Twofer Tuesday: Travelers Championship

My weekly horror display is returned. This Tuesday, I'm picking from the Travelers Championship discipline.

Wow, has it definitely been a whole year for the reason that Bubba gained a tournament? Indeed! Bubba's streaky play positioned him within the winner's circle 3 instances in 2018, and the Travelers become the final of his streak.

TPC River Highlands lends itself to streaky winners although. A par-70 measuring most effective 6841 yards, it is the website online of Jim Furyk's fifty eight in 2016. However, the shorter duration isn't always the simplest cause for the occasionally unpredictable winner. Its function within the agenda, historically right after the United States Open, method the big names are regularly absent -- and their decision to rest offers the rest of the field a better hazard.

This year, however, it really is much less of a aspect. While Woodland and Rose are taking a wreck, Brooks Koepka has elected to give the sphere a collective coronary heart attack via teeing it up once more. While the Beast teed it up remaining yr after his 2d US Open win, he handiest published a T19. And non-essential or no longer, you have to parent he's gonna have a few pent-up strength he's going to need to use up this year!

Plus he's certainly not the only big name in the field this week. Day, Spieth, Molinari, Leishman, Oosthuizen, DeChambeau -- it's a who's-who of big names looking for some respect after getting left in the surf -- er, dust last week.

So who have to I choose this time? I'm stepping manner outdoor the container with these choices...

• For my Top10er I'm certainly stepping outside the box with Matthew Wolff. Wolff is in the field on a sponsor's exemption and I think the new pro could surprise a lot of people this week. And coming off the NCAA Division I individual title and a victorious run at the Palmer Cup, I think he'll be ready to test himself against the big boys.
• But for my winner I'm stepping even farther outside the box -- I'm taking the newest amateur to turn pro, Viktor Hovland. In yesterday's Limerick Summary I was trying so hard to remember to mention Emily Toy's victory at the Women’s British Amateur that I completely forgot to give Viktor a shout-out for beating the amateur scoring record of 270 set by Jack Nicklaus way back in 1960... by two strokes! I don't think Viktor has to prove he can compete; his T12 finish at Pebble already proved that. But he's clearly got the game to handle TPC River Highlands, so why not show off a bit?

I realize that picking two brand new pros isn't the most intuitive way to improve my record. But when I can't even get a Top10 by picking Tiger and Phil on a course they both love, it's clear I need to try a new strategy. I certainly can't do any worse.

GC's coverage starts Thursday at 3pm ET. PGA TOUR LIVE starts streaming at 7am ET. And I've already started chewing my fingernails...