With the year’s third of four majors in the record books, the PGA Tour gets back in action this week with the 73rd edition of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Contested at TPC River Highlands, and now a Signature event, the Travelers is one the most anticipated stops on the tour’s schedule.
The field this week in the Nutmeg state will not include golf’s two most popular stars – newly-minted U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau and hard-luck superstar Rory McIlroy – but will feature most of the PGA Tour’s marquee names, headlined by Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland and Patrick Cantlay.
Below, you’ll find more details to help you get primed for the 2024 edition of the Travelers Championship.
2024 Travelers Championship
Fast Facts
Tournament: Travelers Championship
Tour Debut: 1952
Dates:Â June 20-23, 2024
Where: Cromwell, Conn.
Course:Â TPC River Highlands
Distance: Par 70, 6841 yards
Architect: Pete Dye
Format: Stroke, 72-holes/36-hole cut
Purse: $20,000,000
Winning Share: $4,000,000
Winner’s FEC/OWGR Pts: 700/70
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Tournament History
Running continuously since 1952, The Travelers Championship was originally called the Insurance City Open, a reference to nearby Hartford, Conn., which is colloquially known as the Insurance Capital of the World.
While that tournament name was dropped in 1967, its current name is something of a throwback to those days, as Travelers Property Casual Group is the third-largest insurance company in Connecticut.
From 1967-2003, the tournament was known as The Greater Hartford Open, with Sammy Davis Jr.’s name (he played in the event’s pro-am for a long time), even in the title for 16 years, along with corporate sponsor Canon.
While Travelers now owns the naming rights, locals still refer to it as the Greater Hartford Open. TPC River Highlands has been the tournament host since 1991.
The inaugural 1952 tournament was a four-stroke victory for Ted Kroll, a relative historical unknown who had eight career PGA Tour victories.
Notable winners of the Travelers include Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Curtis Strange, Nick Price, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, and Xander Schauffele.
Casper holds the tournament record with four victories, one ahead of Watson, who owns three – most recently in 2018.
The Greater Hartford Open might be most well-known for when PGA of America’s Suzy Whaley qualified for the tournament (via local qualifying) in 2003, making her the first woman to make a PGA tournament field in nearly 60 years.
Whaley missed the cut by 12 strokes, but it was still an historically notable event.
History: Tournament Names
- Travelers Championship (07-Pres)
- Buick Championship (04-06)
- Greater Hartford Open (2003)
- Canon Greater Hartford Open (89-02)
- Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open (85-88)
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open (73-84) - Greater Hartford Open Invitational (67-72)
- Insurance City Open Invitational (57-66)
- Insurance City Open (52-56)
History: Recent Winners
2023: Keegan Bradley (-23)
2022: Xander Schauffele (-19)
2021: Harris English (-13)
2020: Dustin Johnson (-19)
2019: Chez Reavie (-17)
2018: Bubba Watson (-17)
2017: Jordan Spieth (-12)
2016: Russell Knox (-14)
2015: Bubba Watson (-16)
History: Records
SCORING
257 – Keegan Bradley (2023)
TO PAR
-25 – Tim Norris (1982)
WINS
4 – Billy Casper (1963, 1965, 1968, 1973)
3 – Bubba Watson (2010, 2015, 2018)
Travelers Championship Field
Headlining the event at TPC River Highlands will be world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, who enters off a disappointing performance at the U.S. Open, but before that won the Memorial – one of five wins on the season.
The 2024 Masters champ will be joined by a slew of tour superstars, including Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama, and 2022 Travelers winner, and reigning PGA champion, Xander Schauffele.
Other marquee names include 2017 Travelers winner Jordan Spieth, defending champ Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, and Max Homa among others.
Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Scottie Scheffler (4-1)
2. Xander Schauffele (7-1)
3. Collin Morikawa (10-1)
4. Ludvig Aberg (14-1)
5. Patrick Cantlay (16-1)
Full Field & Odds
TPC River Highlands | Cromwell, CT | June 23-26, 2022
Up Next: RMC
The PGA Tour heads to Michigan for the Rocket Mortage Classic, contested at historic Detroit Golf Club. Rickie Fowler will defend his 2023 title against a full field which will include tour stars Tom Kim, Max Homa and Tony Finau, among others.
Credits: Joel Cook, Getty Images, PGA Tour Media
