Travelers Championship: Power rankings at TPC River Highlands

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CROMWELL, CT – JUNE 24: Jason Day of Australia plays his shot from the fifth tee during the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 24, 2018 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images) /

Jason Day is back to the Travelers Championship for the fifth time and third year in a row. The Aussie is coming off his best tournament finish, a T-12 (66-68-66-69). That was his third top-27 here in Hartford.

Last year Day was solid overall at TPC Highlands and just lacked the one super low round to contend. He averaged 312 off the tee, hit 65.28% of GIR, averaged about two-thirds fairways and gained 1.209 strokes per round on the greens.

Day is coming off a T-21 last week at the U.S. Open, which was his second start in the last three weeks. It was his eighth top-25 in 12 starts in 2019.

He’s had four top-10’s this year in search of his first win since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship.

The 31-year-old is 15th on Tour in total strokes gained led by 12th in putting and 14th off the tee. Day will have a lot of wedges in his hand and that’s normally a good thing: 13th in proximity from 50-125 yards and 26th from 100-125.

You also need to go low at the Travelers and Day can do that (13th in birdie or better percentage).

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