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Who is playing in the Travelers Championship 2024? Field and top players
A number of the world’s top players - including Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele - will be competing at TPC River Highlands.
The Travelers Championship is the final Signature Event of the year on the PGA Tour and there’s a stacked field for the 2024 edition. The event has been held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut since 1984 and many of the world’s best golfers will descend on the golf once again.
Included in the field for 2024 are all of the top five highest-ranked male players, in addition to the defending champion. Scottie Scheffler (World No. 1) Rory McIlroy (No. 2), Xander Schauffele (No. 3), Ludvig Aberg (No. 4) and Wyndham Clark (No. 5) will be looking to prise the trophy from Keegan Bradley, who secured a three-stroke victory last year.
The first competition rounds begin on Thursday, 20 June and the action will last until Sunday. For a full list of golfers competing in the 2024 Travelers Champions head over to the PGA Tour website.
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How much is the purse for the Travelers Championship?
Last year’s Travelers Champion winner, Keegan Bradley, was the first player to generous from the massive increase in purse at the tournament. The 2022 winner Xander Schauffele received $1.5 million, of a $8.3 million total purse, for winning the competition. In 2023 the total purse shot up to $20 million and Bradley was given $3.6 million as the champion.
Once again the winner of this year’s Travelers Championship will take home $3.6 million as the champion. In total the prize purse remains $20 million.
The Travelers Championship also generates millions of dollars for New England non-profits every year. The primary beneficiary for 2024 with be The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which provides support for children with serious illnesses. There will be a series of special fundraising events across the week’s golfing action.
Alan Schnitzer, chairman and CEO of Travelers, said of the competition’s growth: “We are humbled and gratified by how far we have come and by the community’s overwhelming response every step of the way. And, of course, the Travelers Championship is about so much more than golf – it is about making a difference in people’s lives through a tradition of giving back and boosting the local economy.”