The Travelers Championship is known for coming down to the wire, so much so that 71 percent of the tournaments dating back to 1984 have been decided by either a playoff or a single stroke.
This year’s event at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut was just slightly different, but still featured a thrilling final-round finish. J.T. Poston took the clubhouse lead late on Sunday but it was Xander Schauffele and Sahith Theegala who duked it out for the title.
Theegala took a one-shot lead at 19 under to the 18th hole before a mishap in a fairway bunker led to a crucial double bogey to bring him back to 17 under, tied with Poston and one shot behind Schauffele who was just behind in the fairway. The 28-year-old hit his final approach tight to the hole and converted the birdie putt for the two-shot win at 19 under thanks to a final-round 69.
The win is Schauffele’s sixth on Tour and second of the year following his win alongside Patrick Cantlay at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. It’s his first solo victory since the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Michael Thorbjornsen, a rising junior at Stanford and native of Wellesley, Massachusetts, finished fourth at 15 under after a final-round 66.
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