Scheffler sidestepped a bizarre fan demonstration and a haymaker from friend and protege Tom Kim to capture the Travelers Championship for his sixth win of the PGA Tour season.
Play at the end of regulation was disrupted as protesters stormed the group of Scottie Scheffler, Tom Kim and Akshay Bhatia at the 18th hole at the Travelers Championship on Sunday in the US.
The Cromwell Fire Department has reported that a lightning strike on a tree affected three people during a delay due to dangerous weather on Saturday (US time) at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The PGA Tour commissioner continued to assert progress is being made in discussions with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment towards unification in professional golf, but stressed negotiations remain complex regarding an ultimate deal.
The 2022 Travelers winner called TPC River Highlands “outstanding” and that the small improvements were smartly done. But he used the opportunity to talk more generally about course redesigns at other courses the tour visits, and he didn’t hold back.
Rory McIlroy has pulled out of this week’s Travelers Championship, a $US20 million PGA Tour signature event, saying on social media that he will take time away from the game before the Genesis Scottish Open next month.
If you thought Rory McIlroy might be flagging just a little, following a run of terrific form interrupted only by his regular vociferous defences of the PGA Tour in the face of the LIV Golf threat, well … you’d be right.
This week marks his first start since the PGA Championship, more than a month ago. If the back has indeed healed even a little, it’s not showing. And still, there he is, sky-high on the leaderboard.