The week after a major championship is usually a time to unwind, maybe catch your breath and take a break from golf after an intense week of watching hours of major coverage. The 2017 Travelers Championship, however, is not exactly the right week to take a break.
Travelers Championship 2017: Tee times, pairings for Thursday’s round
A loaded field in Hartford includes Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day.
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That’s because this traditional Hartford stop has gone ahead and drawn arguably the strongest field in its history. The strength-of-field rating is the highest they’ve had in the past decade, headlined by Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Jason Day. Throw in some Justin Thomas, Pat Reed, Bubba Watson, and others, and you have one of the best PGA Tour events of the year.
How’d the Travelers draw all these stars to Hartford?
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It’s a dramatic development for an event like the Travelers, which has a strong identity but needs to fight for its field in the week after the exhausting “toughest test in golf” — the U.S. Open. TPC River Highlands always puts on a good event with some of the best and rowdiest crowds of the year. It’s one of just two stops in New England and in the first week of summer, Connecticut usually shows up in numbers for this.
Now they have a tee sheet loaded with stars to watch all week too. This field is always fine — never bad — but this is supercharged. On Thursday, the stars are clustered around 8 a.m. ET in the morning wave and 1 p.m. in the afternoon wave. Rory will play with Mr. 58 here, Jim Furyk, and last week’s contender at Erin Hills, Brian Harman. One group behind them are Thomas, Day, and Reed.
Spieth will be the top draw on the afternoon side of the sheet, playing with Wesley Bryan and Brandt Snedeker at 1 p.m. Here’s your full tee sheet for the opening round at TPC River Highlands:
Off No. 1 Tee:
- 7:00 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Andres Gonzales
- 7:10 a.m.: Harris English, Robert Garrigus, Jason Bohn
- 7:20 a.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Chez Reavie, Grayson Murray
- 7:30 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Smylie Kaufman, Keegan Bradley
- 7:40 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, J.J. Henry, Paul Casey
- 7:50 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Charley Hoffman, Robert Streb
- 8:00 a.m.: Billy Hurley III, Brian Stuard, K.J. Choi
- 8:10 a.m.: Rod Pampling, Jim Herman, Danny Lee
- 8:20 a.m.: Chad Campbell, Patton Kizzire, Harold Varner III
- 8:30 a.m.: Bryce Molder, David Hearn, Dominic Bozzelli
- 8:40 a.m.: Ricky Barnes, Sung Kang, Byeong Hun An
- 8:50 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Brandon Hagy, Ryan Ruffels
- 9:00 a.m.: Brad Fritsch, Bobby Wyatt, Zach Zaback
- 12:00 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Kelly Kraft, Kevin Tway
- 12:10 p.m.: Scott Stallings, Anirban Lahiri, Zac Blair
- 12:20 p.m.: Michael Thompson, Will MacKenzie, Spencer Levin
- 12:30 p.m.: Jonas Blixt, William McGirt, Troy Merritt
- 12:40 p.m.: Daniel Berger, Matt Every, Brian Gay
- 12:50 p.m.: Marc Leishman, Russell Knox, Bubba Watson
- 1:00 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Jordan Spieth, Brandt Snedeker
- 1:10 p.m.: Ken Duke, Rory Sabbatini, Mark Hubbard
- 1:20 p.m.: Seung-Yul Noh, Kevin Na, Troy Kelly
- 1:30 p.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Chad Collins, C.T. Pan
- 1:40 p.m.: Steven Alker, Brett Drewitt, Beau Hossler
- 1:50 p.m.: Mark Anderson, Richy Werenski, Ryan Brehm
- 2:00 p.m.: Ryan Armour, Bryson DeChambeau, Billy Downes
Off No. 10 Tee:
- 7:00 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Stuart Appleby, Jason Kokrak
- 7:10 a.m.: Mark Wilson, Graham DeLaet, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
- 7:20 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Lucas Glover, Xander Schauffele
- 7:30 a.m.: Fabian Gomez, Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh
- 7:40 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Emiliano Grillo, Padraig Harrington
- 7:50 a.m.: Brian Harman, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk
- 8:00 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Jason Day
- 8:10 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Nick Taylor, Hunter Mahan
- 8:20 a.m.: John Huh, Kyle Reifers, Michael Kim
- 8:30 a.m.: Boo Weekley, Tim Wilkinson, John Peterson
- 8:40 a.m.: Ben Crane, Tyrone Van Aswegen, Brett Stegmaier
- 8:50 a.m.: Miguel Angel Carballo, Sebastian Munoz, Rick Lamb
- 9:00 a.m.: Jonathan Randolph, Nicholas Lindheim, Wyndham Clark
- 12:00 p.m.: Martin Laird, Tag Ridings, J.T. Poston
- 12:10 p.m.: Bob Estes, Derek Fathauer, Ryan Blaum
- 12:20 p.m.: Charlie Beljan, Martin Flores, Trey Mullinax
- 12:30 p.m.: David Lingmerth, Nick Watney, Luke Donald
- 12:40 p.m.: Cody Gribble, Tony Finau, Retief Goosen
- 12:50 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Peter Malnati, Scott Piercy
- 1:00 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Alex Cejka
- 1:10 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Steve Wheatcroft, Cameron Percy
- 1:20 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Shawn Stefani, Whee Kim
- 1:30 p.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Jamie Lovemark, Andrew Loupe
- 1:40 p.m.: Zack Sucher, Brian Campbell, Brett Coletta
- 1:50 p.m.: Julian Etulain, Seamus Power, Neil Johnson
- 2:00 p.m.: Bobby Gates, Joel Dahmen, Chase Seiffert
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