Golf Talk Today: Can Scottie Scheffler win staggering 6th victory at Travelers Championship
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The Travelers Championship has a stacked leaderboard as World No. 1 Scheffler eyes another signature event.
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The final round of the Travelers Championship is here, and to no one’s surprise, Scottie Scheffler is in contention. His best friend, Tom Kim, continues to hold the lead by one stroke, but will he be able to hold off the two-time Masters winner?
Sunday will look different. The PGA Tour moved up tee times for the final round and put the guys into threesomes. With bad weather lurking in the afternoon, the leaders will tee off at 11:15 a.m. ET.
Kim, Scheffler and Akshay Bhatia are in the last group of the day. Let’s discuss Championship Sunday.
Travelers Championship’s final round will be wild:
Saturday saw Cameron Young shoot a historical 59, but his play quickly got overshadowed by Scheffler, Kim, and Bhatia’s play.
He finished tied with Kim at 13-under, but by the end of Saturday’s round, he trailed by five shots.
The afternoon wave fought another weather delay, but that did not matter as the conditions were so soft.
While Kim played well the first three days, Scheffler and Bhatia also did well. They all shot 65 or better in the first three rounds.
Determining a winner on Sunday will likely come down to who can limit mistakes and sign for the most birdies.
Scheffler already has five victories in 2024. He won three Signature Events, the most recent being The Memorial, the 2024 Masters, and The Players.
Can he earn his fourth Signature Event win? Scheffler is so hard to beat right now, so it will be interesting to see if two young bucks like Kim and Bhatia can keep up.
Not to mention, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Sungjae Im and Tony Finau lurk in the groups ahead.
Scheffler did not play well at the U.S. Open, but his game returned to normal on Thursday. Regardless, Championship Sunday will be wild for the Travelers as records could get broken.
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