A six-stroke lead was a pretty comfortable advantage for Chez Reavie as he entered the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on Sunday. Of course, the 37-year-old didn’t want to hear anything about the tournament already being over when he spoke to the media on Saturday night after signing for a third-round 63, least the final round in Cromwell, Connecticut, turn into a collapse rather than a victory lap.
Thankfully for Reavie, it was the latter. A final-round 69 was good enough to clinch a four-stroke win over Keegan Bradley and Zack Sucher, although the lead was down to just one stroke when Reavie stood on the 71st tee. A birdie by Reavie on the par-4 17th and a double-bogey by Bradley after he missed the green with his approach and three-putted turned the event back into a runaway.
With Reavie hanging on to grab his second career PGA Tour title, he made a little personal history. Reavie pockets a $US1.296 million payday as the 2019 Travelers champion, which is the largest cheque in his 11 seasons on the PGA Tour. When Reavie won the 2008 RBC Canadian Open, he pulled in a $900,000 first prize.
A win also means that for the fifth time this season Reavie will have made $290,000 or more in a tour event. His season-long earnings rise to $3.5 million, which surpasses his all-time best season on the PGA Tour in terms of earnings ($2.7 million in 2017-’18).
The overall purse at TPC River Highlands is $7.2 million. Here’s the prizemoney breakdown for the entire field that’s playing all 72 holes.
[*All figures in US dollars]
Win: Chez Reavie, -17, $1,296,000
T-2: Zack Sucher, -13, $633,600
T-2: Keegan Bradley, -13, $633,600
4: Vaughn Taylor, -12, $345,600
T-5: Paul Casey, -11, $262,800
T-5: Joaquin Niemann, -11, $262,800
T-5: Kevin Tway, -11, $262,800
T-8: Abraham Ancer, -10, $194,400
T-8: Brian Harman, -10, $194,400
T-8: Jason Day, -10, $194,400
T-8: Bryson DeChambeau, -10, $194,400
T-8: Roberto Díaz, -10, $194,400
T-13: Kyoung-Hoon Lee, -9, $144,000
T-13: Tommy Fleetwood, -9, $144,000
T-15: Kevin Kisner, -8, $115,200
T-15: Ryan Moore, -8, $115,200
T-15: Kevin Streelman, -8, $115,200
T-15: Wyndham Clark, -8, $115,200
T-15: Patrick Cantlay, -8, $115,200
20: Alex Prugh, -7, $93,600
T-21: Russell Knox, -6, $65,760
T21: Sungjae Im, -6, $65,760
T21: Harold Varner III, -6, $65,760
T21: Marc Leishman, -6, $65,760
T21: Brendan Steele, -6, $65,760
T21: Cody Gribble, -6, $65,760
T21: Robert Streb, -6, $65,760
T21: Adam Long, -6, $65,760
T21: Martin Laird, -6, $65,760
T30: Stephan Jaeger, -5, $43,740
T30: Freddie Jacobson, -5, $43,740
T30: Peter Malnati, -5, $43,740
T30: Patrick Reed, -5, $43,740
T30: Nick Watney, -5, $43,740
T30: J.J. Spaun, -5, $43,740
T36: Collin Morikawa, -4, $32,451.43
T36: Louis Oosthuizen, -4, $32,451.43
T36: Kyle Stanley, -4, $32,451.43
T36: C.T. Pan, -4, $32,451.43
T36: Justin Thomas, -4, $32,451.43
T36: Josh Teater, -4, $32,451.43
T36: Ryan Blaum, -4, $32,451.43
T43: Sam Burns, -3, $21,924
T43: Tyler Duncan, -3, $21,924
T43: Brandt Snedeker, -3, $21,924
T43: Cameron Davis, -3, $21,924
T43: Joel Dahmen, -3, $21,924
T43: Sangmoon Bae, -3, $21,924
T43: Chip McDaniel, -3, $21,924
T43: Andrew Landry, -3, $21,924
T51: Sam Ryder, -2, $17,328
T51: Hank Lebioda, -2, $17,328
T51: Mackenzie Hughes, -2, $17,328
T54: Bubba Watson, -1, $16,560
T54: Ryan Armour, -1, $16,560
T54: Viktor Hovland, -1, $16,560
T57: Brooks Koepka, E, $16,128
T57: Francesco Molinari, E, $16,128
T57: Andrew Putnam, E, $16,128
T60: Emiliano Grillo, +1, $15,480
T60: Richy Werenski, +1, $15,480
T60: Brandon Harkins, +1, $15,480
T60: Bronson Burgoon, +1, $15,480
T60: Kramer Hickok, +1, $15,480
T60: Scott Brown, +1, $15,480
T66: Seamus Power, +2, $14,904
T66: Scott Langley, +2, $14,904
68: Brady Schnell, +3, $14,688
69: Seth Reeves, +5, $14,544
70: Sam Saunders, +6, $14,400
