CROMWELL – The Travelers Championship’s defending champion, Scottie Scheffler, is also the World No. 1, reigning FedExCup Champion and 16-time PGA TOUR winner. Scheffler is in search of his fourth victory of the season (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday).
Scheffler posted 65 or better in all four rounds en route to victory in 2024 (65-64-64-65).
New England favorite son, Keegan Bradley won the 2023 Travelers Championship and is making his 15th career appearance this week. He owns three Top-10s (T8/2017, T2/2019, Won/2023 at TPC River Highlands.
As a Signature Event, the tournament grants four sponsor exemptions to PGA TOUR members:
- Luke Clanton: PGA TOUR rookie owns two Top-25 finishes in six starts this season
- Rickie Fowler: Four top-25s in seven career starts at the Travelers Championship (T13/2010, T13/2013, T13/2023, T20/2024)
- Tom Kim: Making third consecutive appearance in the Travelers Championship; T38/2023, lost in playoff-P2/2024)
- Gary Woodland: Four-time PGA TOUR winner making his seventh career start in the Travelers Championship with his best finish being a T20 in 2015
All prior Signature Event winners this season are in the field: Hideki Matsuyama (The Sentry), Rory McIlroy (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am), Ludvig Åberg (The Genesis Invitational), Russell Henley (Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard), Justin Thomas (RBC Heritage), Sepp Straka (Truist Championship), Scottie Scheffler (the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday).
World No. 3 Xander Schauffele has 66 consecutive made cuts on TOUR, the longest active streak and sixth-longest streak in TOUR history (Tiger Woods/142, Byron Nelson/113, Jack Nicklaus/105, Hale Irwin/86, Dow Finsterwald/72).
International players have won 15 of 27 events this season: Hideki Matsuyama/Japan, Nick Taylor/Canada, Sepp Straka/Austria/(twice), Rory McIlroy/Northern Ireland/(3x), Thomas Detry/Belgium, Ludvig Åberg/Sweden, Karl Vilips/Australia, Viktor Hovland/Norway, Min Woo Lee/Australia, Garrick Higgo/South Africa, Ryan Fox/New Zealand/(twice).