HP 🍑 for the 2024 Travelers Championship

First Look: TPC River Highlands @ Cromwell, Connecticut

Bryson DeChambeu may still be signing autographs at Pinehurst, but the PGA TOUR has no rest for the weary as we march on to a third-consecutive elevated event this week at the Travelers. While many of the big-name stars would’ve preferred a week off following the US Open, a $20 million purse is sure to attract most of the world’s best to Connecticut.

The last ‘signature’ event of the PGA TOUR season should provide plenty of action, so here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2024 Travelers Championship…

Let’s get into it!

1. SG: Off the Tee Leaders last 36 rounds: 1. Scheffler 2. Aberg 3. McIlroy 4. Spieth 5. Morikawa  6. Schauffele 7. Hovland 8. An 9. Theegala 10. Im

2. SG: Approach Leaders last 36 rounds: 1. Scheffler  2. Conners 3. Schauffele 4. McIlroy 5. Finau  6. Hoge 7. Kim, S.W. 8. Theegala 9. Svensson 10. Lowry

3. SG: ARG Leaders last 36 rounds:  1. Matsuyama 2. Bezuidenhout 3. Scheffler 4. Morikawa 5. Thomas 6. Simpson 7. Kim, S.W.  8. Fleetwood 9. Putnam 10. Todd

4. SG: Putting last 36 rounds:  1. McCarthy 2. Hughes 3. Schauffele 4. English 5. Detry 6. Day 7. Pendrith 8. Bezuidenhout 9. Henley 10. Horschel

5. SG: APP from 120-180 yds last 36 rounds: 1. Scheffler 2. Clark 3. An 4. Conners  5. Kitayama 6. Hoge 7. Straka 8. Schenk 9. Power 10. Griffin, Ben

6. SG: Putting from 8’-15’ last 36 rounds 1. Morikawa 2. Bhatia 3. Hughes 4. Detry  5. Perez 6. McCarthy 7. Hoge 8. Kim, Tom  9. Day 10. Schauffele

7. Top 10 in Birdie-or-Better % last 36: 1. Scheffler 2. McIlroy  3. Griffin, Ben 4. Hovland  5. Conners  6. Schauffele 7. Kim, Tom 8. Aberg 9. Morikawa 10. Hoge

8. Top 10 in SG: Tee-to-Green at TPC River Highlands last 12 rounds: 1. Poston 2. Scheffler 3. Cantlay 4. Bradley  5. Harman 6. McIlroy 7. Henley  8. Schenk 9. Power 10. Finau

9. Top 10 in Data Golf Performance vs Expectation: 1. Thorbjornsen 2. Gotterup  3. Cole 4. Aberg 5. Theegala 6. Matsuyama 7. Harman 8. Hodges 9. Eckroat 10. Schauffele

10. Top 10 in SG: Total at TPC River Highlands last 12 rounds:
1. Harman 2. Schauffele 3. Matsuyama  4. Cantlay 5. McIlroy 6. Scheffler 7. Scott 8. Bradley 9. Aberg 10. Cole

Over/Unders for the Travelers Championship

The Travelers is typically a bit of a birdie-fest with the winning score near or even past 20-under par, but a recent renovation may have TPC River Highlands showing a bit more teeth. That said, I’m combining a trio of low scores with a Caitlin Clark promo hoping for a 7x payout on this uninsured play.

• Conners has quietly been one of the best golfers on TOUR this summer with six-straight top-30 finishes including a solo sixth at the Canadian Open and a T9 at Pinehurst last week. He ranks 2nd in the entire field in SG: APP over his last 30 rounds, and I think that should be enough to shoot -2 or better on Thursday.

• Is this recency bias for Cantlay? Not really… not when Patty hasn’t finished worse than T15 here in the last six years. He loves this course, and he’s coming off his best performance of the year last week at the US Open, so here’s hoping he keeps it rolling with a 67 or better in Rd 1.

• Hideki was a dark horse favorite at Pinehurst for good reason, and he paid off that confidence with a solid T6. He leads the field in SG: Around the Green over the last 30 rounds, and he bagged a T13 here last year in his first trip to TPC River Highlands.

These are the uninsured plays for this week, so here’s hoping for a 4/4 and a big payout…