Travelers Championship 2017: 5 groups to watch in Rounds 1 & 2
By Luke Norris
4. Wesley Bryan, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth
Round 1: 1st tee, 1:00 p.m.
Round 2: 10th tee, 8:00 a.m.
First-time Travelers Championship competitor Jordan Spieth leads this threesome as he looks to ride the momentum of his final-round 69 at the U.S. Open into TPC River Highlands. Spieth played solid golf the first two days at Erin Hills but just couldn’t get low enough to truly get in contention and a third-round 76 completely knocked him out. But he found a better putting stroke on the final day and made five birdies to finish tied for 35th. After missing cuts at THE PLAYERS and the Byron Nelson, the former top player in the world finished tied for 2nd at the Dean & DeLuca and followed it up with a T-13 at the Memorial.
Brandt Snedeker is coming off a very nice week at Erin Hills, finishing at 8-under, good for a tie for ninth place. Snedeker made 21 birdies, tied for the second-most in the field and also had a very good putting week. He has three other top-10 finishes this year, a T-9 at the Farmers Insurance Open, a solo fourth at Pebble Beach and a T-7 at the WGC-Mexico.
Wesley Bryan is the most recent PGA TOUR winner of this group, having won the RBC Heritage the week following The Masters. Since then, however, the 2016 Web.com Player of the Year has struggled a bit, missing three of four cuts, including last week at the U.S. Open, and finishing tied for 48th at the Dean & DeLuca.