-1

Tom Hoge 250-1

Roger Sloan 250-1

Mark Hubbard 250-1

Hudson Swafford 300-1

Brian Stuard 300-1

Bo Van Pelt 300-1

Davis Thompson 300-1

Anirban Lahiri 300-1

Jason Dufner 300-1

Brandon Hagy 300-1

Tyler Duncan 300-1

Cameron Percy 350-1

Sam Ryder 300-1

Robert Streb 350-1

J.B. Holmes 350-1

Sung-Hoon Kang 400-1

Austin Eckroat 200-1

Rob Oppenheim 400-1

Michael Gligic 400-1

Scott Brown 400-1

Luke Donald 400-1

David Hearn 500-1

John Pak 400-1

Tyler McCumber 400-1

Peter Malnati 400-1

Austin Cook 400-1

Kris Ventura 400-1

Robby Shelton 500-1

Jim Herman 500-1

Chase Koepka 500-1

Sean O'Hair 500-1

Kevin Tway 500-1

Ted Potter 500-1

Brian Gay 500-1

Rafael Campos 500-1

Brian Keiser 500-1

Scott Harrington 500-1

Nick Watney 750-1

William McGirt 750-1

Jonas Blixt 750-1

Hunter Mahan 750-1

Kevin Stadler 1000-1

Martin Trainer 1000-1

J.J. Henry 1000-1

Michael Kim 1000-1

Alex Beach 1000-1

TL’s Wedge for an Edge: For the weekly PGA Tour Fantasy game, my starting foursome will include: Paul Casey, Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed and Keegan Bradley. The bench players will be: Ricky Fowler and Abraham Ancer. For my one and done, I’m going with Bubba Watson .

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Field Set for Tokyo Olympic Games (Golf Week)

On This Day in Golf History:

June 23, 1922 - Walter Hagen became the first American winner of The Open, winning the Claret Jug at Royal St. George’s by one stroke over Jim Barnes and George Duncan. It was the first of Hagen’s four Open Championships. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE