Travelers Championship betting tips

The week after a major always seems to be a drab affair, but that’s not the case here at the Travelers Championship where Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka and Jason Day are all teeing it up.

In fact, this was one of the better tournaments last year. Jordan Spieth holed his bunker shot on the first play-off hole with Daniel Berger to claim the win and spark mass celebration around the 18th green.

.@JordanSpieth has won the @TravelersChamp in INCREDIBLE fashion.

UNBELIEVABLE! ??#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/qkeeaCg3ye

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 25, 2017

The biggest question for us punters to consider before betting this week is whether or not there will be any fatigue for players that got into contention at Shinnecock last week. The US Open is as much of a mental battle as it is a physical one, and that could take its toll here in Connecticut.

Travelers Championship betting: Keel’s each-way bets

We’ll kick things off with a course specialist in the form of Ryan Moore. The five-time PGA Tour winner is one of the toughest players in the game, and he has the chance to add to his tally this week at a golf course that he loves.

In ten appearances, Moore has finished inside the top-seven five times, missing the cut just once. He also has sneaky good recent form which appears to be going under the radar. Last time out, he finished 13^th at the Memorial, and he’s already racked up three top-10 finishes this year, so it’s likely he’ll enter this week with plenty of confidence. 33/1 is available with eight places paid, which seems more than fair.

Xander Schauffele never really got into a position to win last week at the US Open, but he did back-door a sixth place finish with a final round 68. As previously mentioned, you have to be wary about players that did play well at the US Open because of the mental challenge, but I doubt it will affect Schauffele much given he never really had a chance to win. Instead, he’ll enter this week off the back of a huge confidence boosting final round.

Last year’s Tour Championship winner is one of the most underrated players in the game, and he comes to TPC River Highlands with course form under his belt when finishing 14^th on debut here twelve months ago.

That was a fine effort given it was his first attempt, and he’s undoubtedly a more accomplished and better player now than he was this time last year. The 40/1 with eight places paid is the best bet here.

Russell Knox, the winner here two years ago, has endured a tough 12 months. But there have been signs of life recently for the Scot, who has made the cut in each of the last four events, including a brilliant 12th place finish last week at Shinnecock Hills.

Knox hasn’t won since that triumph here two years ago, but that winning instinct never leaves you and so if Knox does get into a position to win on Sunday, he’ll be able to draw inspiration from his performance here in 2016.

There’s some variation in price, but the 50/1 and eight places paid looks to be the one to go with here.

Finally, we’ll stick with CT Pan who we backed a few weeks ago and still looks to have an imminent big finish in him.

Greens in regulation has always been the yardstick when the tour rolls around to TPC River Highlands, and Pan’s stats have been really impressive this year – he currently ranks eighth on the PGA Tour in greens hit.

The 26-year-old has played here twice before, and last year’s renewal brought an eighth place finish, and with it, his second best tournament in his career to date from an OWGR perspective.

Pan’s debut here in 2015 also saw a 25th place finish, so there’s definitely something about this golf course that suits his game.

The 80/1 and eight places paid needs to be snapped up.