Following up the #USOpen, with an elevated event at the Travelers Championship, big names were abundant on the leaderboard. But a near record-setting performance from New England's own Keegan Bradley was more than enough to keep them at bay. Claiming his sixth career victory on the PGA Tour, Bradley needed 257 strokes around TPC River Highlands this week, coming up short of the PGA Tour 72-hole record, and instead settled for a 23-under total for the tournament and a three-stroke victory.
“My goodness, it's been unbelievable,” Bradley said. “I'm so lucky and thankful to be from this New England area. I just can't believe it. This seems like a dream.”
Bradley was born in Vermont, went to school in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York, and calls Florida home. So why was this tour stop in Connecticut a home game for the former PGA champ? Because people from the New England area are strange and don't consider states they have never lived in a home game. This isn't a slight towards Bradley, more to the New England region.
Finish - 1st Player - Keegan Bradley FedEx Pts - 500 Earnings ($) $3,600,00
Not a bad weekend of work for the "Peoples Golfer".
"I was playing great," Bradley said. "I didn't look a little many leaderboards because I knew I sort of had control of the tournament if I just played my best. With Chez, who was kind of right behind me who was a little bit back, I knew that I sort of had control."
T2. Zac Blair (-20): What a Sunday for Blair, who fired a 62 (with two bogeys!) to get into the top five for the first time since ... the 2019 Safeway Open! In fact, the T2 finish for Blair is going to result in the most Official World Golf Rankings Points he's earned in any tournament over the course of his career. Blair is playing on a major medical exemption, and he even said after the round that he was unsure about whether he had done enough to retain his PGA Tour card going into next season, but he did note (correctly) that the nearly 250 FedEx Cup points and $1.8 million earned on Sunday are a nice first step toward that being a reality. Grade: A+
T4. Scottie Scheffler (-19): Another week, another fiesta. Scheffler struck the absolute hell out of it again this week, finishing second from tee to green, which is the 10th consecutive tournament in which he has been inside the top five in that category. It has been 16 straight events Scottie has finished 12th or higher...guy is playing out of his mind. Think about that. Scheffler almost exclusively plays in the best events in the world, and he has not been worse than fifth in ball-striking since February. An absolute heater that he almost certainly should have gotten more wins out of by now. Grade: A
The #PGATour heads to Detriot, MI next weekend for the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where Tony Finau is the defending champ. I should have my pre round picks and #gambling plays out on Wednesday.