Tournament Preview - Travelers Championship

Tournament Preview - Travelers Championship

Hello members,

Whew, back to the regularly scheduled program of the PGA Tour after a long and excited U.S. Open week. Interesting play here by the Tour management to have a designated / elevated event the week after a major, but here we are. We’re in Connecticut playing at the TPC River Highlands.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele is back to try to repeat. A win this week would be much sweeter than last year with the elevated purse of $20m and the winner’s share of $3.6m.

Rory McIlroy, Vegas favorite like usual Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas, and Jordan Spieth are all playing, along with pretty much every other big name Tour player, so the week should include a stacked leaderboard.

Let’s tee off!

Weather

Rain is in the forecast with some storms so rounds could be delayed. Hopefully, The Weather Channel is wrong thought.

The tournament socials can be found here for Twitter, Instagram, and their own website.

ESPN+ coverage starting at 6:45am EST
Golf Channel coverage starting 3:00pm EST

The full field can be found here. Designated event so all the big name PGA Tour players are playing for the $3.6m payday.

• Previous Winners in this week's field:

  • Xander Schauffele - 2022

  • Harris English - 2021

  • Chez Reavie - 2019

  • Jordan Spieth - 2017

  • Russell Knox - 2016

  • Kevin Streelman - 2014

• Notable previous winners absent:

  • Dustin Johnson - 2020 (LIV)

  • Bubba Watson - 2018, 2015 (LIV)

  • Ken Duke - 2013

Betting Odds provided by Bovada.lv at this link (not sponsored)

Some notable players to consider:

• Scottie Scheffler - +700 - I know I know, I’m a broken record with picking him. He just hits the ball so well and is always in the top 10 so it’s hard to go against him.

• Xander Schauffele - +1800 - think he goes back-to-back.

• Justin Thomas - +6000 - he’s going to bounce back from his 81 last week, I just know it.

• TPC River Highlands is a private club in Cromwell, CT founded in 1928 originally as Middletown Golf Club.

• In 1984, Pete Dye redesigned the course to become the TPC of Connecticut.

• The course is one of the shorter courses on Tour at less than 7,000 yards.

• Initiation fees run around $35,000 with monthly dues rumored at less than $500 per month. And, members get access to all of the TPC clubs.

• Famous round at TPC River Highlands - Jim Furyk shot a 58 on this course in 2016 at this very same tournament. Can scores be that low again this week?

Notes and News

• Updates in the PGA Tour / LIV / PIF Senate investigation (twitter)

• Riviera Country Club is going to host the U.S. Open for the second time in 2031, the USGA just announced (twitter)

• The U.S. Open last week was the most watched in the last four years (twitter)

• From Monday Q Info, here are some tips if you are a first time professional caddy (article)

• Gil Hanse renovated LACC and is scheduled to renovate Oakmont Country Club before they host the U.S. Open again in a few years, and Oakmont members are worried about LACC’s low scores (article)

• Confirmed that Adam Scott is just a good dude (twitter)

Twitter Roundup

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