2010 TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP PROCEEDS BENEFIT MORE THAN 130 CHARITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 20, 2010 – The Travelers Championship, Connecticut's PGA TOUR event, announced today that the 2010 tournament generated $1,100,000, nearly a 70 percent increase from 2007. The money generated from the tournament will benefit...
2010 TOURNAMENT RECEIVES AWARDS FOR "BEST TITLE SPONSOR INTEGRATION" AND "MOST FAN-FRIENDLY EVENT" PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL – The Travelers Championship (Cromwell, CT) was honored with two awards from the PGA TOUR at the TOUR's Tournament Advisory Council (TAC) Meetings this week. The Travelers Championship earned the "Best Title Sponsor Integration," and...
BUBBA WATSON EARNED HIS SECOND CAREER PGA TOUR VICTORY AT TORREY PINES HARTFORD, Conn., January 30, 2011 – Bubba Watson won his second PGA TOUR victory at Torrey Pines with a final round 67 to earn a one-shot victory over Phil Mickelson. Watson got up-and-down for birdie from the green-side bunker...
JUSTIN ROSE WINS CLOSEST TO THE PIN ON THE UMBRELLA AT 15½ Cromwell, Conn., June 23, 2010 – Twenty-nine of 106 players participating in a practice round Tuesday for the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands landed a ball on The Umbrella at 15 ½, the 40-foot wide...
TRAVELERS RELEASES FULL LIST OF COMPETITORS FOR 2010 TOURNAMENT CROMWELL, Conn., June 19, 2010 - The Travelers Championship will be held June 21 -27 at TPC River Highlands, and will feature one of the most exciting and competitive player fields that the event has experienced. Golf fans have...
RETIEF GOOSEN AND AARON BADDELEY COMMIT TO TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD CROMWELL, Conn., June 17, 2010 – The Travelers Championship announced two more top players into the 2010 player field. Retief Goosen and Aaron Baddeley will be playing at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. next week. Goosen will...
SMITH, BELICHICK, FLUTIE, CALHOUN AND EDSALL HIGHLIGHT ADDITIONAL CELEBRITIES HARTFORD, Conn., June 16, 2010– The Travelers Championship today announced nine additional celebrities that will play in the Travelers Celebrity Pro-Am on Wednesday, June 23. The Pro-Am will feature Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, New England...
PLAYERS COMMIT LED BY RYDER CUP CAPTAIN PAVIN HARTFORD, Conn., June 15, 2010 – The Travelers Championship announced the addition of five top players to its field today. Corey Pavin, Lee Janzen, Boo Weekley, Scott Verplank and Bill Haas were added to a list of players who have...
SECOND ANNUAL EVENT HAS RECORD NUMBER OF RUNNERS David McKay Shatters Course Record and 13-Year-Old Kaelin Baker Wins Female Division CROMWELL, Conn., June 12, 2010 – The second annual BlumShapiro 5K for Charity welcomed more than 500 runners to TPC River Highlands on Saturday morning to take part in...
THREE-TIME MAJOR WINNER PADRAIG HARRINGTON ADDED TO TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD CROMWELL, Conn., June 11, 2010 – The Travelers Championship announced today that Padraig Harrington committed to play in the 2010 Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn. This will be Harrington’s second visit to TPC River Highlands, with his first...
