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TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES 2020 PLAYER FIELD
HARTFORD, Conn., June 19, 2020 – The Travelers Championship today announced its full player field for the 2020 tournament, which will feature the top five players in the Official World Golf Ranking, 9 of the top 10, 15 of the top 20 and 10 past champions of the event. The tournament will be held June 25–28 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Fans can watch all the action on Golf Channel (3–6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 1–3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday) and on CBS (3–6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday).
The nine players in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking include Rory McIlroy (No. 1), Jon Rahm (No. 2), Justin Thomas (No. 3), Brooks Koepka (No. 4), Dustin Johnson (No. 5), Patrick Reed (No. 6), Patrick Cantlay (No. 7), Webb Simpson (No. 9) and Xander Schauffele (No. 10).
This year’s field of 156 players currently includes 109 who have won at least one PGA TOUR event, and 10 players who have won the tournament at TPC River Highlands: Defending champion Chez Reavie (2019), three-time winner Bubba Watson (2010, 2015 and 2018), Jordan Spieth (2017), Russell Knox (2016), Kevin Streelman (2014), Marc Leishman (2012), Stewart Cink (1997 and 2008), Hunter Mahan (2007), J.J. Henry (2006) and Phil Mickelson (2001 and 2002).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA TOUR has announced that the tournament will be a TV-only event, with no spectators permitted on-site. For more information, visit www.TravelersChampionship.com.
Player field includes:
An, Byeong Hun Chappell, Kevin Glover, Lucas Ancer, Abraham Cink, Stewart Gooch, Talor Armour, Ryan Clark, Wyndham Gordon, Will Baddeley, Aaron Conners, Corey Grace, Branden Berger, Daniel Cook, Austin Griffin, Lanto Bjerregaard, Lucas Dahmen, Joel Grillo, Emiliano Blair, Zac Day, Jason Hadley, Chesson Bradley, Keegan DeChambeau, Bryson Hahn, James Brown, Scott Donald, Luke Harman, Brian Bryan, Wesley Duncan, Tyler Harrington, Scott Burgoon, Bronson Every, Matt Henley, Russell Burns, Sam Finau, Tony Henry, J.J. Cabrera Bello, Rafa Fitzpatrick, Matthew Higgs, Harry Cantlay, Patrick Frittelli, Dylan Hoag, Bo Casey, Paul Furyk, Jim Hoffman, Charley Cauley, Bud Garcia, Sergio Hoge, Tom Chalmers, Greg Garnett, Brice Homa, Max Champ, Cameron Gay, Brian Horschel, Billy Hossler, Beau Mitchell, Keith Smith, Cameron Hovland, Viktor Moore, Ryan Snedeker, Brandt Hubbard, Mark Morikawa, Collin Spaun, J.J. Hughes, Mackenzie Muñoz, Sebastián Spieth, Jordan Im, Sungjae Murray, Grayson Stallings, Scott Johnson, Dustin Na, Kevin Stanley, Kyle Johnson, Zach NeSmith, Matthew Steele, Brendan Jones, Matt Niemann, Joaquin Straka, Sepp Kang, Sung Noh, Seung-Yul Streelman, Kevin Kim, Michael Norlander, Henrik Stricker, Steve Kim, Si Woo Oosthuizen, Louis Stroud, Chris Kisner, Kevin Ortiz, Carlos Stuard, Brian Kizzire, Patton Palmer, Ryan Swafford, Hudson Knox, Russell Pan, C.T. Taylor, Vaughn Koepka, Brooks Poston, J.T. Theegala, Sahith Kokrak, Jason Potter, Jr., Ted Thomas, Justin Kuest, Peter Poulter, Ian Thompson, Michael Lashley, Nate Putnam, Andrew Todd, Brendon Lee, Danny Rahm, Jon Trainer, Martin Lee, Kyoung-Hoon Reavie, Chez Tringale, Cameron Leishman, Marc Redman, Doc Tway, Kevin List, Luke Reed, Patrick Van Pelt, Bo Long, Adam Rodgers, Patrick Varner III, Harold Love III, Davis Rose, Justin Vegas, Jhonattan Lovemark, Jamie Ryder, Sam Wallace, Matt Lowry, Shane Schauffele, Xander Watson, Bubba Mahan, Hunter Scheffler, Scottie Werenski, Richy Malnati, Peter Schenk, Adam Willett, Danny McCarthy, Denny Schwartzel, Charl Wise, Aaron McDowell, Graeme Shelton, Robby Wolff, Matthew McIlroy, Rory Simpson, Webb Woodland, Gary Merritt, Troy Singh, Vijay Zhang, Xinjun Mickelson, Phil Sloan, Roger
About the Travelers Championship The Travelers Championship, held in Cromwell, Connecticut, is one of the premier events on the PGA TOUR and part of the FedExCup series. Named by the PGA TOUR in 2017 and 2018 as the recipient of the “Players Choice” award, the Travelers Championship proudly supports the TOUR’s Tradition of Giving Back by donating 100% of net proceeds to charities. Travelers, a leading provider of property and casualty insurance for auto, home and business, is the Official Property Casualty Insurance Provider of the PGA TOUR. The company became the tournament’s title sponsor in 2007. Travelers has been doing business in the Hartford community for more than 160 years and has been a corporate sponsor of this event each year since its inception in 1952. Complete details are available at www.TravelersChampionship.com.
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