PGA Tour: 2010 Travelers Championship Preview

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Published: June 24, 2010

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After four days of carnage out at Pebble Beach, the PGA Tour heads to the Northeast for the first time this season for the 2010 Travelers Championship.

While last week we saw the best players in the world look more like weekend hackers than U.S. Open participants, this week we are bound to see more than a few birdies.

Last year, Kenny Perry opened with a round of 61 and closed with a round of 63 en route to a 22-under-par four-day score of 258, which was only good enough for a three-stroke victory over David Toms, who shot 19-under-par.

Although birdies are abundant at TPC River Highlands, bomb and gouge golf has no place at this old-fashioned Northeastern track.

The way to overpower TPC River Highlands is through impeccable ball-striking and a hot putter.

The course is infested with twists and turns, and errant tee shots are more likely to sail out of bounds or be swallowed up by the thick forest than to land in short rough that could be mistaken for municipal course fairways.

Players who find the fairway with their tee shots will have an enjoyable week picking off flags sticks, which will be a welcomed change after last week’s Monterey Massacre.

Here are a few players to watch this week at the Travelers Championship:

 

Contenders

Hunter Mahan

No one on the PGA Tour has earned more money in Cromwell, CT than Hunter Mahan.  Over the past three years, Mahan has won, tied for second, and tied for fourth at TPC River Highlands.

When asked last year why he has had so much success at TPC River Highlands, Mahan responded by saying, “I feel like I can read the greens really well. I just kind of have a great sense, a great feel for them. I can see the ball going in the hole.”

Confidence like that on the greens can only lead to success, and in Mahan’s case it has.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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