CROMWELL – The Travelers Championship ‘26 is the last of this year’s PGA Tour Signature Events, all held during the regular season. Next year, the Travelers will remain on the championship level of the TOUR.
At 6,844 yards, TPC River Highlands was the second shortest course on PGA TOUR in 2025 with Port Royal Golf Course shorter at 71/6,828 yards.
This week – one week after the U.S. Open at Shinnecock – the field includes:
- Nine of the top 10 in the FedExCup standings
- Eight of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Five past winners of the Travelers Championship: Jordan Spieth (2017), Harris English (2021), Xander Schauffele, (2022), Keegan Bradley (2023, 2025), Scottie Scheffler (2024)
- With the short hop across the Long Island Sound, 61 of the 72 players in the field competed at last week’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, including five of the top six finishers: Wyndham Clark (Won), Sam Burns (2nd), J.T. Poston (T4), Keith Mitchell (T4), Scottie Scheffler (T4)
- There are four sponsor exemptions: Tony Finau, Ben James, Jordan Spieth, Keith Mitchell.
There have been four rounds of 60 recorded on TOUR this season and, in the past, two sub-60 scores here at the Travelers Championship.
This season:
60, Wyndham Clark, R4, TPC Craig Ranch, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
60, Si Woo Kim, R2, TPC Craig Ranch, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
60, Andrew Putnam, R2, La Quinta Country Club, The American Express
60, Blades Brown, R2, Nicklaus Tournament Course, The American Express
Lowest 18-hole score in (Travelers) tournament history:
58, Jim Furyk, R4, 2016
59, Cameron Young, R3, 2024
More Notes:
o Following a T4 finish at last week’s U.S. Open, Scottie Scheffler (3,111) reclaims the lead in the 2026 FedExCup standings and holds a 241-point lead over Matt Fitzpatrick (2,870)
o Adam Scott enters the week after making his 100th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship (only Jack Nicklaus with 146 has played in more than 100 straight majors). Scott, the 14-time PGA TOUR winner, has made 438 starts, with his most recent win coming at the 2020 Genesis Invitational.
o Ben James, a Milford, Connecticut native, earned PGA TOUR membership as the No. 1 player from the 2026 PGA TOUR University Ranking. He made his professional debut two weeks ago at the RBC Canadian Open and finished T54 with rounds of 67-63-78-69. James played four seasons at the University of Virginia (2022-26).