PGA Tour : Travelers Championship Field
The last $20,000,000 signature event of the season goes this week at one of the Tour's shortest courses par 70, 6844 yard TPC River Highlands, a limited field, 8 of the top 10 are back at it, Rory will not play, Keegan Bradley has won two of the last three.
After the toughest challenge of Shinnecock Hills the 3 hour drive from Long Island with the help of the ferry, to TPC River Highlands will provide one of the easiest tests the players enjoy all year.
Don't believe me ? Jim Furyk only needed 58 strokes to set a world record here in 2016 and Bradley won in 2023 with just -23 257.
Who's hot, well Wyndham is top of the list winner in two of his last four tournaments, including the Byron Nelson and a 3rd at the Memorial. You would forgive a let down after he spent Monday counting the $4,500,000 he has in his jeans after his trip to Long Island !
Scheffler treats it like a pitch and putt with a win in 2024 and 3 consecutive top 5 finishes here since he got on his run from relative obscurity to the world #1.
Matt Fitzpatrick world #4 has already won 3 times this year on the PGA Tour and was 2nd at the Players and right in contention again last week.
Cam Young #3 and steady eddie Russell Henley #5 are playing and winning well.
Sam Burns was an inch away from winning last week, now has four top 10's. JP Poston remember won at Jack's place then T4 at the US Open.
Tommy Fleetwood was the 54 leader here before gifting the title to Bradley with bogey's in two of his last three holes.
Canadians
Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith and Nick Taylor were all Top 50 in the 2025 FedEx points list.
Sudarshan Yellamaraju is an alternative this week so far.
Opinion
After all the drama of the US Open in the wind and on arguably the toughest course they play all year, this week is such a let down, in quiet Cromwell, on another easy course.
Throwing a $20,000,000 signature event status on it seems obscene to me. Not one of these top 60 guys needs any more money, when other events on the schedule like the RBC Canadian Open for example, who's status under the two tier 2028 Model is in jeopardy of becoming a Track 2 event, could be better served.
Bryan Angus
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