Will the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut end with an exciting playoff finish like last year and as with five of the last eleven? It could happen as the Travelers Championship field is packed following an exciting 2022 U.S. Open!
Matthew Fitzpatrick held off Will Zalitoris at the U.S. Open by one stroke on the last hole. Both of those players are taking a break this week. But others that were in the hunt at the U.S. Open are set to tee things off at the Travelers including the outright favorite Rory McIlroy who comes in at +900 followed by Scottie Scheller at +1000.
The player to fade on this week is Brooks Koepka. As of this writing, the news was breaking that he may be heading to the LIV Golf exhibition series. But, he’s still listed as being in the field as of Tuesday, June 21.
Once again, the Travelers is loaded with a tough group of players and it’s on a course that players are very familiar with. The 156-player field includes 24 of the top 50 players on the OWGR rankings. And, last year’s winner, Harrish English, is returning as is the player that he faced off against for an extended playoff which was Kramer Hickok.
Here are the favorites to win the 2021 Travelers Championship outright:
Rory McIlroy +900
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Justin Thomas +1100
Patrick Cantlay +1400
Sam Burns +1600
2022 Travelers Championship Preview
Where: Cromwell, CT
Course: TPC River Highlands
Format: Stroke Play
Par: 70
Length: 6,844
When: June 23 – 26, 2021
Purse: $8.5 Million.
TV Coverage: CBS/Golf Channel/PGA Live
Players are teeing off on a course that has not changed much since last year. That’s a welcome bit of news following the USGA’s annual tweaking of the course known as “The Country Club” at Brookline last week for the U.S. Open. TPC River Highlands features greens averaging 5000 sq feet covered in Poa Annua grass draining off to a 3-4” rough.
The course has been tweaked since it was redesigned by Pat Dye but it still has his touch. Fairways feature several trees, predictable bunkers, water, and a host of slight doglegs. At the same time, there are plenty of seemingly straightforward holes that only require a straight shot off the tee.
The course is not overly tricky and the rough will be much more forgiving than that of the U.S. Open last week. Players with clean drivers and a reliable putter will top the leaderboard early.
2022 Travelers Championship Predictions
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Scottie Scheffler faded a bit last week after a roller-coaster round at the U.S. Open on Saturday finishing T2. Then on Sunday he played a solid game but could not shave enough strokes off to keep up with Matthew Fitzpatrick. Scheffler looked more in form for much of last week than he has since he won his 4th event this season. He’s also carded five top 20 finishes recently.
Jordan Spieth +2200
Jordan Spieth won here in 2017 so he knows this course. He’s not at the same level he was back in 2014-2017 but he has been looking better this season. He won at the RBC Heritage and has finished 2nd twice. He dropped to T27 last week at the U.S. Open but had a T7 at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Seamus Power +5000
Seamus Power has finished in the top 20 in over half of his PGA starts this season. He finished T12 at the U.S. Open with three rounds of 70 and one round of 71. He was T3 at the Sony Open, T4 at the RSM Classic, and T5 at the WGC Dell Match Play. He’s now No. 36 on the OWGR.
Others: I would love to take Rory this week but I think the last few weeks must have been exhausting for him. This course should be a great fit for Harold Varner III (+5000) and he needs a bounce back after missing the cut at the U.S. Open. I like Harris English (+10000) this week. He’s the defending Travelers champ but he’s still recovering from his hip injury.
2022 Travlers Championship Betting Lines
Rory McIlroy +900
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Justin Thomas +1100
Patrick Cantlay +1400
Sam Burns +1600
Xander Schauffele +1800
Jordan Spieth +2200
Joaquin Niemann +2800
Sungjae Im +2800
Tony Finau +3000
Keegan Bradley +3300
Tommy Fleetwood +4000
Aaron Wise +4000
Davis Riley +4000
Mito Pereira +5000
Brian Harman +5000
Seamus Power +5000
Harold Varner III +5000
Marc Leishman +5000
Webb Simpson +5000
Russell Henley +6000
Jason Day +6000
Denny McCarthy +6600
Jason Kokrak +6600
Keith Mitchell +6600
Brendan Steele +6600
Maverick McNealy +6600
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +6600
Brendon Todd +7500
Joel Dahmen +7500
Si-Woo Kim +8000
Cameron Tringale +8000
Kevin Kisner +8000
Mackenzie Hughes +9000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +9000
Harris English +10000
Aaron Rai +10000
Cameron Davis +10000
Luke List +12500
Matthew Nesmith +12500
Tom Hoge +12500
Anirban Lahiri +12500
C T Pan +12500
Patrick Rodgers +12500
Jhonattan Vegas +12500
Sahith Theegala +12500
Rickie Fowler +12500
Adam Long +12500
Doug Ghim +12500
Emiliano Grillo +12500
Nick Hardy +12500
Lanto Griffin +12500
Kevin Streelman +12500
Cameron Champ +15000
Sepp Straka +15000
Ryan Palmer +15000
Charles Howell III +15000
Chez Reavie +15000
Scott Stallings +15000
Alex Smalley +15000
Erik Van Rooyen +15000
Stewart Cink +15000
Lucas Glover +15000
Wyndham Clark +15000
Troy Merritt +15000
Dylan Frittelli +15000
JJ Spaun +15000
Matthew Wolff +17500
Russell Knox +17500
David Lipsky +17500
Matt Wallace +17500
Scott Piercy +20000
Hank Lebioda +20000
Austin Smotherman +20000
Stephan Jaeger +20000
Adam Svensson +20000
Danny Willett +20000
Kramer Hickok +20000
Martin Laird +20000
JT Poston +20000
John Huh +20000
Adam Schenk +20000
Tyler Duncan +20000
Andrew Putnam +20000
James Hahn +20000
Hayden Buckley +20000
Zach Johnson +22500
Matthias Schwab +22500
Patton Kizzire +22500
Danny Lee +22500
Callum Tarren +25000
Garrick Higgo +25000
Rory Sabbatini +25000
Brice Garnett +25000
Charley Hoffman +25000
Carlos Ortiz +25000
Doc Redman +25000
Joseph Bramlett +25000
Chad Ramey +25000
Lee Hodges +25000
Brandon Wu +25000
Nate Lashley +27500
Taylor Moore +30000
Peter Malnati +30000
Vincent Whaley +30000
Brandt Snedeker +30000
Christopher Gotterup +30000
Brian Stuard +30000
Justin Lower +30000
Greyson Sigg +30000
Robert Streb +30000
Austin Cook +30000
Sam Ryder +35000
Henrik Norlander +40000
Bill Haas +40000
Kevin Tway +40000
Harry Higgs +40000
Kiradech Aphibarnrat +40000
Andrew Landry +40000
Luke Donald +40000
Kelly Kraft +40000
Paul Barjon +40000
Trey Mullinax +40000
Andrew Novak +40000
Chesson Hadley +40000
Roger Sloan +40000
David Skinns +50000
Sung Kang +50000
Ben Kohles +50000
Scott Gutschewski +50000
Michael Gligic +50000
Dylan Wu +50000
Jim Herman +50000
Seth Reeves +50000
Cole Hammer +50000
Brandon Hagy +50000
William McGirt+50000
Michael Thorbjornsen +50000
Morgan Hoffmann +50000
Nick Watney +50000
Jared Wolfe +50000
Dawie Van Der Walt +50000
Curtis Thompson +50000
Martin Trainer +50000
Jonas Blixt +50000
Richy Werenski +50000
Ryan Brehm +75000
J.J. Henry +100000
Adam D'Amario +100000
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