Travelers Championship Predictions: Griffin Has Bite

The PGA Tour’s final Signature Event of the year is the Travelers Championship at the ever-popular TPC River Highlands.

• Keegan Bradley defends the title

• Scottie Scheffler heads the betting

• Rory McIlroy does not play

Travelers Championship 2026 Odds

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Travelers Championship 2026 Predictions

• Ben Griffin to win at +4000 and top five +600 with FanDuel Sportsbook

• Alex Smalley each way at +9000 with BetRivers

• Brian Harman top 10 at +360 with FanDuel Sportsbook

Travelers Championship 2026 Intro

It is perhaps no wonder that the PGA Tour’s new CEO Brian Rolapp is looking to transform the circuit’s schedule because it definitely feels lop-sided, and the fact that this week’s Travelers Championship is the final Signature Event of the year is one example.

The tournament is, however, popular with the players because the organisers put on a great show for their families.

They also enjoy the contrast between the tough US Open test and the more relaxed vibe at TPC River Highlands which is shorter so birdies are easier to find. 

It is, however, a Pete Dye designed-test so it is not quite a gimme, but it is definitely one of his less fiendish creations.

12 months ago, Tommy Fleetwood was still a PGA Tour performer without a win and he seemed on the verge of breaking his duck only for Keegan Bradley to pinch the title on the 72nd hole.

That kind of made sense because modern American golfers like this course: they have won 12 of the last 13 renewals, in fact.

Who will claim victory this week? Are we set for more US success? Let’s take a look.

Winners at TPC River Highlands

TPC River Highlands Notes

• The course originally opened in the 1920s and was re-designed by Pete Dye

• It is a par 70 that is set up to around 6,844 yards

• Jim Furyk carded a 58 in 2016

• Good approach play and a hot putter works as a template

• It has bent grass greens

Contenders to Win the Travelers Championship

Scottie Scheffler (+350) at BetMGM

When the World No. 1 missed the cut on his course debut and was T47 in his second start, it wasn’t obvious that he’d go on to become the 2024 champion. But he also carded two 63s when he was T4 in 2023, and he was T6 last year after opening with a 62.

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Xander Schauffele (+1400) at BetMGM

Opening with two rounds of 63 in 2022 was the perfect springboard for victory, but it remains his only top 10 on the course in seven starts. He does have, however, a fondness for the top 20 - he’s recorded five of them at TPC River Highlands.

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Tommy Fleetwood (+1400) at BetMGM

The Englishman was T13 on his course debut in 2019 and T15 in 2024, but it was last year that he produced his best, eventually finishing T2 behind Keegan Bradley. It really should have been a win because he controlled the final round and led by one shot heading up the 72nd hole.

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Griffin Has Bite

The 2025 season was a significant breakthrough campaign for Ben Griffin. 

He won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Andrew Novak, and then, on his own, the Charles Schwab Challenge and WWT Championship.

He was also second in the Memorial and the Procore Championship.

The start of 2026 was more of a challenge as he endured Second Album difficulties.

But he opened May with T3 in the Cadillac Championship and ended the same month with T3 in the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Between those effort he was also a top 20 performer in the PGA Championship, and he played well in last week’s US Open without getting too involved with the top end of the leaderboard.

He was T14 at TPC River Highlands last year, with two rounds of 67, and he can improve on that this week.

Back him at FanDuel Sportsbook: +4000 to win and +600 top five.

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Smalley Can Make Big Impression

Through April and May, Alex Smalley was in sensational form. 

Alongside Hayden Springer, he finished T2 in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and then recorded T7 in the Cadillac Championship, T17 in the Truist Championship, T2 in the PGA Championship, and T3 in the Charles Schwab Challenge. 

Off the back of those results, his odds tumbled as the books became afraid of him.

But missed cuts in the Memorial and US Open have seen him return to a bigger price.

He’d never made a cut before in either of those events so it’s not a huge concern in terms of form - concentrate on what went before.

Moreover, he carded a 62 and a 64 when he last played River Highlands in 2023 when he finished T9.

Back him each way at +9000 with BetRivers.

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Harman Loves the Layout

Sometimes it pays to keep it simple.

And lefty Brian Harman really loves River Highlands.

In fact, he has eight top 10 finishes on the course in 15 starts.

But it’s better than that because seven of those eight impressive efforts have come in his last eight starts there. 

In last week’s US Open, Harman played nicely, especially with opening rounds of 69-71.

This week’s test is a much better fit.

Take him to land another top 10 at +360 with FanDuel Sportsbook.

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How to Watch the Travelers Championship

• Tournament: Travelers Championship

• Location: TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut

• Date: Thursday, June 21 - Sunday, June 24

• How to watch: Live coverage on the Golf Channel and NBC, streaming available through Peacock, and on Sky Sports in the UK.