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Second Round Coverage from TPC River Highlands | (Day Late!)
Editor’s Note & Apology: Due to a technical error in setting-up the time/date to post, this second round preview did not post to your accounts. The third round was just sent, but, for the record, here is the second round preview from The Travelers.
****Check out Brian Harman’s day!
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of PGA Tour Brunch and Digital Sports Desk
CROMWELL - Eric Cole (1st/-7) posted a bogey-free 7-under (63) to equal his best round of the season (Charles Schwab Challenge/R3). Cole is ranked among the Top-4 (after the first round) in the following Strokes Gained categories:
Tee to Green (1st/4.547),
Approach the Green (2nd/2.876)
Around the Green (4th/1.443)
Cole holds the first-round lead/co-lead for the fourth time (first in outright fashion), but is 0-for-3 to date converting to victory. He most recently shared the first-round lead two weeks ago at the RBC Canadian Open, but followed up a 64 in round one with a 76 to become the first player to hold at least a share of the 18-hole lead and go on to miss the cut since Jordan Spieth at the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii
Scottie Scheffler (T2/-6), the World No. 1 and 2024 Travelers Championship winner , opened with a bogey-free 6-under (64) in his seventh start at the event. This marked his 83rd bogey-free round, the most of any player on the PGA TOUR since 2019.
Scheffler’s first-round scoring average at TPC River Highlands is 65.86.
Notes:
Milford, Connecticut native Ben James (T32/-2), who earned PGA TOUR membership as the No. 1 player from the 2026 PGA TOUR University Ranking, opened with a 2-under (68) in his first Travelers Championship start as a professional and third overall. He missed the cut as an amateur in 2022 and 2023 at TPC River Highlands. (* See Below in Highlighted Clips).
Thursday’s 67.961 scoring marks the lowest first-round scoring average of the season with the previous best: 68.288/The American Express.
Take a good look at Brian Harman’s scorecard from the opening round. He scored with 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s. He’s T-14 with his (66) and he’ll tee-off at 2:45pm today.
Travelers Championship | Leaderboard After 18 Holes
1 Eric Cole 63 (-7)
T2 Nico Echavarria 64 (-6)
T2 Ben Griffin 64 (-6)
T2 Matt Fitzpatrick 64 (-6)
T2 Kristoffer Reitan 64 (-6)
T2 Bud Cauley 64 (-6)
T2 Scottie Scheffler 64 (-6)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
Travelers Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
YARDS/PAR: 6,844 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECTS: Robert J. Ross/Maurice Kearney
PRIZE Money - Purse/Winner’s Share: $20,000,000/$3,600,000
OVERVIEW: (link)
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Keegan Bradley
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 700
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @TravelersChamp
The Travelers - Field, Update and Tee Times
The Field: (link)
Update:
Monday, June 22
Keith Mitchell IN (sponsor exemption)
Tee Times: (link) - Tee Times were slightly delayed to allow weather to clear.
The Travelers | What They’re Saying
*Connecticut’s James is on the Job (Digital Sports Desk)
What We Learned from First Round at Travelers (Golf Week)
Fri Tee Times & How to Watch TPC River Highlands (Golf Week)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
June 26, 1925- Jim Barnes won the Open Championship at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland, his only Open title. Barnes won by a single stroke over runners-up Ted Ray and Archie Compston. The win was the fourth and final major for Barnes who also won the 1916 and ‘19 PGA Championships, and the U.S. Open in 1921. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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