The third men’s major championship of the year is now in the rearview mirror and it’s time to head to New England.
TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, hosts the 2023 Travelers Championship, the next designated event on the PGA Tour schedule.
Eight of the top nine players in the Official World Golf Ranking are set to tee it up come Thursday: Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick and Max Homa. This will be the strongest field in the tournament’s history.
Schauffele enters the week as the defending champion after his two-shot win over J.T. Poston and Sahith Theegala last season.
Golf course
TPC River Highlands | Par 70 | 6,852 yards
Front-left pin position on the 15th green at TPC River Highlands. (Photo by Riley Hamel / Golfweek)
Course history
Course history at TPC River Highlands for the #TravelersChamp going back to 2015.
-Includes average finish position and Strokes Gained per round in each category. Players are sorted by SG: Total.
-7th most predictive annual course on Tour.
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| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Scottie Scheffler | (+600) | Russell Henley | (+3500) |
| Patrick Cantlay | (+1100) | Si Woo Kim | (+4000) |
| Jon Rahm | (+1100) | Rickie Fowler | (+4000) |
| Rory McIlroy | (+1200) | Matt Fitzpatrick | (+4000) |
| Xander Schauffele | (+1400) | Hideki Matsuyama | (+4000) |
| Viktor Hovland | (+2000) | Wyndham Clark | (+4500) |
| Tommy Fleetwood | (+2500) | Sungjae Im | (+4500) |
| Collin Morikawa | (+2500) | Max Homa | (+5000) |
| Tony Finau | (+3500) | Cameron Young | (+5000) |
| Tom Kim | (+3500) | Jason Day | (+5500) |
Rory McIlroy hits a tee shot on the 9th hole during a practice round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports
Right off the bat, there are a few concerns with McIlroy coming into the week. This will be his fourth straight start and he’s coming off a stressful and disappointing second-place finish at the U.S. Open.
However, he’s finished inside the top 20 in all four appearances at TPC River Highlands. Before his silver medal in LA, McIlroy tied for ninth at the RBC Canadian Open and for seventh at the Memorial.
Last year, McIlroy looked like he was going to sail to a win in Cromwell. After an opening-round 8-under 62, he was 5 under through 11 holes of round two before a quadruple-bogey on…
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