CROMWELL, Conn. – Only nine golfers at last week’s U.S. Open finished with a score under par, and at a golf tournament that annually touts itself as being the toughest, most-rugged event of the season, that felt about right. As it usually does, the U.S. Open rewarded plodders and grinders.
This week, the game’s best golfers are competing in the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands, a course where Jim Furyk shot a 58 in 2016. It serves up low scores the way Ronald McDonald serves up burgers.
“It’s like the anti-U.S. Open here. It’s like U.S. Open rehab coming here,” said Rory McIlroy with a grin after he shot 62 on Thursday morning. “You’re like, oh, I can actually make some birdies. This is nice. I like coming here the week after the U.S. Open. It sort of gives you an opportunity to shoot low scores and get after it, and that’s nice.”
