Following the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills and Wyndham Clark's second U.S. Open victory, the top PGA Tour pros head to Cromwell, CT for the Travelers Championship 2026 tournament. 

A select field of 72 golfers is set to make birdies in bunches in the eighth and final Signature Event at Pete Dye's TPC River Highlands. The superb fan support is part of the watch and wager action that provided thunderous roars in support of New Englander Keegan Bradley on his way to winning the 2023 Travelers at greater than 75/1 odds. He won it again in 2025 by one stroke over Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley with 2021 champion Harris English another shot back. Now nearly every golfer ranked in the top 40 of the Official World Golf Rankings will take aim at TPC River Highlands this week and the top prize of $3.6 million. That includes past champions Scottie Scheffler (2024), Xander Schauffele (2022) and Jordan Spieth (2017), but not Rory McIlroy. 

“The bond that you have with people from New England is different than anywhere in the world,” Bradley said during his winning week at the 2023 Travelers. 

TPC River Highlands Stats

Data Golf notes that the course favors accuracy, often strongly, and strokes gained stats leaders are the best ball strikers and approach players with short irons from 125-175 yards. The 6,844 yard par 70 is one of the two shortest courses on Tour. Ten par 4's play to less than 450 yards, and both par 5's are reachable in two shots. The par 4 scoring leaders at TPC River Highlands over the past four editions include Keegan Bradley (1st) and Russell Henley (2nd) in 2025, Scottie Scheffler (1), Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young and Brian Harman in 2024 with Harman finishing top 10 in seven of the last eight years of the Travelers Championship. Bradley and Harman were tops on par 4's in 2023 while Xander Schauffele led the field in winning the 2022 event with J.T. Poston second in par 4 scoring. 

As you consider adjusted odds betting during the tournament, know that each of the last four winners were in 6th place or better after Round 1, and all were 7th or better after Round 2 with Bradley and Schauffle leading in 2023 and 2022 and Scheffler 2nd into Saturday in 2024. Harris English won in 2021 sitting 20th after Round 2, while Jordan Spieth went wire to wire leading all four rounds in winning the 2017 event. 

Check out some of the top players golf stats and profiles from our U.S. Open preview and players as you shoot for more birdies and green at the Travelers Championship event. 

One of the shortest courses on Tour with tree-lined fairways, positional play and solid strokes gained Approach and Off the Tee golf stats required. Premium Ball Striking and Birdies or Better Gained will allow those players to move up as they attack smaller than average (5,000 sq. ft) bentgrass greens.

PGA Tour New Two Series Model

This Travelers tournament will be a Championship Series event starting in 2028 with the PGA Tour announcing today the new two-series model that includes 23-24 Championship Series events boasting $20 million prize pools and 120 players. The Challenger Series will offer a slate of at least 20 events, approx. 144 players and $4 million prize pools for other PGA Tour pros to play and earn a living with the opportunity for promotion to the Championship Series and 20 players guaranteed to advance the following year.   

Travelers Championship Odds and Most Bet Players

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from BetOnline other leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live/in-game betting. Odds adjust during and following rounds. 

+435: Scheffler
+1800: Schauffele, Fleetwood
+2200: Aberg
+2500: Young, Burns, Fitzpatrick, Henley, SW Kim
+2800: J. Thomas
+3000: Morikawa
+3300: Cantlay
+3500: Hovland
+4000: Clark
+4500: Spaun
+5000: Bradley, Rai, Kitayama
+5500: English, Rose, Harman
+6000: A. Fitzpatrick, Min Woo Lee
+6500: McNealy, Gotterup, Griffin, MacIntyre
+7000: Spieth, Poston, Gerard, Cauley
+8000: A. Scott, Bhatia, Theegala
+8000: Lowry, Matsuyama, Mitchell
+8500: Woodland, Reitan
+9000: Straka
+10000-15000: Knapp, Bridgeman, Cole, Fox, Noren,Smalley, Fowler, Hisatsune, Conners, N. Hojgaard

72-hole winning score: Over/Under 259.5 (Par 70) 

Tournament Matchups And Props

BetOnline and BookMaker (BM) offer an extensive range of 72-hole head-to-head player tournament matchups each week, along with select round-by-round matchups. Here are some of the notable tournament matchups and players to watch at the 2026 Travelers Championship Signature Event. 

Scheffler (-232) vs. Schauffele (+190)
Fleetwood (-127) vs. Aberg (+106
Burns (-150) vs. Clark (+125)
M. Fitzpatrick (-125) vs. Young (+105) - 
Morikawa (-120) vs. Thomas (+100)
Henley (-110) vs. Si Woo Kim (-110)
Bradley (-115) vs. Griffin (-105)
Cantlay (-172) vs. Gotterup (+142)
Rai (-127) vs. Kitayama (+106
Spaun (-127) vs. English (+106)

Featured holes: Par 3’s at No. 5, 11, 16 and Par 4 at No. 15.

Travelers Championship 2026 Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Scheffler, Henley, Thomas, Morikawa
Fairway’s Longshots: Cantlay, Hovland, English, Griffin      
Fairway’s Flyers: Wed. 

Tournament matchups: Posted Wed
Top 20 finish: Justin Thomas (+100), also available +275 top 10. 

Posted U.S. Open tournament matchups went 1-1 on two underdogs to run the PGA Tour tournament matchups to 21-12 this season, and 10-9 on Majors and Signature Events posted at OSGA. 

This is a good week and tournament to consider outright betting without Scottie Scheffler. So for example, Justin Thomas, a fairway favorite this week, has finished top 10 in the last three editions of the Travelers Championship including a pair of top 5's. Thomas is 22/1 to win in the 'without Scheffler' market. Thomas gained more than one shot per round Strokes Gained Putting last week at Shinnecock on Poa/Bentgrass green. His last two PGA Tour wins have come on Pete Dye courses at Harbour Town and TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship, where driver is less of a weapon and precision iron play and accuracy fit his profile. Thomas ranks top 5 in this field over the last five years on Pete Dye courses. 

Last week's U.S. Open did not include Wyndham Clark as a posted pick, but I did bet him for a small pizza wager at effective 119/1 odds. Parlaying plus ML bets to golf winners provides better odds, often 2-4x tournament odds, so find an elite sportsbook with top payouts that offers more ways to win with prop bets and parlay options to other sports.

Next week it's the John Deer Classic followed by the Scottish Open, where Chris Gotterup broke through to win and ignite his PGA Tour career as a top 20 player, along with Wyndham Clark now up to No. 8 from No. 34 after winning the U.S. Open. Our next PGA Tour event post at OSGA with be the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in England. Scottie Scheffler is the defending Champion Golfer of the Year, and we'll tip Tommy Fleetwood early among others along the way if you want to add some parlays and props in advance for better odds and payouts.

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