2019 Travelers Championship Shotlink Broadcast Notes
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2019 Travelers Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes ShotLink Keys to Victory for Bubba Watson Bubba Watson won his third Travelers Championship (2010, 2015, 2018) and his 12th career PGA TOUR title at the age of 39 years, 7 months, 19 days. Watson collected 500 FedExCup points moving from 10th to third in the FedExCup standings. With his win, Bubba Watson (3 wins) joined Billy Casper (4 wins) as the only two players to win the Travelers Champions three or more times. Strokes Gained Statistics vs. The Field Rank Average 78% of Watson’s total strokes gained for the week were a result of his tee-to-green performance, gaining +2.879 strokes per Off-the-Tee 4th +1.018 round in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green. Approach-the-Green 18th +0.899 th Around-the-Green 10 +0.962 Putting 22nd +0.807 Total 1st +3.686 Bubba Watson marked the fourth Travelers Championship (3 players) to come from six or more strokes back entering the final round to win. Bubba Watson has come-from-behind to win in seven of 11 PGA TOUR stroke- play victories (63.6%). Since 2010, Watson is one of three players (Rory McIlroy & Dustin Johnson) that have won seven or more TOUR events in come-from-behind fashion entering the final round (72-hole stroke-play events). Largest Final Round Come-From-Behind Wins Most Final Round Come-From-Behind Wins Travelers Championship PGA TOUR Since 2010 54-Hole Pos Strokes Back # of Wins 2005 Brad Faxon T10 7 Rory McIlroy 8 2018 Bubba Watson T6 6 Bubba Watson 7 Dustin Johnson 7 2012 Marc Leishman T20 6 *72-Hole Stroke-Play Events 2010 Bubba Watson T4 6 Best Final Round SG: Tee-to-Green Performance Winners - Travelers Championship Since 2004 In the final round, Watson outperformed the field by SG: T2G Score +4.22 total strokes from tee to green, marking the fifth- 2005 Brad Faxon +4.80 61 best SG: Tee-to-Green final round performance by a 2018 Bubba Watson +4.22 63 PGA TOUR winner this season and second-best 2010 Bubba Watson +3.48 66 performance by a winner at the Travelers 2012 Marc Leishman +3.10 62 Championship since 2004. 2011 Freddie Jacobson +2.51 66 Course & Hole Statistics TPC River Highlands Shortest Courses PGA TOUR Last Season Par Yds Last season, TPC River Highlands was the second shortest course Pebble Beach GL 72 6,816 played with a scorecard yardage of 6,841 yards. TPC River Highlands 70 6,841 Spyglass Hill GC 72 6,953 Monterey Peninsula CC 71 6,958 El Camaleon GC 71 6,987 Last season, TPC River Highlands was one of eight courses with nine or more eagles on Par 4s. The par-4 15th hole had the fourth-most Eagles of any Par 4 on TOUR last season with eight. Most Par 4 Eagles Par 4s with the Most Eagles PGA TOUR Last Season PGA TOUR Last Season Total Hole Total TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm 19 TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm 14th 15 Quail Hollow Club 13 TPC Sawgrass 12th 11 TPC Sawgrass 12 TPC Scottsdale 17th 10 TPC Scottsdale 11 TPC River Highlands 15th 8 Trinity Forest Golf Club 5th 7 TPC San Antonio - AT&T Oaks 10 TPC River Highlands 9 GC of Houston 9 Trinity Forest Golf Club 9 Last season, the field hit 213 total balls in the water penalty area at TPC River Highlands, marking the fifth-most of any course and the most at this course in the ShotLink era (since 2003). The par-4 15th hole at TPC River Highlands produced 84 balls in the water, marking the most of any hole last season. Players managed to make par after hitting a ball in the water 35% of the time in 2018 (29 of 84). Balls in the Water by Season Most Total Balls in the Water TPC River Highlands Since 2003 PGA TOUR Last Season Total # of Balls Last Season 213 PGA National (Champion) 312 2014 208 TPC Sawgrass 277 2005 205 TPC Southwind 275 2015 194 GC of Houston 220 2007 181 TPC River Highlands 213 2004 177 Quail Hollow Club 213 2013 164 2017 164 Holes with the Most Total Balls in the Water 2003 161 PGA TOUR Last Season 2012 156 # of Balls th 2016 147 TPC River Highlands - 15 84 th 2009 139 TPC Scottsdale -15 82 th 2010 133 PGA National (Champion) -17 74 th 2011 125 TPC River Highlands - 13 67 th 2008 123 Muirfield Village GC - 11 58 2006 119 Total 2,609 FedExCup & Presidents Cup Stats Since 2007, all 12 winners of the Travelers Championship have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs with nine advancing to the TOUR Championship. In the FedExCup era, five players have won their first career PGA TOUR victory at the Travelers Championship. Travelers Championship Winners Last 5 First-Time Winners FedExCup Finish Since 2007 Travelers Championship FEC Finish Year Bubba Watson 2018 10th Ken Duke 2013 Jordan Spieth 2017 2nd Marc Leishman 2012 Russell Knox 2016 10th Freddie Jacobson 2011 Bubba Watson 2015 5th Bubba Watson 2010 Kevin Streelman 2014 44th Hunter Mahan 2007 Ken Duke 2013 67th Marc Leishman 2012 46th Freddie Jacobson 2011 29th Bubba Watson 2010 22nd Kenny Perry 2009 9th Stewart Cink 2008 20th Hunter Mahan 2007 15th Most Weeks Ranked Inside Top 30 of FedExCup Since Start of 2016-17 PGA TOUR Season Since the start of the 2016-17 PGA TOUR season, # of Weeks Justin Thomas has spent 111 weeks ranked inside the Justin Thomas 111 top-30 of the FedExCup, 10 more weeks than the next Justin Rose 101 best player (Justin Rose, 101). Marc Leishman 100 Jon Rahm 92 Paul Casey 92 2012 winner of the Travelers Championship, Marc Leishman currently leads in the International team Presidents Cup Standings. Leishman is also the highest-ranked Australian in the FedExCup standings (12th). Top 10 Top 10 Presidents Cup Standings (United States) Presidents Cup Standings (International) Rank Rank Brooks Koepka 1st Marc Leishman 1st Dustin Johnson 2nd Louis Oosthuizen 2nd Xander Schauffele 3rd Adam Scott 3rd Matt Kuchar 4th Hideki Matsuyama 4th Justin Thomas 5th Haotong Li 5th Patrick Cantlay 6th C.T. Pan 6th Gary Woodland 7th Cameron Smith 7th Bryson DeChambeau 8th Jason Day 8th Rickie Fowler 9th Justin Harding 9th Tony Finau 10th Abraham Ancer 10th *Entering This Week *Entering This Week Broadcast Window Notes 2019 Travelers Championship (featured groups) Marc Leishman 2012 winner of the Travelers Championship Marc Leishman is set to make his ninth start at this event and 16th start this season. Currently 12th in the FedExCup standings, Leishman is one of 10 players who have ranked inside the top 30 entering week #32 in each of the last two season and rank inside the top 30 this season. Players Ranking Inside Top-30 of FedExCup Career Weeks Ranked Inside Top 30 Entering Week #32 Each Season Since 2017 of FedExCup Standings 2017 2018 2019 First 313 Last 118 Brooks Koepka 6th 13th 3rd 30 100 Gary Woodland 23rd 30th 5th Dustin Johnson 1st 1st 6th Since the start of the 2016-17 PGA TOUR Paul Casey 22nd 15th 8th season, Marc Leishman is one of three players who have ranked inside the top 30 Justin Rose 19th 3rd 9th of the FedExCup standings in 100 or more th th th Rickie Fowler 9 16 10 weeks of the possible 118 weeks. Marc Jon Rahm 5th 12th 11th Leishman ranked inside the top 30 of the Marc Leishman 14th 20th 12th standings in 30 of his first 313 weeks Justin Thomas 3rd 2nd 15th (2009-2016). Webb Simpson 30th 9th 22nd Most Rounds Par or Better Travelers Championship Since 2012 # of Rds 23: Marc Leishman has played 23 of 26 rounds at par or better at Keegan Bradley 24 TPC River Highlands at the Travelers Championship since 2012, tied with Bubba Watson for the second-most rounds par or better at this Bubba Watson 23 course of any player in this timeframe. Marc Leishman 23 Brian Harman 22 Charley Hoffman 21 +22.73: Since 2012, no player has gained more total strokes on approach shots at the Travelers Championship than Marc Leishman. In this timeframe, Marc Leishman has gained +22.73 total strokes in SG: Approach-the- Green. Total Strokes Gained Ranks Most Total SG: Approach-the-Green Travelers Championship Since 2012 Travelers Championship Since 2012 Rank Total Rank Off-the-Tee 20th Marc Leishman +22.73 1st Approach-the-Green 1st Brendan Steele +22.46 2nd Around-the-Green 48th Chez Reavie +19.65 3rd Putting 66th Keegan Bradley +19.61 4th Total 3rd Graham DeLaet +18.26 5th Best Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green Performance Winners - Traveler Championship Since 2004 Marc Leishman outperformed the field by +3.147 Average strokes from tee to green en route to victory in 2012, 2012 Marc Leishman +3.147 (1st) marking the best Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green 2018 Bubba Watson +2.879 (2nd) performance by a winner at this event since 2004. 2010 Bubba Watson +2.594 (2nd) 2017 Jordan Spieth +2.496 (1st) Jordan Spieth Jordan Spieth (2017 Travelers champion) is set to make his third start at the Travelers Championship. Spieth has opened the Travelers Championship with 63s in both of his previous two starts at this event and is one of three players with multiple rounds of 63 or better in the First Round of the Travelers Championship since 1984. Most Opening Rounds of 63 or Better Travelers Championship Since 1984 # of Rds Jordan Spieth 2 Bubba Watson 2 Hunter Mahan 2 In 2017, Jordan Spieth was sensational around the greens en route to victory at TPC River Highlands, outperforming the field by +1.506 strokes per round in SG: Around-the-Greens (2nd).