Top 10 PGA Tour players to watch at this year’s Travelers Championship
Here are the top 10 players to watch in the 70th iteration of the PGA Tour’s stop in Connecticut.
Dustin Johnson
Johnson took home the 2020 $1.2 million winner’s purse by a one-stroke margin over second-place finisher and 2014 winner Kevin Streelman. He is currently ranked No. 13 in the PGA’s FedExCup standings, with 1,270 points this season. Johnson took home the illustrious green jacket at the Masters in November, but he has cooled as of late.
Phil Mickelson
Speaking of Mickelson, the fan favorite commited to playing in his third straight Travelers. The Hall of Famer has won it two times prior, back in 2001 and 2002 when it was still called the Canon Greater Hartford Open. Now 50, Mickelson is still playing well, winning his eighth major at the PGA Championship on May 23.
Bubba Watson
Watson, a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, is looking to join Bill Casper as a four-time winner of this event. He’s made 14 starts at the Travelers Championship, earning his first PGA Tour win at TPC River Highlands on a sudden-death playoff in 2010, then winning again in 2015 and 2018.
Bryson Dechambeau
Dechambeau has been in the top 10 at the Travelers in each of the last three years. He finished tied for sixth last year, was eighth in 2019 and ninth in 2018. He’s currently ranked No. 2 in the FedExCup standings, 178 points short of Patrick Cantlay.
Brooks Koepka
While Koepka does not have the winning history at Travelers Championship, he does have a major storyline to follow with his well-documented feud with Dechambeau. Koepka, a four-time major winner, is currently ranked No. 18 and has two top-two finishes in his last five events.
Patrick Cantlay
Cantlay, the current leader in the FedExCup standings right now, was having a bit of a rough go of it lately. He had not made the cut in three of five straight events heading into June, but then he stepped up and won the Memorial Tournament on June 6. Cantlay, 29, made a splash at the Travelers as a teenager in 2011, shooting a 60, the lowest score by an amateur in PGA Tour history.
Patrick Reed
Reed, a green jacket winner at the 2018 Masters, will play in his 10th consecutive in the Travelers Championship. The No. 17-ranked golfer in the world, Reed has not missed a Travelers since his first year on the Tour in 2011. His highest ever finish came in 2017 when he tied for fifth.
Abraham Ancer
Ancer has had a productive season thus far, currently ranked No. 15 in the FedExCup. He secured a top-10 finish in the first three May PGA Tour events, including a second-place finish at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Keegan Bradley
The Vermont native has had two top-10 finishers at the Travelers recently in 2019 (tied for second) and 2017 (tied for eighth). Bradley, 34, who won the PGA Championship as a rookie in 2011, has also finished under par in eight straight competitions heading into the Memorial Tournament but did not make the cut there.
Marc Leishman
Like Watson, Leishman earned his first PGA Tour win in Hartford, by putting together a 8-under final round in 2012. Leishman has one win on the year, finishing first in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and landed tied for fifth at the Masters in April.
The complete field
Byeong Hun An; Abraham Ancer; Ryan Armour; Alex Beach; Daniel Berger; Jonas Blixt; Keegan Bradley; Joseph Bramlett; Scott Brown; Bronson Burgoon; Sam Burns; Rafael Campos; Patrick Cantlay; Paul Casey; Kevin Chappell; Stewart Cink; Wyndham Clark; Austin Cook; Joel Dahmen; Jason Day; Bryson DeChambeau; Luke Donald; Jason Dufner; Tyler Duncan.
Austin Eckroat; Harris English; Tony Finau; Rickie Fowler; Dylan Frittelli; Brice Garnett; Brian Gay; Doug Ghim; Michael Gligic; Talor Gooch; Will Gordon; Lanto Griffin; Emiliano
Grillo; Chesson Hadley; Adam Hadwin; Brandon Hagy; Brian Harman; Scott Harrington; Russell Henley; JJ Henry; Jim Herman; Kramer Hickok; Garrick Higgo; Harry Higgs; Bo Hoag; Charley Hoffman; Tom Hoge; J.B. Holmes; Max Homa; Beau Hossler; Mark Hubbard; Mackenzie Hughes.
Dustin Johnson; Zach Johnson; Matt Jones; Sung Kang; Brian Keiser; Michael Kim; Si Woo Kim; Chris Kirk; Kevin Kisner; Patton Kizzire; Russell Knox; Satoshi Kodaira; Brooks Koepka; Chase Koepka; Anirban Lahiri; Nate Lashley; Hank Lebioda; Danny Lee; K.H. Lee; Marc Leishman; Tom Lewis; David
Lipsky; Luke List; Adam Long; Hunter Mahan; Peter Malnati; Denny McCarthy; Tyler McCumber; William McGirt; Maverick McNealy; Troy Merritt; Phil Mickelson; Keith Mitchell; Francesco Molinari; Ryan Moore; Sebastian Munoz.
Kevin Na; Matthew NeSmith; Joaquin Niemann; Henrik Norlander; Sean O’Hair; Carlos Ortiz; John Pak; C.T. Pan; Cameron Percy; Pat Perez; Scott Piercy; Ted Potter Jr.; Ian Poulter; Andrew Putnam; Chez Reavie; Doc Redman; Patrick Reed; Patrick Rodgers; Justin Rose; Sam Ryder; Rory Sabbatini; Scottie Scheffler; Adam Schenk; Adam Scott; Chase Seiffert; Robby Shelton; Roger Sloan; Cameron Smith; Brandt Snedeker; Kevin Stadler; Scott Stallings; Kyle Stanley; Brendan Steele; Sepp Straka; Robert Streb; Kevin Streelman; Steve Stricker; Brian Stuard; Hudson Swafford.
Nick Taylor; Vaughn Taylor; Davis Thompson; Michael Thompson; Brendon Todd; Martin Trainer; Cameron Tringale; Kevin Tway; Bo Van Pelt; Erik van Rooyen; Harold Varner III; Jhonattan Vegas; Kris Ventura; Nick Watney; Bubba Watson; Richy Werenski; Vincent Whaley; Aaron Wise; Matthew Wolff.