Being it follows the toughest test in golf every year, the U.S. Open, and the fact that tournament was across the country at Pebble Beach in northern California, it’s a shockingly good field at this week’s PGA Tour stop, the Travelers Championship outside of Hartford.
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Most top players tend to take the week after a major off to decompress, and one would have really thought that would be the case this week with the U.S. Open and Travelers on opposite coasts.
No, U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland isn’t playing after winning his first-ever major. Neither is Tiger Woods, who probably won’t be seen again until the British Open. However, five of the world’s Top 10 and 16 of the Top 30 are at TPC River Highlands, a par 70 at a very short 6,840 yards. This course is best known for where Jim Furyk shot a PGA Tour-record 58 in 2016, and he didn’t even win that year. The winner is going to be well into double digits under par at this track.