Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands: In-Depth Preview

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00:00We're headed to the TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship in Cromwell,

00:04Connecticut. 6,800 yards here, a $20 million purse. And oh yeah, look at that. The previous

00:10winner, Scotty Scheffler, the favorite this week, Scotty Scheffler. Give us a quick preview before

00:15we get to the players itself. How does this golf course lay out for us? You know, Donnie,

00:20it sounds strange to say this, but this is our last signature event of the year and it's only

00:24June. Now, PGA Tour schedule goes till Labor Day, but this is it. This is your last $20 million purse,

00:3072 players, 72 holes, no cut. And I'll just jump right into it. TPC River Highlands, we're familiar

00:36with this location. The PGA Tour has been here for years. Travelers stepped in in 2007 and they

00:42absolutely elevated this event on their own before it became a signature event three years ago. If

00:48you want to tackle this place, let's go right into Keith's Keys. Number one, you got to score,

00:52right? The last three years since it turned into a signature event, the average winning score is 21

00:57under par. Two guys finished at 22 last year, Scotty and Tom Kim. And, you know, Scotty ended up

01:03pulling it out with another birdie in the first hole of the sudden death playoff. But you got to be

01:08able to score here. Number two is that you got to be a good wedge player. You got to have proximity to

01:12the hole. If you want to get to 22, 23 under par, you got to create 30, 32, 36 legitimate birdie

01:19chances. That means you're hitting wedges from 125 to 150 inside 20 feet. And you got to start

01:25making some putts. So you got to look for those wedge guys that can really, really lock in on the

01:30radar. And the last thing is, is that you mentioned this in the opening right there. This is a par 70

01:35layout. The scorecard is missed a couple par fives and they add in a couple par fours. Par four scoring

01:41is the secret to the par 70 guys, right? When you take away the par fives, some guys, you know,

01:46they, they make the lunch money on those par fives week in and week out. You take two of them away

01:51and it does make a big difference. Make sure when you're building out your DFS lineups and your

01:56betting cards this week, that you're looking for guys and that you model for guys that are great

02:01when they have to score on par fours and some difficult par threes.