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Keegan Bradley

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2023 Recap Born and raised in Vermont, Keegan Bradley was able to outperform a loaded player field en route to a historic victory. The 2023 Travelers Championship featured the top eight players in the Official World Golf Ranking and 38 of the top 50 as one of the PGA TOUR’s exclusive Designated Events. Sunday’s final pairing was reminiscent of the 2019 Travelers Championship, when Reavie and Bradley were in the last group and battled for the title. Four years ago, Reavie defeated Bradley, who finished in a tie for second. This time, however, Bradley would not be denied. The gap between the two competitors quickly widened early in the round, with Bradley making birdies at the third, fourth and sixth holes and Reavie dropping a shot at the par-4 fifth. Bradley’s lead ultimately grew to six strokes and he coasted from there, shooting a 2-under-par 68 to cap off a record week. Bradley won the 2023 Travelers Championship by a three-stroke margin over Zac Blair (62 in the final round) and Brian Harman (64). Reavie (71), Cantlay (67) and Scottie Scheffler (65) were another stroke back at 19-under in a tie for fourth place.

Recent Champions Xander Schauffele (2022), Harris English (2021), Dustin Johnson (2020), Chez Reavie (2019), Bubba Watson (2018), Jordan Spieth (2017), Russell Knox (2016), Bubba Watson (2015), Kevin Streelman (2014), Ken Duke (2013), Marc Leishman (2012), Freddie Jacobson (2011), Bubba Watson (2010), Kenny Perry (2009), Stewart Cink (2008, 1997), Hunter Mahan (2007)

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Golf's biggest names start Round 1 at the Travelers Championship

By pat eaton-robb & nbc ct staff • published june 22, 2023 • updated on june 22, 2023 at 9:43 am.

Play got underway Thursday morning for Round 1 of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell.

The world's top golfers have come to the TPC River Highlands for a chance at a $20 million purse.

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Some of the names teeing off in the morning wave include Patrick Cantlay, Sahith Theegala, newly-crowned U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, and defending Travelers Championship winner Xander Schauffele.

The afternoon flight includes Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau, Viktor Hovland, and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

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Nathan Grube, the tournament director of the Travelers Championship, used to worry about the years when the U.S. Open took place on the West Coast.

Many of the world's top golfers would make a decision to take a break the week following the major or head to Europe to begin preparing for the Open Championship, rather than travel across the country to play at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut.

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But this year, in response to LIV Golf, the Travelers was elevated to one of 17 so-called “designated” PGA Tour events, with a much bigger purse and a near mandate for top golfers to play, giving the tournament the guarantee of a strong field.

“I can tell you with certain confidence that I probably wouldn’t have been here even though I love the tournament so much,” Masters champion Jon Rahm said Tuesday. "With that said, they’ve done a great job making players comfortable. Having a charter flight always makes it a lot easier, maybe not for the best two or three players in the world, but for other people that are high-quality players as well that come and compete in this event.”

This week's tournament field includes the top eight golfers in the world rankings and 38 of the top 50.

Grube and his team have gotten a reputation of pampering golfers in an effort to get them to Connecticut, including running those free charter flights for players from the Open.

Once in the state, there are perks including free laundry and haircuts for caddies, daycare on-site, and day trips for spouses and children to amusement parks. This year, the tournament added a coffee and ice cream bar and lounge on the driving range.

Grube said it was in part because of its player-friendly reputation that the Travelers was chosen last fall to be among the first events to win elevated status.

“We’ve been auditioning for this for 16 years," Grube said, a reference to the length of time Travelers has been the event's title sponsor. ”And when it came time to go … We showed up."

The designated status means the total purse has increased from $8.3 to $20 million, with the winner taking home $3.6 million rather than the just under $1.5 million Xander Schauffele took home last June.

The top PGA Tour players are required to play in 16 of the 17 designated events.

“It almost feels like we’re at the playoffs every time we’re at these elevated events," Schauffele said during the Travelers media day news conference last month. "Everybody’s showing up, ready to go, the best players in the world showing up every week."

Thirteen of the 17 designated tournaments, including the four majors, have that status in perpetuity. The other four events, such as the Travelers, were originally expected to rotate from year to year.

Andy Bessette, the executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Travelers, said the Connecticut tournament has been in talks to keep its designated status for the foreseeable future.

“I’ve been working on the agreement to keep us elevated for 24, 25, 26, and I think we’re getting close," he said Tuesday. "But I think with everything going on in the world of golf these days, we’ve got to be a little more careful to make sure we understand what it’s going to look like. So it’s a little hard right now because the definitive agreement is going to be done by the end of the year. And once that’s done, then we have to see how it’s going to operate."

One of the possibilities is that the Travelers could become an event that features only the top 70 or so golfers in the world, with no cut, Bessette said.

But this tournament has become known for giving younger golfers their first shot at playing a PGA Tour event. U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark made his debut in Connecticut in 2017 and 17 golfers have earned their first PGA Tour win at the Travelers, including Stewart Cink (1997) and Bubba Watson (2010).

Patrick Cantlay, who made his first big mark by shooting a 60 on this course while still an amateur in 2011, said he's not worried about young golfers losing an opportunity.

“I think potentially it could lose something, but I think it gains something too,” he said. “I think there’s real power to having all the stars play an event and have them here for all four days. I don’t think there’ll be any difference on Tour. If you’re good enough to shoot the scores, you’re going to find your way out here sooner rather than later.”

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Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2023 Travelers Championship

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To win the Travelers Championship on Sunday required one simple strategy: Go low. And if you did that while already holding the 54-hole lead, as was the case for Keegan Bradley, you weren’t just going to win, but win comfortably.

With a closing 68 at TPC River Highlands to follow up rounds of 62-63-64, the 37-year-old New England native broke the 71-year-old event’s 72-hole scoring record by one shot. A 23-under 257 total was three shots clear of runners-up Zac Blair and Brian Harman, giving Bradley his sixth career PGA Tour victory and the second of the 2022-23 season.

With the victory, Bradley claimed the first-place prize money payout of $3.6 million from the $20 million purse at this latest PGA Tour designated event. That payday helped push Bradley past the $40 million mark in career earnings.

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Bradley, who had a six-shot lead at one point on the back nine, allowing him to make bogeys on the 13th, 14th and 16th holes and still roll to the title, bucked the recent trend at the Travelers. Only three of the last 11 54-hole leaders had been able to close out the victory in Cromwell, Conn., Bradley joining Jordan Spieth in 2017, Chez Reavie in 2019 and Xander Schauffele in 2022. And having held 54-hole leads four previous times in his career, this is the first time he was able to turn it into a victory

Here’s prize money payout for each golfer who made the cut this week in Connecticut.

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Win: Keegan Bradley, 257/-23, $3,600,000

T-2: Zac Blair, 260/-20, $1,780,000

T-2: Brian Harman, 260/-20, $1,780,000

T-4: Patrick Cantlay, 261/-19, $841,666.67

T-4: Scottie Scheffler, 261/-19, $841,666.67

T-4: Chez Reavie, 261/-19, $841,666.66

T-7: Denny McCarthy, 262/-18, $650,000

T-7: Rory McIlroy, 262/-18, $650,000

T-9: Corey Conners, 263/-17, $525,000

T-9: Min Woo Lee, 263/-17, $525,000

T-9: Alex Smalley, 263/-17, $525,000

T-9: Justin Thomas, 263/-17, $525,000

T-13: Rickie Fowler, 264/-16, $405,000

T-13: Hideki Matsuyama, 264/-16, $405,000

T-15: Doug Ghim, 265/-15, $335,000

T-15: Emiliano Grillo, 265/-15, $335,000

T-15: Lucas Herbert, 265/-15, $335,000

T-15: Carson Young, 265/-15, $335,000

T-19: Russell Henley, 266/-14, $245,800

T-19: Shane Lowry, 266/-14, $245,800

T-19: Xander Schauffele, 266/-14, $245,800

T-19: Adam Scott, 266/-14, $245,800

T-19: Greyson Sigg, 266/-14, $245,800

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T-24: Ludvig Aberg, 267/-13, $167,000

T-24: Eric Cole, 267/-13, $167,000

T-24: Austin Eckroat, 267/-13, $167,000

T-24: Chesson Hadley, 267/-13, $167,000

T-24: Aaron Rai, 267/-13, $167,000

T-29: Wyndham Clark, 268/-12, $134,000

T-29: Viktor Hovland, 268/-12, $134,000

T-29: Sungjae Im, 268/-12, $134,000

T-29: Zach Johnson, 268/-12, $134,000

T-33: Cam Davis, 269/-11, $109,000

T-33: Luke List, 269/-11, $109,000

T-33: Ryan Palmer, 269/-11, $109,000

T-33: Callum Tarren, 269/-11, $109,000

T-33: Gary Woodland, 269/-11, $109,000

T-38: Nick Hardy, 270/-10, $83,000

T-38: Michael Kim, 270/-10, $83,000

T-38: Tom Kim, 270/-10, $83,000

T-38: Kelly Kraft, 270/-10, $83,000

T-38: Chad Ramey, 270/-10, $83,000

T-38: Kyle Reifers, 270/-10, $83,000

T-38: Sepp Straka, 270/-10, $83,000

T-45: Jason Day, 271/-9, $61,200

T-45: Tony Finau, 271/-9, $61,200

T-45: Andrew Putnam, 271/-9, $61,200

T-45: Davis Riley, 271/-9, $61,200

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T-49: Russell Knox, 272/-8, $51,533.34

T-49: Matt Fitzpatrick, 272/-8, $51,533.33

T-49: Kevin Yu, 272/-8, $51,533.33

T-52: Zecheng Dou, 273/-7, $47,900

T-52: Webb Simpson, 273/-7, $47,900

T-52: Sahith Theegala, 273/-7, $47,900

T-52: Kevin Tway, 273/-7, $47,900

T-56: Harry Hall, 274/-6, $46,000

T-56: David Lipsky, 274/-6, $46,000

T-56: Brett Stegmaier, 274/-6, $46,000

T-56: Justin Suh, 274/-6, $46,000

T-60: Harris English, 275/-5, $44,600

T-60: Tom Hoge, 275/-5, $44,600

T-60: Cameron Young, 275/-5, $44,600

63: Ben Martin, 276/-4, $43,800

T-64: Stephan Jaeger, 277/-3, $43,200

T-64: Andrew Svoboda, 277/-3, $43,200

66: Ryan Blaum, 278/-2, $42,600

67: Andrew Landry, 282/+2, $42,200

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CT welcomes world's best golf pros to annual Travelers Championship in Cromwell

Some of the world's best golfers are heading to Connecticut for the Travelers Championship. Round 1 starts Thursday at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell.

As golfers take to the green, Cromwell is gearing up for a steady stream of visitors.

Town Planning and Development Director Stuart Popper said the municipality doesn’t keep track of how many people visit the town, dine in restaurants and stay at local hotels. But, the impact is palpable.

“Everybody hears about Cromwell the whole time; it's on TV, and it gives us a great recognition event,” Popper said. “It's a lovely asset to our community, the course. The TPC Players Club, the facilities are all a benefit to the town.”

Many fans were in Cromwell Wednesday for the Travelers Championship Pro-Am, a golf event featuring celebrities.

While Cromwell’s hotels and inns are booked up, he said day trippers stop by in an economic ripple effect felt throughout the area.

“It's not like a convention where everybody's staying in one hotel, or in a giant convention center. It's more of a thing where people come to town, they go to the event, they eat and drink at the event, they attend the event,” Popper said. “They might go out and have dinner in Cromwell. They might come here and have breakfast before they go for the day.”

Here are other things to know about the tournament and the PGA:

About the tournament

Round 1 starts June 22. The total purse is up to $20 million; the winner will earn $3.6 million.

Learn more about how to get to the tournament and parking options .

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Many of the world's top golf players will be participating. Read bios here .

About the course

TPC River Highlands is a par 70, 6,841-yard course in Cromwell, 10 miles south of Hartford.

"The course is a well-balanced golf test with a mixture of long and short holes," the championship website says. "The most notable stretch is Nos. 15-17 which play around a four-acre lake. When you include the home hole, the four-hole collection is, according to Stewart Cink, 'four of the most exciting finishing holes in a group anywhere in the world.'"

Learn about the holes here .

Where to watch on TV/streaming TV: June 22, June 23: 3 p.m. Golf Channel June 24, June 25: 1 p.m. Golf Channel; 3 p.m. CBS

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About the sponsorship

The tournament is sponsored by insurance giant Travelers, which is the lead sponsor of the event through 2030.

PGA merger with LIV raises questions

The golf championship is also drawing attention as the PGA tour recently merged with Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a Democrat, and Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin called on the Saudi Public Investment Fund leaders to discuss the country’s involvement in the professional golf merger.

“Our goal is to uncover the facts about what went into the PGA Tour’s deal with the Saudi Public Investment Fund and what the Saudi takeover means for the future of this cherished American institution and our national interest,” Blumenthal said in a statement.

Blumenthal and Johnson asked Saudi and PGA leaders to attend a hearing planned for mid-July.

The hearing will look at the planned agreement between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian government and the future of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf in the U.S.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Posted: July 6, 2024 | Last updated: July 6, 2024

Highest-rated breweries in Connecticut

Cold beer, anyone? American beer drinkers have their fair share of options no matter where they might live.

Indeed, a market once dominated by a handful of major brands has become far more diverse since the craft beer scene expanded sixfold between 2008 and 2016. Independent production cooled off just a little in 2023 but still accounted for a whopping 23.4 million barrels of beer and craft beer's overall market share by volume rose to 13.3%, according to the Brewers Association. For context, in 2013, there were 3,108 craft breweries in the U.S. —and as of 2023, there are 9,761, representing a 214% increase in just a decade. Cheers to that!

Why the ongoing obsession? Putting aside the fact that people simply love their brew, beer has emerged as a wildly versatile beverage category. Craft breweries explore beer to its fullest potential and tend to rank highly as a result.

Another thing about beer is that every sip tells a story. It's first and foremost the journey of the beer's own production, namely one involving water, malted grains, botanical hops, and yeast. However, it's also a chronicling of the area in which the beer was produced since every state has its own respective history, climate, geography, and resources. Then there's the tale of the people who produced it, turning their love of carbonated alcohol into a passion project and hiring all kinds of local talent.

Combine America's love of beer with endless flavor possibilities, and you arrive at a sensational pastime and a thriving national industry. With nearly 10,000 craft breweries bubbling up across the nation, each one offers its own unique qualities, some complete with guided tours and tasting rooms (and maybe some hearty gastropub fare).

Many of the nation's highest-rated breweries are so small and independent that the only way to sample their suds is to visit them in person, while others distribute their products around the country—or even across the globe.

To find some top spots near you, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated breweries in Connecticut using data from Tripadvisor . Tripadvisor ranks places using a combination of metrics, including overall rating, reviews, and number of page views. As a result, a business with a 5 out of 5 overall rating might rank lower than one with a 4 out of 5. Data is as of June 6, 2024.

Regardless of the brewery's size and scope, one thing is for sure: Now is a great time for a beer!

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#30. Hog River Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (17 reviews) - Address: 1429 Park St. Hartford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#29. Kent Falls Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (11 reviews) - Address: 33 Camps Road Kent, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#28. Black Pond Brews

- Rating: 4/5 (23 reviews) - Address: 1001 Hartford Pike Killingly, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#27. Relic Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (19 reviews) - Address: 95B Whiting St. Plainville, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#26. Broad Brook Brewing

- Rating: 4/5 (36 reviews) - Address: 915 South St. Suffield, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

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#25. Brewery Legitimus

- Rating: 4.5/5 (26 reviews) - Address: 283 Main St. New Hartford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#24. Kinsmen Brewing

- Rating: 4/5 (33 reviews) - Address: 409 Canal St. Milldale, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#23. Still Hill Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (26 reviews) - Address: 1275 Cromwell Ave. Shunpike Business Center, Bldg. C, Unit 8/9 Rocky Hill, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#22. Back East Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (20 reviews) - Address: 1296 Blue Hills Ave. Bloomfield, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#21. Epicure Brewing

- Rating: 4.5/5 (11 reviews) - Read more on Tripadvisor

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#20. Brass Works Brewing Company

- Rating: 5/5 (13 reviews) - Address: 2066 Thomaston Ave. Waterbury, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#19. Cottrell Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (24 reviews) - Address: 100 Mechanic St. Ste 22 Pawcatuck, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#18. Connecticut Valley Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (28 reviews) - Address: 765 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#17. Urban Lodge Brewing

#16. Stubborn Beauty Brewing

- Rating: 4.5/5 (31 reviews) - Address: 180 Johnson St. Middletown, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

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#15. Norbrook Farm Brewery

- Rating: 5/5 (16 reviews) - Address: 204 Stillman Hill Road Colebrook, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#14. Thimble Islands Brewing Company

- Rating: 4/5 (67 reviews) - Address: 16 Business Park Drive Branford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#13. Fox Farm Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (34 reviews) - Address: 62 Music Vale Road Salem, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#12. Barley Head Brewery

- Rating: 4/5 (41 reviews) - Address: 12 Water St. Unit 1A Mystic, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#11. New England Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (38 reviews) - Address: 175 Amity Road Woodbridge, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

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#10. Beer'd Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (38 reviews) - Read more on Tripadvisor

#9. Alvarium Beer Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (30 reviews) - Address: 365 John Downey Drive Suite B New Britain, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#8. Outer Light Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (37 reviews) - Read more on Tripadvisor

#7. Half Full Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (37 reviews) - Address: 43 Homestead Ave. Stamford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#6. Powder Hollow Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (65 reviews) - Address: 504 Hazard Ave. Enfield, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

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#5. Thomas Hooker Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (79 reviews) - Address: 16 Tobey Road Bloomfield, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#4. Tribus Beer Co.

- Rating: 5/5 (39 reviews) - Address: 100 Raton Drive Milford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#3. Stony Creek Brewery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (161 reviews) - Address: 5 Indian Neck Ave. Branford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

#2. Spacecat Brewing Company

- Rating: 5/5 (26 reviews) - Read more on Tripadvisor

#1. Two Roads Brewing Company

- Rating: 4.5/5 (211 reviews) - Address: 1700 Stratford Ave. Stratford, Connecticut - Read more on Tripadvisor

This story features data reporting by Karim Noorani, writing by Jacob Osborn, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states and Washington D.C.

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PGA Tour goes to Detroit and US Senior Open returns to roots at Newport

Tom Kim, of South Korea, watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC

Site: Detroit.

Course: Detroit GC. Yardage: 7,370. Par: 72.

Prize money: $9.2 million. Winner’s share: $1.656 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Rickie Fowler.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the Travelers Championship.

Notes: Scottie Scheffler is the first player with six wins before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962. He is taking three weeks off before the British Open. ... Tom Kim, who lost in a playoff to Scheffler at the Travelers Championship, is in the field. This will be his ninth consecutive tournament. ... Kim is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 16 and among nine of the top 50 in the world ranking. ... Rickie Fowler, who last year ended four years without winning on the PGA Tour, is No. 90 in the FedEx Cup going into the final six tournaments of the regular season. ... The field includes 15-year-old Miles Russell, who made the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event earlier this year. ... Luke List is in the field after missing the cut in Amsterdam last week in the KLM Open. ... Sponsor exemptions have gone to three college players who have turned pro, including Neal Shipley, the low amateur at the Masters and the U.S. Open. ... Former PGA champion Jimmy Walker also received a sponsor exemption.

Next week: John Deere Classic.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

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USGA AND PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

U.S. SENIOR OPEN

Site: Newport, Rhode Island.

Course: Newport CC. Yardage: 7,070. Par: 70.

Prize money: $4 million. Winner’s share: $800,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, Noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, Noon to 3 p.m. (NBC), 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (NBC), 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Bernhard Langer.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.

Last week: Padraig Harrington won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.

Notes: Lee Westwood is in the field as a member of one of the last five Ryder Cup teams. This will be his first senior major ... Newport Country Club held the first USGA championship in 1895 at the U.S. Amateur. The U.S. Senior Open will be the 1,001st USGA championship. ... The winner earns a spot in the U.S. Open next year at Oakmont. ... Padraig Harrington, Steve Stricker and Thomas Bjorn are among seven former Ryder Cup captains in the field. ... This will be the first major USGA championship at Newport since Annika Sorenstam won the 2006 U.S. Women’s Open in an 18-hole playoff over Pat Hurst. ... Newport is one of five founding clubs of the USGA. ... Harrington became the third multiple winner on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... Richard Bland of LIV Golf won the last senior major at the Senior PGA Championship. He joins Westwood as the only LIV players in the field at Newport.

Next tournament: Kaulig Companies Championship on July 11-14.

Online: https://www.usga.org/ and https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

DOW CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Midland, Michigan.

Course: Midland CC. Yardage: 6,256. Par: 70.

Prize money: $3 million. Winner’s share: $328,115 each.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champions: Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Amy Yang won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Notes: Amy Yang became the first South Korean player this year to win on the LPGA. She also was the most recent South Korean winner at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship last year. ... Yang gave South Korea three players in the Olympics in Paris. ... The Dow Championship is the only official team event on the LPGA schedule. ... Miyu Yamashita earned her way into the Olympics with her tie for second at the Women’s PGA. ... Among the teams for the Dow Championship are Lexi Thompson and Brooke Henderson. There is an all-England team of Charley Hull and Georgia Hall, and the sister team of Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand. ... Nelly Korda is not playing. She has missed three cuts in a row for the first time in her LPGA career, two of them majors. ... Rose Zhang is playing with 19-year-old Alexa Pano. Zhang will be competing in the Olympics in August, giving the Americans three players.

Next tournament: Amundi Evian Championship on July 11-14.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR

ITALIAN OPEN

Site: Cervia, Italy.

Course: Adriatic GC. Yardage: 6,965. Par: 70.

Money: $3.25 million. Winner’s share: $541,667.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Adrian Meronk.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Guido Migliozzi won the KLM Open.

Notes: Patrick Reed is going straight from LIV Golf Nashville to the Italian Open. He is not in the British Open, and the Italian Open offers two spots to the leading players not already exempt. ... After three years at Marco Simone leading to the 2023 Ryder Cup matches, the Italian Open moves to Adriatic Golf Club for the first time. ... Adrian Meronk won at Marco Simone last year and was not selected for the European Ryder Cup team. He left for LIV Golf for the 2024 season and is not defending his title. ... The Italian Open dates to 1925. ... The field does not feature anyone from the top 100 in the world ranking. ... Jeff Overton, who played in the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales for the United States, is playing on a sponsor exemption. ... The highest-ranked Italian in the field is Matteo Manassero, who already has won on the European tour this year. ... Guido Migliozzi is coming off a victory last week in Amsterdam.

Next week: BMW International Open.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

KORN FERRY TOUR

MEMORIAL HEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Springfield, Illinois.

Course: Panther Creek CC. Yardage: 7,228. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Previous winner: Paul Barjon.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

Last week: John Pak won the Compliance Solutions Championship.

Next tournament: The Ascendant on July 11-14.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

Last week: Tyrrell Hatton won LIV Golf Nashville.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Andalucia.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

OTHER TOURS

Epson Tour: Dream First Bank Charity Classic, Buffalo Dunes GC, Garden City, Kan. Previous winner: Gabriela Ruffels. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

Japan Golf Tour: Japan PGA Championship, Fuji Country Kani Club Kani GC, Gifu, Japan. Defending champion: Kensei Hirata. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Challenge Tour: Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil, Le Vaudreuil, France. Previous winner: Darren Fichardt. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, Golfpark Holzhausern, Ennetsee, Switzerland. Defending champion: Alexandra Forsterling. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour Americas: ATB Classic, Northern Bear GC, Strathcona County, Alberta. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: Shiseido Ladies Open, Totsuka CC (West), Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: Kokona Sakurai. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: McCol-Mona Park Yongpyong Open, Birch Hill CC, Pyeongchang, South Korea. Defending champion: Jiu Ko. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Jordan Spieth betting profile: John Deere Classic

Betting Profile

CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT - JUNE 22: Jordan Spieth of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the third round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 22, 2024 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)

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In his last competition at the Travelers Championship, Jordan Spieth ended the weekend at 2-under, good for a 63rd-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 John Deere Classic July 4-7 looking for a higher finish.

The John Deere Classic tournament and course info

• Date: July 4-7, 2024
• Location: Silvis, Illinois, USA
• Course: TPC Deere Run
• Par: 71 / 7,289 yards
• Previous winner: Sepp Straka
• This is Spieth's first time competing at the John Deere Classic in the past five years.
• When Sepp Straka won this tournament in 2023, he had 3.33 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (sixth in the field), 3.324 SG: Approach the Green (19th), and 6.771 SG: Putting (fourth).
• Straka's average driving distance was 307.6 (31st in field), he hit 84.72% of greens in regulation (first), with 28.25 putts per round (15th) en route to his win last year.

Spieth's recent performances

• In his last five events, Spieth has an average finish of 46th.
• He has made four cuts over his last five tournaments.
• Spieth has not finished within five shots of the winner or posted a better-than-average score in any of his last five appearances.
• He has carded an average score of even-par over his last five events.
• Jordan Spieth has averaged 308.4 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
• In his past five starts, Spieth is averaging -2.298 Strokes Gained: Putting.
• In his past five starts, Spieth is averaging -0.334 Strokes Gained: Total.

Spieth's advanced stats and rankings

• Spieth has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.466 this season, which ranks 16th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (305.7 yards) ranks 37th.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Spieth ranks 110th on TOUR with a mark of -0.085.
• On the greens, Spieth has registered a 0.056 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 80th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 57th with a putts-per-round average of 28.67, and he ranks 114th by breaking par 23.15% of the time.

Spieth's best finishes

• Spieth has played 17 tournaments this season, and he has secured one top-five finish and three top-10 finishes.
• In those 17 tournaments, he made the cut on 11 occasions.
• With 688 points, Spieth currently sits 59th in the FedExCup standings.

Spieth's best Strokes Gained performances

• This season, Spieth put up his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the Wells Fargo Championship (May 2024), ranking third in the field at 5.199.
• Spieth produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season at the Valero Texas Open, ranking 18th in the field at 4.005. In that event, he finished 10th.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Spieth produced his best effort this season at the WM Phoenix Open (February 2024), ranking second in the field with a mark of 4.492.
• At The Sentry in January 2024, Spieth posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (5.926). That ranked No. 1 in the field.
• Spieth delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (9.258) at the WM Phoenix Open (February 2024), which ranked him sixth in the field. He finished sixth in that tournament.

Spieth's Strokes Gained rankings

Spieth's past results.

All stats in this article are accurate for Spieth as of the start of the .

Note: The PGA TOUR has created this story via a machine-learning model using data from ShotLink , powered by CDW, in addition to player performance data. While we strive for accuracy and quality, please note that the information provided may not be entirely error-free.