On the heels of last weeks awesome U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, TPC River Highlands will play host to the Travelers Championship this week, which will be highlighted by Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka (perhaps the much-desired face-off in between Koepka and DeChambeau takes place this weekend?). The Travelers is constantly one of the best-run occasions on the PGA Tours slate, and its position on the schedule– the week after a significant championship– is regrettable since the field would be even better than it already is if it was in other places on a crowded slate. Bryson bounce: In case you in some way missed the last two hours of last weeks U.S. Open, you missed out on one of the wilder nine-hole stretches of the last couple of years from Bryson DeChambeau.
The concern for me is how he will rebound in the middle of a truly hectic stretch in which he has the U.S. Open, Travelers, will be the safeguarding champ at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and then gets a week off prior to The Open. Johnson faded at the U.S. Open last week, and has simply two total top 10s on the PGA Tour since his Masters win last November. Fowler has actually been really playing solid golf over the last month with a T8 at the PGA Championship and a T11 at the Memorial Tournament a couple of weeks after that.
The second is Matthew Wolff, who remained in contention for the majority of the first 3 rounds recently at Torrey Pines and is one of the most gifted ball-strikers on the planet. He spoke at length last week about growing up and his fight with entering a great psychological and emotional space in a world that is so new to him. He in some way became even much easier to root for than he currently was, and it was excellent to see his golf come around a little bit as well.Rick Gehman is signed up with by Kyle Porter and Jonathan Coachman to sneak peek the 2021 Travelers Championship. Follow & & listen to The First Cut on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Grading the fieldIts an excellent field with half of the top 10 on the planet as well as names like Wolff, Justin Rose, Tony Finau, Scottie Scheffler and Phil Mickelson joining Johnson, Koepka, DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay. This is unsurprising for the Travelers Championship because they low-key run among the terrific events of the PGA Tour season and are frequently rewarded with a significant field. Grade: A.
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On the heels of last weeks awesome U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, TPC River Highlands will play host to the Travelers Championship this week, which will be highlighted by Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka (possibly the much-desired showdown in between Koepka and DeChambeau takes location this weekend?). Bryson bounce: In case you somehow missed out on the last 2 hours of last weeks U.S. Open, you missed one of the wilder nine-hole stretches of the last few years from Bryson DeChambeau. Johnson faded at the U.S. Open last week, and has just 2 overall leading 10s on the PGA Tour considering that his Masters win last November. Fowler has been genuinely playing strong golf over the last month with a T8 at the PGA Championship and a T11 at the Memorial Tournament a couple of weeks after that. The second is Matthew Wolff, who was in contention for most of the first three rounds last week at Torrey Pines and is one of the most talented ball-strikers in the world.
