PGA Tour Brunch | The Travelers
PGA Tour Brunch & Digital Sports Desk On-Site | Cromwell
By TERRY LYONS, Editor-in-Chief of Digital Sports Desk
CROMWELL - The Travelers Championship’s defending champion, Scottie Scheffler, is also the World No. 1, reigning FedExCup Champion and 16-time PGA TOUR winner. Scheffler is in search of his fourth victory of the season (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday).
Scheffler posted 65 or better in all four rounds en route to victory in 2024 (65-64-64-65).
New England favorite son, Keegan Bradley won the 2023 Travelers Championship and is making his 15th career appearance this week. He owns three Top-10s (T8/2017, T2/2019, Won/2023 at TPC River Highlands.
As a Signature Event, the tournament grants four sponsor exemptions to PGA TOUR members:
Luke Clanton: PGA TOUR rookie owns two Top-25 finishes in six starts this season
Rickie Fowler: Four top-25s in seven career starts at the Travelers Championship (T13/2010, T13/2013, T13/2023, T20/2024)
Tom Kim: Making third consecutive appearance in the Travelers Championship; T38/2023, lost in playoff-P2/2024)
Gary Woodland: Four-time PGA TOUR winner making his seventh career start in the Travelers Championship with his best finish being a T20 in 2015
All prior Signature Event winners this season are in the field: Hideki Matsuyama (The Sentry), Rory McIlroy (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am), Ludvig Ã…berg (The Genesis Invitational), Russell Henley (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard), Justin Thomas (RBC Heritage), Sepp Straka (Truist Championship), Scottie Scheffler (the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday).
World No. 3 Xander Schauffele has 66 consecutive made cuts on TOUR, the longest active streak and sixth-longest streak in TOUR history (Tiger Woods/142, Byron Nelson/113, Jack Nicklaus/105, Hale Irwin/86, Dow Finsterwald/72).
International players have won 15 of 27 events this season: Hideki Matsuyama/Japan, Nick Taylor/Canada, Sepp Straka/Austria/(twice), Rory McIlroy/Northern Ireland/(3x), Thomas Detry/Belgium, Ludvig Ã…berg/Sweden, Karl Vilips/Australia, Viktor Hovland/Norway, Min Woo Lee/Australia, Garrick Higgo/South Africa, Ryan Fox/New Zealand/(twice).
Travelers Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT
YARDS/PAR: 6,844 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECTS: Robert J. Ross/Maurice Kearney
PRIZE Money - Purse/Winner’s Share: $20,000,000/$4,000,000
OVERVIEW: (link)
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Scottie Scheffler
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 700
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @TravelersChamp
The Travelers | The Basics
The Tee Times at TPC River Highlands start at 8:00am (ET) and go to 2:05pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast is for a hot, steamy day with temperatures soaring to 90-degrees with a 24% chance of rain. Winds at 12 mph.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 7:30am (ET) Friday
The Travelers - Field and Tee Times
The Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
How to Watch The Travelers
8:00am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
12 Noon - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM and Online
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Golf Channel
How to Watch - (link)
The Travelers | What They’re Saying
Expect Low Scores at The Travelers (Hartford Courant)
How to Watch First Rounds of the Travelers (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
Sports Gambling, Daily Fantasy News
Expert Picks for The Travelers (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks for The Travelers (PGATourCom)
Monahan Stepping Down as TOUR Commissioner (ESPN)
McIlroy 1st to Qualify for Europe’s Ryder Cup Team (ESPN)
On This Day in Golf History
June 19, 2011 - Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open in emphatic fashion, posting four day totals of (268) and 16-under par. The (then) 22-year old McIlroy won by eight strokes and became the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones in 1923. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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