2026 Travelers Championship Primer: History, TV, Field, Odds

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2025 Travelers Championship Keegan Bradley Wins
Keegan Bradley reacts to making the winning putt on the 18th green during the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 22, 2025 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Ben Jared for PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

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 75th 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 world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and New England’s No. 1 golfer, Keegan Bradley.

Below, you’ll find more details to help you get primed for the 2026 edition of the Travelers Championship.


2026 Travelers Championship

Fans watch from the 18th hole green as Scottie Scheffler prepares to play his approach shot during the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 23, 2024, in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Keyur Khamar for PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

Fast Facts

Tournament: Travelers Championship
Title Sponsor: Travelers Insurance
Tour Debut: 1952
Dates: June 25-28, 2026
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: Keegan Bradley


How to Follow the Travelers Championship

Xander Schauffele tees off on the 2nd hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 26, 2022 in Cromwell, CT. (Photo by Ben Jared / PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

TELEVISION: Thu-Fri: 3-6 p.m. (GOLF); Sat-Sun: 1-3 p.m. (GOLF), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

STREAM: Thu-Fri: 3-6 p.m. (NBC SPORTS APP); Sat-Sun: 1-3 p.m. (NBC SPORTS APP), 3-6 p.m. (CBS SPORTS APP)

PGA TOUR LIVE: Thu-Sun: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (ESPN+)
Watch on ESPN+

PGA TOUR RADIO: Thu-Fri: 12-6 p.m.; Sat-Sun: 1-6 p.m.
(PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio)

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Tournament History

Credit: Getty Images/Scott Halleran

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.

Jordan Spieth celebrates with caddie Michael Greller after holing out for birdie to win the 2017 Travelers Championship in a playoff. Credit: Getty Images/Maddie Meyer

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

2025: Keegan Bradley (-15)
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

Scottie Scheffler plays his shot from the fifth tee during the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 23, 2024 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by James Gilbert via Getty Images)

Headlining the event at TPC River Highlands will be world No. 1, and former Travelers champion, Scottie Scheffler (3-1), who enters off a T4 at the U.S. Open and appears in top form.

Scheffler will be joined by two of the season’s three major winners: reigning PGA champ Aaron Rai (22-1) and newly-minted U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark (35-1). Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy has chosen to skip another Signature event – his third of the season.

A plethora of big names will join Scheffler and the 2026 major winners in southern New England, including Xander Schauffele (16-1), Tommy Fleetwood (16-1), Ludvig Aberg (25-1), Patrick Cantlay (25-1), and Justin Thomas (28-1).

Additional marquee names, who are top-15 betting favorites: Russell Henley (18-1), Sam Burns (12-1), Viktor Hovland (25-1), Cam Young (22-1), Shane Lowry (35-1), Jordan Spieth (35-1), and defending champ Keegan Bradley (35-1)

Rounding out the bookmakers’ top-25: Hideki Matsuyama (45-1), Ben Griffin (45-1), Brian Harman (50-1), Robert MacIntyre (50-1), and Si Woo Kim (50-1).

Other familiar names include Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, and Adam Scott, among others.

PGW’s Top-5 Power Picks

1. Scottie Scheffler (3-1)
2. Xander Schauffele (10-1)
3. Sam Burns (12-1)
4. Collin Morikawa (16-1)
5. Ludvig Aberg (20-1)
5. Patrick Cantlay (25-1)


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The PGA Tour heads to Michigan for the final edition of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, contested at historic Detroit Golf Club. Aldrich Potgieter will defend his maiden PGA Tour title against a full field.


Credits: Joel Cook, Getty Images, PGA Tour Media


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