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Travelers Championship Preview
With two thirds of the PGA Tour “regular” season over with, the PGA Tour moves to Cromwell Connecticut for the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands.
With Oakmont’s tilted greens, thick rough, and narrow fairways happily in their rear view mirror, the PGA Tour moves on to the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut for the newly named Travelers Championship.
Last year’s champion J. J. Henry returns to defend his title; however, a total of fifteen players from the U. S. Open are looking to shake off the Oakmont blues from their game by winning the Travelers Championship. The TPC River Highlands will be playing to par 70 at just over 6800 yards and many players are looking forward to the strategy of go low to win rather than last week’s grind to par. J. J. Henry said, "The rough [here] is normally pretty high, but at the same time you can still miss the shot and still try to maneuver it, if not on the green, somewhere around it so you can still make par. The greens, not to say they’re flat, but they are a heck of a lot flatter than last week."
With a six million dollar purse and a number of top players in the field, the Travelers Championship has become a true success story on the PGA Tour’s schedule. However, earlier this year things were not quite so optimistic. With the PGA Tour looking to shorten its schedule and launch the new FedEx Cup points race, this tournament looked be on the verge of contraction after losing its title sponsor, a couple of years ago. However, once the 84 Lumber company decided not to continue their event in Pennsylvania, the Travelers Insurance company stepped in and committed to four years sponsorship of the event. In addition to a new title sponsor, tournament director Nathan Grube and his staff have worked hard to prove to players that the increased purse is not the only reason to make the trip to Hartford. Services such as a charter plane from Oakmont to Connecticut and free laundry for caddies along with major improvements to the TPC River Highlands’s practice facilities all have attracted one of the best fields this event has ever seen. "In the past we’ve had reasons for someone like a Tiger not to come. What we’ve done is try to attack every one of those things for every player, not just Tiger. But it’s going to be very soon where there is going to be no reason for someone like Tiger not to come," said Grube.
Phil Mickelson had committed to playing in the event, he formally withdrew yesterday due to his injured wrist. Tournament director Nathan Grube informed the media, "His doctor recommended, from what it sounded like, that he could not play, and he’s not going to play for a couple of weeks." Although Mickelson will not play, the field still remains very strong with stars like Vijay Singh, David Toms, Charles Howell III, and Stewart Cink the event will be an exciting one for the PGA Tour.
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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