TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES 2018 PLAYER FIELD
HARTFORD, Conn., June 15, 2018 – The Travelers Championship today announced its full player field for the 2018 tournament, which will feature five golfers ranked among the world’s top 10 and all four reigning major championship winners. The tournament will be held June 18-24 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The five players in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking include Justin Thomas (No. 2), defending champion Jordan Spieth (No. 4), Rory McIlroy (No. 6), Jason Day (No. 8) and Brooks Koepka (No. 9). Reigning major winners are Thomas (2017 PGA Championship), Spieth (2017 British Open), Koepka (2017 U.S. Open) and Patrick Reed (2018 Masters).
This year’s field also includes nine players who have won the tournament at TPC River Highlands: Spieth (2017), Russell Knox (2016), Bubba Watson (2010 and 2015), Kevin Streelman (2014), Ken Duke (2013), Marc Leishman (2012), Stewart Cink (1997 and 2008), Hunter Mahan (2007) and J.J. Henry (2006).
| Ancer, Abraham | Lahiri, Anirban |
| Armour, Ryan | Laird, Martin |
| Atkins, Matt | Landry, Andrew |
| Baddeley, Aaron | Lashley, Nate |
| Barber, Blayne | Lee, Danny |
| Berger, Daniel | Leishman, Marc |
| Blaum, Ryan | Lindheim, Nicholas |
| Blixt, Jonas | Lingmerth, David |
| Bozzelli, Dominic | List, Luke |
| Bradley, Keegan | Lovelady, Tom |
| Brown, Scott | Lovemark, Jamie |
| Bryan, Wesley | Mahan, Hunter |
| Burgoon, Bronson | Malnati, Peter |
| Byrd, Jonathan | Marino, Steve |
| Campbell, Chad | Martin, Ben |
| Cantlay, Patrick | McCarthy, Denny |
| Casey, Paul | McDowell, Graeme |
| Cejka, Alex | McGirt, William |
| Chalmers, Greg | McIlroy, Rory |
| Cink, Stewart | Merritt, Troy |
| Conners, Corey | Meyer, Dylan |
| Cook, Austin | Mitchell, Keith |
| Curran, Jon | Moore, Ryan |
| D’Amario, Adam | Mullinax, Trey |
| Dahmen, Joel | Ogilvy, Geoff |
| Day, Jason | Oosthuizen, Louis |
| DeChambeau, Bryson | Oppenheim, Rob |
| Díaz, Roberto | Palmer, Ryan |
| Dou, Zecheng | Pampling, Rod |
| Duke, Ken | Pan, C.T. |
| Duncan, Tyler | Perez, Pat |
| English, Harris | Piller, Martin |
| Estes, Bob | Points, D.A. |
| Every, Matt | Potter, Jr., Ted |
| Fathauer, Derek | Power, Seamus |
| Flores, Martin | Putnam, Andrew |
| Furyk, Jim | Randolph, Jonathan |
| Garnett, Brice | Reavie, Chez |
| Garrigus, Robert | Reed, Patrick |
| Ghim, Doug | Rodgers, Patrick |
| Gómez, Fabián | Ryder, Sam |
| Gooch, Talor | Sabbatini, Rory |
| Goosen, Retief | Saunders, Sam |
| Griffin, Lanto | Schauffele, Xander |
| Grillo, Emiliano | Schenk, Adam |
| Haas, Bill | Schniederjans, Ollie |
| Hadley, Chesson | Shindler, Conrad |
| Hadwin, Adam | Silverman, Ben |
| Hahn, James | Simpson, Webb |
| Hardy, Nick | Snedeker, Brandt |
| Harkins, Brandon | Spaun, J.J. |
| Harman, Brian | Spieth, Jordan |
| Harrington, Padraig | Stallings, Scott |
| Henley, Russell | Stanley, Kyle |
| Henry, J.J. | Steele, Brendan |
| Hoffman, Charley | Stefani, Shawn |
| Hoge, Tom | Stegmaier, Brett |
| Holmes, J.B. | Streb, Robert |
| Horschel, Billy | Streelman, Kevin |
| Hossler, Beau | Stroud, Chris |
| Hughes, Mackenzie | Stuard, Brian |
| Huh, John | Taylor, Nick |
| Hurley III, Billy | Taylor, Vaughn |
| Johnson, Zach | Thomas, Justin |
| Jones, Matt | Tracy, Ethan |
| Kang, Sung | Tringale, Cameron |
| Kaufman, Smylie | Tway, Kevin |
| Kim, Michael | Van Aswegen, Tyrone |
| Kim, Si Woo | Varner III, Harold |
| Kizzire, Patton | Vegas, Jhonattan |
| Knox, Russell | Watney, Nick |
| Kodaira, Satoshi | Watson, Bubba |
| Koepka, Brooks | Werenski, Richy |
| Kokrak, Jason | Wheatcroft, Steve |
| Kraft, Kelly | Zhang, Xinjun |
About the Travelers Championship
The Travelers Championship, held in Cromwell, Connecticut, is one of the premier events on the PGA TOUR and part of the FedExCup series. Named by the PGA TOUR as the 2017 “Tournament of the Year,” the Travelers Championship proudly supports the TOUR’s Tradition of Giving Back by donating 100 percent of net proceeds to charities. Travelers, a leading provider of property and casualty insurance for home, auto and business, is the Official Property Casualty Insurance Provider of the PGA TOUR. The company became the tournament’s title sponsor in 2007. Travelers has been doing business in the Hartford community for more than 160 years and has been a corporate sponsor of this event each year since its inception in 1952. Complete details are available at www.TravelersChampionship.com.
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