Scottie Scheffler (Photo by Bryan Berlin)
World number one Scottie Scheffler and Victor Hovland are tied atop the leaderboard of the Travellers Championships golf tournament after the end of the fourth round, But the winner will not be decided until tomorrow
After a near 90-minute weather delay, the Travelers Championship will finish in a playoff contested Monday between the two on hole No. 18, repeated until a winner is decided.
Scheffler, who won this event in a playoff in 2024, and Hovland both had birdie chances on the 72nd hole, but neither could convert. Scheffler left his 27-foot attempt eight feet short but rolled in the par, while Hovland’s birdie effort barely slid by the right edge.
The pair finished at 21-under 259.
Scheffler shot a 2-under 68 and is looking for his second victory of the season. Hovland won the Valspar Championship a year ago to break a two-year winless drought and shot a 1-under 69.
Hovland has won a playoff in his PGA TOUR career, in 2023 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. Scheffler is 2-2 in his TOUR career in playoffs. His 2024 win at TPC River Highlands came in extra holes against Tom Kim.
Collin Morikawa finished one shot out of the playoff at 20 under for the week. He shot the round of the day Sunday, a 9-under 61.
Matt Fitzpatrick, a winner three times already this season, finished a shot further back at 19 under, while last week’s U.S. Open winner, Wyndham Clark, was tied for fifth at 18 under alongside Akshay Bhatia.
The final round of the Travelers Championship resumed after almost one-and-a-half hour after being initially suspended due to dangerous weather with Scheffler leading the way by one.
A total of 1.12 inches of rain fell on TPC River Highlands.
Rain suddenly pelted TPC River Highlights in the 5 o’clock hour, with play continuing before electricity was eventually detected in the radius of the course.
Scheffler had made two birdies in his last four holes before play was suspended, including two-putting from 39 feet on the par-5 13th.
