Travelers Championship 2022
Overview
Dates: June 23, 2022 to June 26, 2022
Location: Connecticut, USA
Course: TPC River Highlands
Course Par: 70
Course Length: 6852 yards
Prize Purse: $8300000
The top four players in the FedEx Cup standings will tee it up at the Travelers Championship, led by no. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
Harris English returns to defend his title from 2021, which we won in an eight-hole playoff over Kramer Kickok.
Results
A second disappointing week on the bounce, with no success to report despite four of our five selections making the weekend. Much as was the case in the US Open, we went into the back 9 on Sunday with a decent chance of a good payout; this time in the shape of KH Lee, who we were on at a huge price and looked nailed on for a top 10 finish at worst, which would have put us nicely in profit on the week. But then he managed to lose two balls in his final few holes and that was that. Still, not too much damage done and we move on to a couple of lower-key events before the small matter of the 150th Open at St Andrews in mid-July.
Preview
By Simon Bavin
After a thrilling US Open, the tour moves to TPC River Highlands this week for the Travelers Championship, where Harris English defends his title having suffered with injury for a good part of the season. This is a course that requires some plotting your way around, with accuracy off the tee and a sure touch on the greens key attributes we will be looking to. It’s one of the few courses on the tour that comes in under 7,000 yards. Falling the week after a major, it would be tempting to assume that those who played the US Open will be coming in with a little less enthusiasm, although a notable stat is that most recent winners of this event have teed it up the previous week.
Outrights
| Player | Points | Type | UK Odds | Places | Outright US Odds |
| Seamus Power | 3 | each way | 45/1 | 8 | +5000 |
| Brendon Todd | 2 | each way | 80/1 | 8 | +10000 |
| Davis Riley | 2.5 | each way | 40/1 | 8 | +4800 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 1.5 | each way | 45/1 | 8 | +5000 |
| KH Lee | 1.5 | each way | 90/1 | 8 | +10000 |
Course suitability is where we’ll be focusing this week and top of the list is Seamus Power (3pts ew, 45/1, 8 places). Having quietly put together four solid rounds at the US Open, he arrives in good form with three top 20s in his last 5 outings. With driving accuracy over 60%, and ranked 11th in this field in putting over the last six months, it’s easy to see him going well again on a course where he’s done well in the past (top 20 last year). He looks to have the strongest statistical alignment to what we need this week of the whole field outside the obvious players at the head of the market.
Brendon Todd (2pts ew, 80/1, 8 places) has long been established as one of the finest putters on tour and a shorter layout will give him more opportunities to be looking for birdies rather than par saves. Having missed the US Open last week, his previous two tournaments yielded a 3rd and a T13, so he looks to be trending into form at a good time.
Davis Riley (2.5 pts ew, 40/1, 8 places) has marked himself out as one of the best emerging talents on the tour this year and will surely be winning before too long. Positive SG numbers both off the tee and on the greens are in his favour here and if he’s going to get that first win, this feels like an opportunity week where some of the bigger names may have their eye off the ball.
Tommy Fleetwood (1.5pts ew, 45/1, 8 places) sits in the Shane Lowry category for me of generally being too short in the market for what he’s actually achieved in terms of wins. However this week I feel his price is fair and his all-round game has been in pretty good shape despite having not really threatened to win.
Finally, KH Lee (1.5pts ew, 90/1, 8 places) has been in fair form of late and has shown that he’s more than capable of picking up wins. He doesn’t perfectly fit the stats we’re looking for by any means, as a fairly moderate putter, but I just feel his price is a little big all things considered, so I’m very happy to take a chance on him.
My sense is that Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas are easily enough left alone this week given that they’ll have been fully focused on peaking for the US Open, while I’m not convinced this course puts enough emphasis on long game to really suit them. Scheffler would be my selection of the three if pushed as he appears to be more motivated by mopping up lesser events and his putting would be the best of the three. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele haven’t shown enough lately to make them of interest at the prices, while my sense is that Sam Burns now needs a week or two off, after which he may be very dangerous again. Denny McCarthy put in a great display last week and as a superb putter could easily go well again on a course that should suit better, provided last week’s exertions haven’t taken their toll.
A second disappointing week on the bounce, with no success to report despite four of our five selections making the weekend. Much as was the case in the US Open, we went into the back 9 on Sunday with a decent chance of a good payout; this time in the shape of KH Lee, who we were on at a huge price and looked nailed on for a top 10 finish at worst, which would have put us nicely in profit on the week. But then he managed to lose two balls in his final few holes and that was that. Still, not too much damage done and we move on to a couple of lower-key events before the small matter of the 150th Open at St Andrews in mid-July.