Travelers Championship: Round 1 Recap

Round 1 complete · TPC River Highlands · June 25, 2026

Round 1 Notes

Posts bogey-free 7-under 63 to equal his best round of the season (Charles Schwab Challenge/R3)
Ranked among the top-4 after the first round in the following Strokes Gained categories: Tee to Green (1st/4.547), Approach the Green (2nd/2.876), Around the Green (4th/1.443)
Holds the first-round lead/co-lead for the fourth time (first in outright fashion); 0-for-3 to date converting to victory – Most recently shared the first-round lead two weeks ago at the RBC Canadian Open; followed up a 64 in round one with a 76 to become the first player to hold at least a share of the 18-hole lead and go on to miss the cut since Jordan Spieth at the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii
Seeking his first PGA TOUR victory in his 123rd start; three runner-up finishes (2023 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches/P2,
Season includes four-top 10 finishes in 16 starts, led by a playoff loss to Russell Henley at the Charles Schwab Challenge
Making his fourth start at the Travelers Championship (T24/2023, T48/2024, WD/2025); after rounds of 68-67-69, entered the final round in 2025 at T14 before withdrawing prior to the round with an illness

Two weeks after capturing his first PGA TOUR victory at the RBC Canadian Open, Bud Cauley (T2/-6) posts a bogey-free 6-under 64; second-lowest score in 28 rounds at TPC River Highlands (63/R1/2014)
The season’s only three-time winner Matt Fitzpatrick (T2/-6) posts a 6-under 64; has improved in each of his four prior Travelers Championship starts (MC/2020, T49/2023, T36/2024, T17/2025)
2023 and 2025 Travelers Championship winner Keegan Bradley (T20/-3) opens with a 3-under 67 in bid to become the first player since Phil Mickelson (2001-2002) to win consecutive Travelers Championship titles; opened with a 62 and 64, respectively, en route to his wins in 2023 and 2025
Wyndham Clark (T32/-2) seeks to become the first player to win a major championship and then a PGA TOUR event the following week since Scottie Scheffler (2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage)
Milford, Connecticut native Ben James (T32/-2), who earned PGA TOUR membership as the No. 1 player from the 2026 PGA TOUR University Ranking, opens with a 2-under 68 in his first Travelers Championship start as a professional and third overall; missed the cut as an amateur in 2022 and 2023 at TPC River Highlands

Pos	Player	R1	Total
1	Eric Cole	-7	-7
T2	Bud Cauley	-6	-6
T2	Matt Fitzpatrick	-6	-6
T2	Scottie Scheffler	-6	-6
T2	Kristoffer Reitan	-6	-6
T2	Nico Echavarria	-6	-6
T2	Ben Griffin	-6	-6
T8	Justin Rose	-5	-5
T8	Brandt Snedeker	-5	-5
T8	Patrick Cantlay	-5	-5
T8	Corey Conners	-5	-5
T8	Aaron Rai	-5	-5
T8	Viktor Hovland	-5	-5
T14	Brian Harman	-4	-4
T14	Harris English	-4	-4

Player	SG: OTT	SG: APP	SG: ARG	SG: PUTT	SG: Total
Eric Cole	+0.29	+2.82	+1.45	+0.39	+4.96
Bud Cauley	+1.69	+0.58	+1.10	+0.60	+3.96
Matt Fitzpatrick	+1.24	+1.24	+0.51	+0.96	+3.96
Scottie Scheffler	+1.22	+0.97	+0.84	+0.93	+3.96
Kristoffer Reitan	+0.81	-1.48	+0.06	+4.57	+3.96
Nico Echavarria	+1.42	+1.84	+0.44	+0.26	+3.96
Ben Griffin	-0.62	-1.14	+0.38	+5.34	+3.96
Justin Rose	-0.89	+1.12	+0.35	+2.37	+2.96
Brandt Snedeker	+0.45	+0.04	-0.30	+2.76	+2.96
Patrick Cantlay	+1.19	+1.00	+0.23	+0.54	+2.96
Corey Conners	-0.30	+1.73	+1.85	-0.32	+2.96
Aaron Rai	+0.92	+0.94	+0.68	+0.42	+2.96
Viktor Hovland	+0.66	+2.12	-0.21	+0.38	+2.96
Brian Harman	-1.77	+5.14	-0.96	-0.45	+1.96
Harris English	+1.00	-0.15	+0.82	+0.29	+1.96

Rank	Player	Win%	Top 5%	Top 10%
1	Scottie Scheffler	56.7%	89.1%	96.0%
2	Rory McIlroy	6.8%	35.8%	55.2%
3	Justin Thomas	4.2%	22.3%	36.7%
4	Keegan Bradley	3.0%	24.9%	44.8%
5	Cameron Young	2.6%	15.8%	28.1%
6	Tommy Fleetwood	2.6%	22.7%	42.6%
7	Collin Morikawa	2.0%	16.4%	31.5%
8	Austin Eckroat	1.7%	13.8%	26.8%
9	Sam Burns	1.6%	14.1%	27.8%
10	Wyndham Clark	1.6%	12.4%	24.4%