The PGA Tour comes back to Hartford for the 66th Travelers Championship:
TPC River Highlands turned into created in 1928 and was designed with the aid of Robert Ross and Maurice Kearney and become at the beginning referred to as Middletown Golf Club. Later, it changed its call to Edgewood Country Club in 1934. The route went through a re-design by means of Pete Dye in 1984 as turned into renamed TPC of Connecticut. It then went thru similarly renovations from Bobby Weed (one of my private favorites) along with Howard Twitty and Roger Maltbie and changed its call to TPC River Highlands.
The direction is well acquired through the gamers. Perhaps because of the a good deal needed destroy from the US Open. However, I do not find it unexpected as plenty of the Pete Dye publications I?Ve performed that have been later tweaked and renovated tend to be excellent. Dye has plenty of appropriate ideas, however has a tendency to head overboard?Mainly with blind tee shots wherein it?S tough to get a feel for the line.
TPC River Highlands is quite clear-cut. It?S a direction for proper drivers that leans toward electricity off the tee after which is about mid-length iron shots. Get the ones two regions of the sport down and you?Ll probably get into the top-20 even with poor putting.
The big hole that the telecast will focus on is the par-four fifteenth hole that handiest plays to 296 yards. And it's far a ?Essential hole? At Hartford. However, it?S now not exactly my favorite kind of handy par-four design as it?S quite truthful in that any participant have to cross for the inexperienced.
Here?S the records of tee shots from #15 last yr. It appears there had been simplest 7 layups, every resulting in par.
The remaining vital hollow is the devious 17th hollow wherein water comes into play at the tee shot and the method. This should be the hole that gets quite a few interest because it's far what separates the contenders versus the rest of the field
Projected Winning Score: -15
3JACK?S FAVORITES
Justin Thomas 1,2 hundred
Paul Casey 2,000
Bryson DeChambeau 2,500
Emiliano Grillo four,000
3JACK?S DARK HORSE PICKS
Kyle Stanley 6,000
Chez Reavie 6,600
Keegan Bradley 6,600
Brendan Steele 6,600
Kevin Streelman 10,000
Pat Perez 10,000
3JACK
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