29-04-2025
Travelers Championship named among favorite golf tournaments for players, fans
CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) — Tuesday was media day for the Travelers Champion golf tournament. That means some our own News 8 folks hit the links at TPC River Highlands.
It also means in less than two months, dozens of the world's top professionals will be in Cromwell. Those players voted the Travelers Championship their favorite two years in a row.
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'Athletes know that worldwide that you never stop trying to get better, and that's what driven us,' said Andy Bessette, the Travelers' executive vice president and chief administrative officer.
The top people running the tournament sat down and talked to the media before play began. The Travelers has been voted one of the best tournaments for fans. Tournament director Nathan Grube said that's because they keep asking ticketholders what they want.
'What do you want to see when you come out here. What's the experience that you want to have? What's your expectation?' Grube explained. 'The player field is the top of the list. We want to see the best players in the world.'
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'You know, you're always staying close to the course,' Scheffler said over Zoom. 'You're able to rent a house and the food's great, and you get to go eat pizza. So, it's a fun, relaxing week for us as players.'
It is also a week that raises lots of money for local charities, including more than $3 million just last year.
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'The people they're serving have no idea what the Travelers Championship is, probably, but their lives are being monumentally changed and shifted and affected by what we're doing,' Grube said.
One thing they point out about the tournament is, if you go to a World Series game or even the Super Bowl, you'll only see a handful of the best players in the world in that sport.
But in Cromwell, you'll see dozens of the top golfers in the world all in one long weekend.
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