PGA Tour Brunch | Travelers Recap
Hovland Takes 2026 Travelers in a Playoff | Defeated Scheffler
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of PGA Tour Brunch and Digital Sports Desk
CROMWELL - Norway’s Viktor Hovland made a putt from 10 feet on the first playoff hole for birdie and became the Travelers Championship winner when World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler missed on a short birdie attempt Monday morning at TPC River Highlands.
Hovland won for the eighth time on the PGA Tour and for the first time this year.
Hovland banked $3.6m and 700 FEDEx CUP points.
Additional Notes from Sunday’s “final” round, previously posted this morning.
The round of the day was turned in by Collin Morikawa (3rd/-20) with a 9-under 61, equaling his career-low round (2023 TOUR Championship/R1). He was attempting to record the largest come-from-behind victory at the Travelers Championship (current: Brad Faxon/7/2005) and equal the second-largest on the PGA TOUR on record (10/Paul Lawrie/1999 Open Championship, 9/Stewart Cink/2004 RBC Heritage)
Matt Fitzpatrick (4th/-13) finished solo-fourth in bid to become the first player to earn four or more wins in a season since Scottie Scheffler in 2025; brother, Alex, finishes T7
Wyndham Clark finished T5 in bid to become the first player to win on TOUR the week after winning a major since Scottie Scheffler (2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage)
Corey Conners (T7/-17) picked up his first top-10 finish since the 2025 TOUR Championship (T4)
Patrick Cantlay finished T14, his ninth straight top-15 finish at the Travelers Championship
New England’s favorite son and two-time champion at TPC River Highlands, Keegan Bradley, finished T14 in bid to become the first back-to-back Travelers Championship winner since Phil Mickelson in 2002
Travelers Championship | Final Leaderboard
1 Viktor Hovland 65 61 64 69 259 (-21)
T1 Scottie Scheffler 64 60 67 68 259 (-21) - lost in playoff
3 Collin Morikawa 69 66 64 61 260 (-20)
4 Matt Fitzpatrick 64 66 67 64 261 (-19)
T5 Wyndham Clark 68 64 65 65 262 (-18)
T5 Akshay Bhatia 66 62 67 67 262 (-18)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
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The Travelers | What They’re Saying
Hovland Wins in Monday Morning Playoff (ESPN)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
NBC Stuck with Golf (over MLB-NYY-Red Sox) - (ESPN)
Viktor’s Golf Bag - (Golf Week)
On This Day in Golf History
June 29, 1997 - Former PGAer Greg Norman birdied the last three holes to shoot a final round (66) and win the St, Jude Classic in Memphis by one stroke over Dudley Hart. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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