Travelers Championship: Expert Picks

Tournament Information:

Travelers Championship
Date: June 24^th – 27^th
Course: TPC at River Highlands
Purse: $7.4MM ($1.3MM to winner)
2020 Winner: Dustin Johnson (-19)

Course: TPC River Highlands

Designed in 1928 (Robert Ross and Maurice Kearney) and later remodeled by Pete Dye (1982) and Bobby Weed (1989), this 6,841, par 70 course recently went through a makeover with some modifications to bunkers, tee boxes and greens. This might appear as a different course for golfers where they will see bigger greens with more pin positions, improved bank edges and drainage through the course. The course has a mixture of length, short bunkers, rolling hills and lakes spread throughout. To sum it up, it’s a bit of everything. The final four holes stretch across a four acre lake and serve as the make or break holes for this course.

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

My Starting 4

Paul Casey (second selection this year) – From 2017 – 2019, Paul was a top 10 finisher here. In 2020 he was still strong with a 32^nd place here.

Bryson DeChambeau (fourth selection this year) — Bryson has continued to improve here each year since 2017. He was 26th, then a myriad of top 10’s with a ninth place finish in 2018, then eighth in 2019, and sixth last year.

Kevin Streelman (second selection this year) — Kevin has been among the top 15 here in three of the last four years.

Brendan Steele (third selection this year) – Brendan has been a top 25 finisher here in three of the last four years.

My Bench 2

Si Woo Kim (second selection this year) — Si Woo was a top 30 finisher at TPC River Highlands in 2018 and 2020.

Kevin Tway (first selection this year) — Kevin Tway finished 6^th here in 2018 and fifth here in 2019.

2020-2021 Stats

(1^st percent would be the top golfer picked every week)
Starting 4: average finish 38^th (29^th percent)
Bench 2: average finish 48^th (37^th percent)