TPC River Highlands has played hosts at a PGA Tour event in Cromwell, Conn., Since 1984, when the tour was called Greater Hartford Open. Later it became Buic Open and, since 2007, has been the passenger championship.
traveler It has become a key element of PGA Tour: a popular stop for many of the best players of the game that today is a signature event.
“My favorite place to play essentially in the world, and I look forward to it every year,” Keegan Bradley, who won the travelers of 2023said Wednesday.
Jordan Spieth also spoke warmly about the property.
“First and foremost, whenever I come here, I think of the most delightful moment I have had, as a moment in Golf, which is in 2017 at that play off,” Spieth said. “So it’s always a pleasure to rely on when I come here and go out on the course. I have great memories here.”
But Highlands of the TPC RiverWhile he is loved by players, he faces an evolutionary question as the best in the world continues to hit the ball farther with the help of modern equipment always with advancement: Can courses properly challenge the PGA Tour stars who routinely hit 300-plus shots with yard?
In 2023, Rory Mcilroy, a supporter of the ball rollingSurprised that modern technology had passed by TPC River Highlands. PGA Tour and TPC River Highlands are constantly trying to tear the course to increase the challenge. This year, the tour added a new Tee box to the 3rd PAR-4 hole, which had 3.5 times more birds than Bogeys in 2024.
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“We always ask the players for their feedback and we used it to make sure that TPC River Highlands continues to challenge the best players in the world,” said Gary Young, senior PGA Vice President for rules and races. “Changes in the course that have been made over the years have been well received, and we look forward to another excellent tour this year.
Young said the new tee on 3 adds 15 yards.
“The corner change requires a right ball flight to the left and brings the fairway bunkers to the game for the player who fails to turn the sneezing track straight to the left,” he said.
While TPC River Highlands gives bird buses, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler does not see it as negative. For Scheffler, the concentration should not be in the number under the same thing, but in what the course requires – and if you ask them questions in a fair way.
“I think a proper test is good shots that are rewarded and bad shooting to be punished,” Scheffler, 2024 travelers championsaid Wednesday when asked if he thought River Highlands is very easy for the best players in the world. “I think this is one of the best golf courses for this. There are possibilities there, and there is also punishment. You look at the concluding extent: 15, if you hit a good blow, you have a bird’s option. If you try to release on bail, you will be in a short green bunker and have a 40-year-old buffet, a stroke, Good slap and have a good backdrop and go to a good glance.
“The Winning Score, I Think People Get Way Too Caught Up in. I’m Not Saying Necessarily That’s par is a BAD WINNING SCOR. SOME US OPEN, YOU HIT TWO GREAT SHOTS AND YOU’RE GET REWARDED WITH A Pa. Board, The Way We Get Tested in Professional Golf is Very Good.
What Scheffler does not want to see is the tour that cheats courses to fight red numbers. For him, this does not equate with a “proper” test.
“The most disappointing thing for me when I play a golf tour is when you see good shots not being rewarded and bad shots not punishing properly. That’s all we look for. Do we care very exciting.
For Scheffler and many other stars of the tournament, TPC River Highlands controls that box and they welcome the changes because they know the DNA of golf course will not change with them.
