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While Eric Cole wasn’t the only player in the field to card an opening-round birdie on No. 17 at the Travelers Championship, it did feel like his competition was continually thwarted late on the back nine at TPC River Highlands on Thursday.
Eric Cole eagled No. 13 and had a terrific bunker shot that set up birdie at No. 17. Those were two highlights on a back-nine 30 for Cole.
Using the current points standings and other criteria, here what mock priority lists for the Tour’s Championship and Challenger series would look like if determined today.
There’s nothing worse than being betrayed by your putter. Matt Fitzpatrick experienced that three consecutive times — triple the pain (!) — to close out his first round at TPC River Highlands on Thursday.
McIlroy, just days removed from his T-32 finish at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, was at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England, on Thursday ahead of the July 16-19 Open Championship.
TPC River Highlands is the last stop on the Tour’s signature-event calendar this year. Here’s when the first round gets underway in Connecticut on Thursday and how to watch on Golf Channel.
Wyndham Clark joined Ryan Lavner to discuss what he’s done since winning the U.S. Open at Shinnecock and how he’s feeling ahead of this week’s Travelers Championship.
Collin Morikawa praised KPMG’s excellence and the investment into the women’s game, shown through the $13 million purse at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Rahm is set to play his first non-major PGA Tour event since joining LIV Golf in two weeks in Scotland.
Two days of rain gave way to a clearing sky Wednesday at the Travelers Championship, a reminder that his week could be a soft re-entry into the post-U.S. Open world.