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Travelers Championship airs live on CBS

The Travelers Championship, held yearly at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., will be a TV-only event for the first time since its inaugural tee-off in 1952, and you can watch Round 3 of the tournament when it airs Saturday, June 27, on CBS.

The coronavirus pandemic has been the cause of scheduling issues for golfing events, both on and off the PGA Tour, forcing some events to be cancelled entirely, such as the Heritage and the Open Championship. Others have been either postponed, as the Olympic men’s tournament has, or are set to play without crowds, much like the Travelers. The what, where and ever-changing when can be difficult to keep track of, but golfchannel.com has a great list of upcoming events for the entire PGA Tour that may come in handy for golf fans.

In 2019, the Travelers tournament was taken by William Chesney “Chez” Reavie, a Kansas native who golfed for Arizona

State University and earned his PGA Tour card in 2007. When he sealed his fourstroke victory over Keegan Bradley and Zack Sucher, he ended a win drought of 11 years, as he had not earned a winner’s purse since he took the Canadian Open in his rookie year back in 2008. The 2020 championship will be a challenge for the defender, as the Official World Golf Ranking’s No. 1 (Rory McIlroy), No. 3 (Brooks Koepka), No. 4 ( Justin Thomas) and the two players tied for No. 7 (Patrick Cantlay and Patrick Reed) have all committed to the event.