CROMWELL, Conn. — For 20-year-old amateur Michael Thorbjornsen, the thought of being in contention on Sunday at the Travelers Championship doesn’t bring along as much pressure as one might think.
“I’m not getting paid either way, so it’s just another tournament for me,” he said. “It’s just one more round of golf, just trying to do the same thing I did [Saturday]. Focus on my swing, making sure I get to certain positions and not having any regrets [Sunday].”
The only amateur to make the cut, Thorbjornsen climbed into a four-way tie for seventh place at 11-under par after the third round Saturday. A rising junior at Stanford and a Wellesley, Mass., resident, Thorbjornsen won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and finished 79th at the 2019 U.S. Open.
