The Travelers - TPC River Highlands
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The US Open lived up to the hype last week in what a truly fascinating watch. This week the tour moves 2 hours up the road to TPC River Highlands, Bubba Watson’s backyard. He has the three victories here. However, don’t let that lead you to think this course is all about power and length. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. One of the significant challenges with this course is there is no particular type of skill set that the course favours. All types have players have won from Bubba, Chez Reavie, Jordan Speith and Freddie Jacobson.
The field this week is strong. This is clearly a stop on the tour that players like as much as the fans. This week should see the second biggest attendance in the golf calendar year behind only The Players. We have 5 of the world’s top 6 in attendance so let’s hope for another enthralling contest. Remember, 5 of the last 11 Travelers events have ended in playoffs. Expect more drama this week.
TPC River Highlands is a classic parkland golf course in the northeastern United States. The short nature of the course requires higher precision off the tee to fairways that aren’t tough to hit for players who concentrate on course management than the typical Pete Dye challenge with approach play.
The green complexes are a standard short Par 70 affair at 5,000 square feet. River Highlands is a second-shot course that requires precise approach play. Accurate drivers or players who consistently gain strokes off the tee box thrive, yet bombers may compete, as Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson demonstrate, neither of which you associate with accuracy but do consistently gain strokes off the tee week in and week out on tour. As I will come onto, ball striking is the aim of the game here at TPC River Highlands. Six holes feature approximately 70 bunkers, five water hazards, and plenty of doglegs for shaping shots. These lakes and ponds add to the beauty and architecture of the course, particularly the most famous segment of the course, a three-hole stretch from 15 to 17. The “Golden Triangle” is made up of these holes plus the adjacent four-acre lake.
Let’s break down the critical skill sets required to lift the trophy this week and reveal those all-important outright picks. In these low-scoring tests putting will always play a significant part, so for those doing their own research, consider this when making your final picks, but the key things to consider are players who dominate off the tee and with iron in hand. That’s how this event is won and lost.
Event & Course Details
COURSE AND TOURNAMENT INFORMATION;
• Course: TPC River Highlands
• Location: Cromwell, CT
• Date: 2022 – 23-27 June
• Par: 70 / Yardage 6,843
• Purse: $8.3 Million / Winner $1.4m
• Fairways/Rough: Bentgrass
• Greens: Bentgrass/Poa Annua
• Defending Champion: Harris English
Similar courses for correlation
1. TPC Potomac 2. TPC Deere Run 3. TPC Twin Cities
4. TPC Summerlin 5. TPC Sawgrass 6. Harbour Town
Scorecard
Course Layout
Video overview of every Hole.
🔑 Key Skill Sets Required 🔑
SG T2G – High-quality ball strikers have success here at TPC River Highlands, Watson, Speith & DJ, to name just a few, in the last five years. T2G excellence is required here. There isn’t a stand-out stat from approach, around the green or putting here at River Highlands, and the course is an actual test of ball striking from T2G. A typical Pete Dye test.
Proximity To Hole – 125-175Yards – This is a short course by PGA Tour standards, with lots of position play required off the tee. Players with the natural length of the tee are forced to lay up to certain parts of the fairways, meaning all players face seconds shots of similar length. There is a high majority of shots coming from the 125-175 yards distance, and we want players onside who are dialled in with their mid irons over recent weeks.
Par 4 Scoring – Quite simply, to win this event, you must make lots of birdies, and you must dominate the Par 4’s. Players who contend here take advantage of one of the most straightforward courses on tour regarding Par 4 scoring.
SG Around the green – TPC River Highlands is one the most challenging course on tour when it comes to getting up and down from around the green. It has ranked in the top 5 most demanding courses for SG around the green in 5 of the last six years. Even from the run-off areas, the course proves demanding around the green. Players with excellent short games can excel here.
Birdies or Better – The data tells us you need to make plenty of birdies here at TPC River Highlands, at least 5 per round or over 20 from the four days of play. Let’s look for those aggressive golfers who look to attack the pins and have the ability to get up and down when naturally they miss a green or two.
📈 Stats that matter 📈
Driving Stats
Par 4 Scoring
Proximity 125-175 Yards
🤞Best Outsider to consider 🤞
1. Tyler Duncan 250/1 + 25000 BetMGM
2 top 15’s in his last 5 starts shows his game is close.
Made the cut every time at TPC River Highlands.
Gained strokes with approach play in 8 of his last 9 events.
His weakness is his putting but I’m willing to forgive that at such lucrative odds
2.Marc Leishman 66/1 + 6600 BetMGM
A winner and 3rd placed finish here from 11 starts.
A solid performance at the US Open, this test will suit much better.
Ranked 5th in Approach play on courses shorter than 7200 yards over the past 36 rounds.
3. Si Woo Kim 90/1 + 9000 BetMGM
Scoring average of 68.4 here at TPC River highlands.
3 Top 30 finishes and 2 missed cuts.
A lot more consistency in his game right now, his iron play dialled in gaining strokes in 7 of his last 8 events.
Gained strokes T2G in 14 of his last 15 events.
A good week with the putter will make him dangerous at a fair price.
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🎯 Top 20 🎯
Davis Riley
Webb Simpson
Doug Ghim
🎲 1st Round Leader 🎲
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👊 Best Outright Picks 👊
Best Outright Picks
Sungjea Im 33/1 + 3300 BetMGM - 35/1 🇬🇧
Ranked 1ST in SG Off The Tee over the past 24 rounds on short courses.
Ranked 2ND in Good Drives gained over the past 24 rounds on short courses
Ranked 2nd in SG T2G over the past 24 rounds on short courses
Ranked 7TH in Par 4 scoring over the past 24 rounds on short courses.
After a poor week at the US Open, I’m willing to give Sunny Im one more chance.
2. Harold Varner 55/1 + 5500 BetMGM - 50/1 🇬🇧
One more go for Harold after his 13th for us 2 weeks back.
Loves Pete dye tracks, 3rd in approach play over the past 36 rounds on Dye Tracks
Ranked 2ND Par 3 scoring no Dye tracks over the past t 36 rounds.
Ranked 8th in SG T2G on Dye tracks over the past 36 rounds.
Lots of positives pointing in the direction of a good showing.
3. Keegan Bradley 35/1 +3500 BetMGM - 40/1 🇬🇧
Arrives on the back of a super finish at the US Open.
2 top tens here previously.
Ranked 10th for SG Off The Tee, a huge factor here at TPC River Highlands.
Ranked 11th for SG Approach play over the past 36 rounds on courses under 7200 yards.
Gained strokes Off The Tee & Approach play in each of his last five events.
4. Davis Riley 40/1 + 4000 BetMGM 40/1 🇬🇧
3 top tens in his last 6 events, shows where his game is right now.
Gained strokes with approach play in each of his last 6 events.
Ranked 5th for Par 4 scoring over the past 24 rounds on tour.
Ranked 11th for SG Approach play over the past 24 rounds on tour.
Ranked 12th for Par 3 Scoring over the past 24 rounds on tour.
5. Webb Simpson 50/1 BetMGM - 50/1 🇬🇧
2 top 10’s here previously
Returning to some form following a lay off with injury.
Gained strokes with Approach play in 4 of his last 5 events.
Gained strokes Off The Tee in his last 6 events.
Proven on Pete Dye tracks and also will love this shorter layout, all systems go for Webb this week.
1 point each way all main selections - 10points
0.5 point Each Way on each outsider - 3points
Total 13 points
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