Travelers Championship Matchup Picks

Many of the world’s top golfers are at TPC River Highlands for this week’s Travelers Championship. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is listed as the favorite at BetRivers but it won’t be easy for him as seven of the world’s top ranked players are in the field. Normally after a major the field isn’t that strong, but since this is an elevated event with a prize purse of $20 million, many of the world’s top players are in the field. Last week’s U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark is expected to be in the field, as is Rickie Fowler. I am coming off a rare bad week with the matchups at the U.S. Open. Let’s get back on track with Travelers Championship matchup picks.

Defending Champion: Xander Schauffele

Tournament Notes: TPC River Highlands is a short par 70 course that measures just 6,852 yards. The course has played under par in five straight years and last year the field averaged 69.4. Accuracy off the tee definitely helps this week as does scrambling and putting.

Travelers Championship Matchups

Scheffler, Scottie -167 vs. Cantlay, Patrick

Rahm, Jon -120 vs. McIlroy, Rory

Cantlay, Patrick -130 vs. McIlroy, Rory

Schauffele, Xander -143 vs. Hovland, Viktor

Morikawa, Collin -129 vs. Fleetwood, Tommy

Morikawa, Collin -120 vs. Henley, Russell

Henley, Russell -120 vs. Si Woo Kim

Finau, Tony -137 vs. Sungjae Im

Day, Jason -120 vs. Young, Cameron

Homa, Max -129 vs. Lowry, Shane

Fowler, Rickie -125 vs. Clark, Wyndham

Fitzpatrick, Matthew -120 vs. Tom Kim

Conners, Corey -125 vs. Bradley, Keegan

McCarthy, Denny -120 vs. Harman, Brian

Thomas, Justin -137 vs. Scott, Adam

Eckroat, Austin -114 vs. Hossler, Beau

English, Harris -120 vs. Min Woo Lee

An, Byeong Hun -120 vs. Streelman, Kevin

Day, Jason -120 vs. Scott Adam

Matsuyama, Hideki -130 vs. English, Harris

Harman, Brian -130 vs. Power, Seamus

Homa, Max -115 vs, Clark, Wyndham

Jaeger, Stephan -120 vs. Bezuidenhout, Christiaan

Moore, Taylor -115 vs. Kuchar, Matt

Conners, Corey -130 vs. Rodgers, Patrick

Kim, Si Woo -140 vs. Putnam, Andrew

Woodland, Gary -130 vs. Spaun, J.J.

Suh, Justin -120 vs. Cole, Eric

Golf Picks

Homa, Max -115 vs, Clark, Wyndham

One of my go-to strategies over the years that has worked pretty well is to go against the previous week’s winner. I don’t know how Clark can be focused this week after winning the U.S. Open. And in this matchup, we get a player in Homa who I talked about in the picks article, as an excellent putter. I’ll take Homa in this matchup.

Homa, Max -129 vs. Lowry, Shane

I definitely like the chances of Homa this week. I mentioned in the previous matchup, that Homa is an excellent putter. He ranks 10^th on the PGA Tour in total putting. Lowry has not had much success with his putter this season, as he ranks 141^st on the PGA Tour. I’ll take Homa in this matchup.

Morikawa, Collin -120 vs. Henley, Russell

Another player I like this week is Morikawa who is coming off a tie for 14^th last week. He was under par in each of the last three rounds. I know that Henley is playing pretty well and he has three top 20 finishes in this event, but Morikawa is the better player and we get a short price. I’ll take Morikawa in this matchup.

Harman, Brian -130 vs. Power, Seamus

Harman hasn’t been playing that great but that should change this week at TPC River Highlands where he has finished in the Top 10 four times in his last five trips with a scoring average of 67.44 in his last 18 rounds. This should be a good week for Harman and I’ll take him in this matchup against Power.

Putnam, Andrew +110 vs. Kim, Si Woo

I must be a glutton for punishment, as I go against Kim once again. This week I am taking Putnam at plus money. Putting is going to be extremely important this week and Putnam ranks 5^th on the PGA Tour in total putting. Kim ranks 127^th in putting. I’ll take Putnam at plus money.

Check out Travelers Championship odds at BetRivers.