CROMWELL, CT – With the third of four majors in the record books for 2025, the PGA Tour gets back in action this week with the 74th edition of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The PGA Tour’s final Signature event of the year, and one of the most anticipated regular stops on the schedule, will once again be contested at TPC River Highlands.
The field this week in the Nutmeg state will feature most of the Tour’s top talent, including Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Xander Schauffele.
Below, you’ll find more details to help you get primed for the 2025 edition of the Travelers Championship.
2025 Travelers Championship
Fast Facts
Tournament: Travelers Championship
Title Sponsor: Travelers Insurance
Tour Debut: 1952
Week: 25th
Dates: June 19-22, 2025
Where: Cromwell, Conn.
Course: TPC River Highlands
Distance: Par 70, 6844 yards
Architect: Pete Dye (1982)
Renovation: Bobby Weed (1989)
Format: Stroke, 72-holes
Field Size: 72, no cut
Purse: $20,000,000
Winning Share: $3,600,000
Winner’s FEC/OWGR Pts: 700/70
Defending Champion: Scottie Scheffler
How to Follow the Travelers Championship
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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, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele, and Scottie Scheffler.
Casper holds the tournament record with four victories, one ahead of Watson, who owns three – most recently in 2018.
Mickelson is the only player to successfully defend his title. He edged Billy Andrade by a shot in 2001, and claimed victory again in 2002, beating Jonathan Kaye and Davis Love III by one shot.
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
2024: Scottie Scheffler (-22)*
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)*
* Won in a playoff
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 the season’s three major winners: reigning PGA champ Scottie Scheffler, newly-minted U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun, and 2025 Masters winner Rory McIlroy.
Sheffler, the heavy favorite at 3-1, enters off five straight top-10s including three wins, headlined by a third major title at the PGA Championship. McIlroy (14-1), meanwhile, will look to bust out of a post-Masters funk (three straight finishes outside the top-15).
Spaun (50-1), the supernova winner at Oakmont, is not expected to suddenly become a world beater, but he is now ranked No. 8 in the “world rankings” and could clinch a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team with a strong finish to the final stretch of the season, starting this week in Connecticut.
A plethora of big names will join the 2025 major winners in southern New England, including Xander Schauffele (16-1), Collin Morikawa (16-1), Ludvig Aberg (25-1), Patrick Cantlay (25-1), Justin Thomas (28-1), and Sepp Strraka (28-1).
Additional marquee names, who are top-15 betting favorites: Russell Henley (30-1), Sam Burns (30-1), Viktor Hovland (30-1), Cam Young (35-1), Keegan Bradley (35-1), Tommy Fleetwood (35-1), Shane Lowry (40-1), and Jordan Spieth (40-1).
Rounding out the bookmakers’ top-25: Hideki Matsuyama (45-1), Ben Griffin (45-1), Daniel Berger (45-1), Aaron Rai (50-1), Brian Harman (50-1), Robert MacIntyre (50-1), and Si Woo Kim (50-1).
Other familiar names include Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, Tony Finau, and Adam Scott, among others.
Top-10 Betting Favorites
1. Scottie Scheffler (3-1)
2. Rory McIlroy (14-1)
3. Xander Schauffele (16-1)
3. Collin Morikawa (16-1)
5. Ludvig Aberg (25-1)
5. Patrick Cantlay (25-1)
7. Justin Thomas (28-1)
7. Sepp Straka (28-1)
9. Russell Henley (30-1)
9. Sam Burns (30-1)
9. Viktor Hovland (30-1)
Full Field & Odds
TPC River Highlands | Cromwell, CT | June 19-22, 2025
Up Next: Rocket Mortgage Classic
The PGA Tour heads to Michigan for the Rocket Mortage Classic, contested at historic Detroit Golf Club. Cam Davis will defend his 2024 title against a full field.
Credits: Joel Cook, Getty Images, PGA Tour Media
