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The third round of the 2025 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands features a star-studded leaderboard with key players like Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas teeing off at 2:25 p.m. ET, along with detailed pairings and tee times for Saturday's play.
The article discusses the upcoming Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands, highlighting its history, course changes, and expected scoring conditions, with a focus on how recent major tournaments have affected player morale and performance expectations.
Rory McIlroy has criticized TPC River Highlands, calling it "obsolete" and stating that technology has passed the course by. He suggested that growing the rough up and making the fairways tight is not the blueprint for a good golf course. McIlroy believes that the blueprint for a good golf course is something like LACC, where wide targets are provided, but if you miss, it's penal. The USGA and R&A have proposed a local model rule that would limit how far the golf ball travels, which McIlroy supports.
Rory McIlroy criticized the TPC River Highlands course after the Travelers Championship, saying that technology has made it obsolete and that it doesn't have the land to make it more challenging. Keegan Bradley won the tournament with a record-breaking score of 23-under par, while McIlroy tied for 7th place. Despite his distaste for the course, McIlroy applauded Bradley's impressive performance.
Rory McIlroy has criticized TPC River Highlands, calling it obsolete due to technology advancements in golf. The course is the second-shortest on the PGA Tour this season and has been made easier by soft conditions. McIlroy suggested growing the rough and hoping for firmer conditions, but believes the blueprint for a good golf course is wider targets with penal consequences for missed shots.
Rory McIlroy criticized TPC River Highlands, the host of the Travelers Championship, calling it obsolete due to technology advancements in golf. Despite finishing T-7 with 18 under, McIlroy believes courses like TPC River Highlands don't present enough challenge to the best players in the world, resulting in birdie fests. He suggested growing the rough and hoping for firm conditions to make it tricky, but added that the blueprint for a good golf course is something like LACC, with wide targets but penalizing if missed.
Rickie Fowler shot a historic 60, the lowest round in his PGA Tour career, at the Travelers Championship, moving up 38 places on the leaderboard to 15-under for the championship. Fowler's round included nine birdies and an eagle, but he missed a birdie on the final hole to shoot a perfect score of 59. He now sits three shots behind Keegan Bradley, the 36-hole leader, and has a chance to win his first PGA Tour event since 2019.
The Travelers Championship in Connecticut follows the U.S. Open and boasts a record purse of $20 million. The field includes U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Tony Finau, Max Homa, and Justin Thomas. TPC River Highlands presents a stock par 70 course that has averaged under par in the last five years. The primary objectives are hitting greens in regulation and converting those chances for par breakers. The tournament will be contested on a dry day, but an elevated threat of rain and boomers extends into next week.