2022 Travelers Championship predictions, expert picks, odds, field rankings, golf best bets
After a thrilling U.S. Open, the PGA Tour makes the short trip from Massachusetts to Connecticut
A fantastic ending to the U.S. Open leads us into the 2022 Travelers Championship where a breathtaking finale took place just a year ago. The site of the famous eight-hole playoff between Harris English and Kramer Hickok, the Travelers Championship has long been considered by players as one of their favorite stops on the PGA Tour.
Known for their accommodations and the proficiency in which they run a tournament, the Travelers is also a short car ride for the star-studded field heading from Brookline, Massachusetts, to Cromwell, Connecticut. This field is led by world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy, both among the top 10 last week at the third major of the season.
Ultimately, Scheffler and McIlroy came up short to Matt Fitzpatrick. They will look to shed any inkling of a hangover as they are joined by PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Patrick Cantlay and three-time winner this season Sam Burns.
A much more intimate course compared to what players are used to facing on a weekly basis, TPC River Highlands should once again provide a fantastic stage for these world class players to showcase their talents.
Let's take a closer look at this week's 2022 Travelers Championship with odds via Caesars Sportsbook.
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2022 Travelers Championship field, odds
- Rory McIlroy (9-1): McIlroy's typically steady around the green presence let him down at the U.S. Open as he lost strokes in that department for the first time in over a month. Still, there were a lot of positives to take away from The Country Club -- namely how he putted. His last six tournaments read: T5, 1st, T18, 8th, 5th, 2nd, so it is hard to imagine him not at least threatening to increase win margin on Greg Norman.
- Scottie Scheffler (10-1)
- Justin Thomas (11-1)
- Patrick Cantlay (14-1): Cantlay returns to the site of where he exploded onto the scene as he fired a 10-under 60 here as an amateur in 2011. It has been a lot of good -- but not great -- golf for the world No. 6 as he has a pair of playoff losses in addition to three top-five finishes on the season. Coming off a T14 at the U.S. Open, maybe the ball will bounce his way at TPC River Highlands as he has four straight top-15 results here.
- Sam Burns (16-1)
- Xander Schauffele (18-1)
- Jordan Spieth (25-1): By all accounts, the stomach issues are a thing of the past as Spieth will look to rediscover some form as his last month of play has been middling. He won here in dramatic fashion in a playoff over Daniel Berger during his tournament debut in 2017, but he has yet to repeat this success. Despite the results not stacking up, Spieth has looked much sharper on and around the greens lately, and if he is able to mesh those components with his ball-striking, the Texan should like his odds.
- Sungjae Im (28-1)
- Joaquin Niemann (28-1)
- Tony Finau (28-1): He hasn't had a great year, but Finau's missed cut at the U.S. Open still came as a bit of a surprise. He came to The Country Club having made eight consecutive weekend appearances while mixing in a pair of runners-up during that stretch. The 32-year-old has an equally puzzling history at the Travelers Championship where, after capturing threes straight top-25 finishes, he has not made the cut in his last three attempts.
2022 Travelers Championship picks
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