Travelers Championship
Tournament Recap
Playoff Result
Viktor Hovland defeats Scottie Scheffler in a playoff
Regulation finished tied at -21.
Viktor Hovland won the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands with a -21 total, tying Scottie Scheffler in a dead heat. Hovland’s back-nine score of -2 in the final round proved decisive in the playoff situation.
The Week in Four Rounds
| Round | Leader | To Par | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Eric Cole | -7 | 1 stroke |
| R2 | Scottie Scheffler | -16 | 2 strokes |
| R3 | Viktor Hovland | -20 | 1 stroke |
| R4 | Scottie Scheffler / Viktor Hovland | -21 | 1 stroke |
Viktor Hovland
Final: -21 · playoff/tied
🏆 WinnerR4: -1Prize: $3,600,000Pre: +4000
R1: 65 (-5)R2: 61 (-9)R3: 64 (-6)R4: 69 (-1)
Top 10 Finishers
| Place | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | Viktor Hovland | -21 |
| T1 | Scottie Scheffler | -21 |
| 3 | Collin Morikawa | -20 |
| 4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -19 |
| T5 | Akshay Bhatia | -18 |
| T5 | Wyndham Clark | -18 |
| T7 | Alex Fitzpatrick | -17 |
| T7 | J.J. Spaun | -17 |
| T7 | Corey Conners | -17 |
| T10 | Ben Griffin | -16 |
| T10 | Robert MacIntyre | -16 |
Sunday Breakdown
Several players saw their fortunes rise and fall based on their 4th round performance. Here’s a list of examples:
Scottie Scheffler2nd ($2.2M) → 1st ($3.6M)R4: -2 · Total: -21
+$1.4MCollin Morikawa14th ($415K) → 3rd ($1.4M)R4: -9 · Total: -20
+$965KPatrick Cantlay3rd ($1.4M) → 14th ($415K)R4: +1 · Total: -14
−$965KEric Cole5th ($820K) → 38th ($170K)R4: +3 · Total: -10
−$650KAkshay Bhatia3rd ($1.4M) → 5th ($820K)R4: -3 · Total: -18
−$560KBest and Worst Round
Best Round
Scottie Scheffler
60 (-10)
OTT+0.69
APP+1.69
ARG-0.13
PUTT+4.87
TOT+7.10
Worst Round
J.T. Poston
76 (+6)
OTT-0.77
APP-2.12
ARG-7.87
PUTT+2.28
TOT-8.50
Odds Performance
Outperformed
Players who delivered results beyond what their pretournament odds suggested.
Scottie Scheffler
Won
Akshay Bhatia
T5
Corey Conners
T7
Underperformed
Favored players who missed the cut and didn’t deliver on their pretournament price.
No favored chalk missed the cut.
By the Numbers
These players were the best this week at gaining strokes:
Best off the tee
Viktor Hovland
+4.09 strokes gained
1Viktor Hovland+4.09
2Collin Morikawa+4.02
3Russell Henley+3.39
4Shane Lowry+3.33
5Matt Fitzpatrick+3.13
Best approach
Matt McCarty
+8.82 strokes gained
1Matt McCarty+8.82
2Collin Morikawa+6.54
3Kurt Kitayama+6.37
4Brian Harman+6.23
5Scottie Scheffler+5.49
Best around the green
Justin Thomas
+6.23 strokes gained
1Justin Thomas+6.23
2Daniel Berger+4.89
3Keegan Bradley+4.09
4Matt Fitzpatrick+3.99
5Wyndham Clark+3.95
Best putting
Wyndham Clark
+8.66 strokes gained
1Wyndham Clark+8.66
2Kristoffer Reitan+6.52
3Harry Hall+5.99
4Akshay Bhatia+5.15
5J.J. Spaun+5.01
Field Notes
- The round of the day was turned in by Collin Morikawa (3rd/-20) with a 9-under 61, equaling his career-low round (2023 TOUR Championship/R1); was attempting to record the largest come-from-behind victory at the Travelers Championship (current: Brad Faxon/7/2005) and equal the second-largest on the PGA TOUR on record (10/Paul Lawrie/1999 Open Championship, 9/Stewart Cink/2004 RBC Heritage)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (4th/-13) finishes solo-fourth in bid to become the first player to earn four or more wins in a season since Scottie Scheffler in 2025; brother, Alex, finishes T7
- Wyndham Clark finishes T5 in bid to become the first player to win on TOUR the week after winning a major since Scottie Scheffler (2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage)
- Corey Conners (T7/-17) picks up his first top-10 finish since the 2025 TOUR Championship (T4)
- Patrick Cantlay finishes T14, his ninth straight top-15 finish at the Travelers Championship
- Keegan Bradley finishes T14 in bid to become the first back-to-back Travelers Championship winner since Phil Mickelson in 2002