2026 Travelers Championship - Practice Rd

***SCG - We are in Cromwell, Connecticut this week, for the 2026 Travelers Championship. I use to play River Highlands back in the Saga Genesis days so it will be like seeing an old friend ;-)) Well, it looks like my old friend is a bit of a pushover. There isn't much I can do to trick it up and hold the scores down. Windy would be the only thing and the weather ain't helping. Last years winning score was in the mid -20's and -15 to -20 the past few years. Being the 2nd shortest course on tour, I guess these things happen. Look for it to be a shoot out like Texas was. Video link to Practice Rd    • 2026 Travelers Championship - Practice Rd   Travelers Championship notes: • At 6,835 yards, TPC River Highlands was the second shortest course on PGA TOUR in 2024 (Port Royal Golf Course/71/6,828 yards) • TPC River Highlands holds two sub-60 rounds on the PGA TOUR: Jim Furyk (58/R4/2016), Cameron Young (59/R3/2024) These will be your course and conditions for First round... TPC at River Highlands 2009 https://linkscorner.org/courses/cours... Release Date 2009-06-09 : LC_ID # 1903 CRZ Filename: TPC at River Highlands 2009.CRZ Cond. - Breezy - MC/FC = 13.0 About TPC River Highlands TPC River Highlands One Golf Club Road Cromwell, CT 06416 Phone: 860.635.5000 At TPC River Highlands, remarkable golf is just the beginning of an outstanding membership experience. TPC River Highlands’ championship golf course hosts the PGA TOUR’s Travelers Championship, the largest professional sports event in Connecticut. Plus, TPC River Highlands members can enjoy an array of amenities and the personalized service and privileges that have become synonymous with the PGA TOUR’s acclaimed TPC Network of premier clubs. TPC River Highlands is located in Cromwell, Conn., just outside of Hartford, and is situated on a bluff overlooking the Connecticut River. The golf course at TPC River Highlands was named by Golf Digest “One of the Top 10 Golf Courses in the State” and the “Best Private Course in the State” by Connecticut Golfer Online for six consecutive years. More recently in 2012, TPC River Highlands was ranked No. 25 by PGA TOUR pros in Golf World’s PGA TOUR Course Rankings. CLIPNOTES Description Real, parkland course Location TBA Conditions TBA Concept 7/10 Surprisingly short and under-hazarded for a championship course, River Highlands has undergone quite a few links incarnations, and there's steady if unspectacular progress being made. With many holes playing across the hillside, there is an emphasis on good lie, and the Par 70 isn't likely to provide too many easy opportunities. There are two wonderful Par 5 holes thrown into the mix. The latest edition improves on the previous, but it still feels a little short of a genuine golfing atmosphere. Appearance 6/10 The textures are noticeably improved, but the rough suffers badly from tiling, and the upper level planting is much clearer while the flowerbeds founder and - in fact - would be better omitted. Best of all is the ton of extra work that has gone into the course environs: with houses and other extras present, the atmosphere of the course is much, much better. Playability 8/10 Brilliant fun without suffering the 'long and hard' (stop sniggering at the back!) problems of other PGA Tour mainstays. The variety is much wider than you'd have every right to expect, and only the target-oriented closing stretch demands that you hit the fairways without offering a bail-out. And then you wonder why more courses don't have a set of closing holes like it. The lack of sound is an annoyance, but there's a lot to like. Challenge 5/10 The deep Major-style rough is a necessity to keep scores at a reasonable level. If you can deal with the elevations at River Highlands, you'll find the hazards mostly out of play and some very makeable approaches and putts. Even the Par 3s, despite all offering a carry of some sort, don't really shape up to be all they could. It will take a low score to win here. Technical 6/10 Admiration to the designer for his continued efforts to improve this course, but there is still a bit that could use attention. Texture mappings and the low-level planting would be first, and the single-blend no-lip bunkers are starting to look rather primitive. What's important, though, is the progress and improvement shown over the previous River Highlands, and for that alone it's worth downloading. Overall Lacking the brutish edge of its contemporaries, River Highlands is a classy and addictive course which is better than the sum of its parts. CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson