TPC River Highlands

TPC River Highlands
Club information
TPC River Highlands is located in the United States
TPC River Highlands
TPC River Highlands is located in Connecticut
TPC River Highlands
LocationCromwell, Connecticut, U.S.
Elevation150 feet (45 m)
Established1928; 97 years ago (1928)
1984 (redesign)
TypePrivate
Operated byPGA Tour TPC Network
Total holes18
Events hostedTravelers Championship
GreensBentgrass / Poa annua
FairwaysBentgrass / Poa annua[1]
Website[1]
Designed byRobert J. Ross and
Maurice Kearney (1928),
Pete Dye (1982),
Bobby Weed (1989)
Par70
Length6,841 yards (6,255 m)
Course rating72.7
Slope rating131[2]
Course record58 – Jim Furyk (2016)

TPC River Highlands is a private golf club located in Cromwell, Connecticut, a suburb south of Hartford. It is part of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour. Since 1984, it has been the venue for the tour's annual Travelers Championship, previously known as the Buick Championship and Greater Hartford Open.

Former names

  • Middletown Golf Club (1928–34)
  • Edgewood Country Club (1934–84)
  • TPC of Connecticut (1984–89)

History

The club was founded in 1928 as Middletown Golf Club and became Edgewood Country Club in 1934. In the early 1980s it was bought by the PGA Tour. The golf course was redesigned to TPC standards by golf course architect Pete Dye, and reopened as the "TPC of Connecticut" in 1984. The course underwent further remodeling in 1989, this time by Bobby Weed in consultation with tour pros Howard Twitty and Roger Maltbie, and renamed the TPC at River Highlands.[3]

Course record

The course record is 58 by PGA Tour pro Jim Furyk, which he shot during the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship. A plaque, on the path beside the 18th green, commemorates his achievement, which is also the lowest 18-hole score in PGA Tour history.[4] Previously, the record was held by amateur Patrick Cantlay, a 19-year-old collegian from UCLA, who set the course record of 60 at the Travelers Championship on June 24, 2011.[5]

Scorecard

TPC River Highlands[2][6][7]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Gold M: 73.0 / 131 434 341 431 481 223 574 443 202 406 3535 462 158 411 523 421 296 171 420 444 3306 6841
Blue M: 71.5 / 127 418 311 421 444 212 549 424 194 393 3366 435 149 398 503 413 278 164 407 405 3152 6518
Green M: 69.6 / 126 418 311 380 398 179 549 385 167 393 3180 383 149 398 503 384 278 164 334 373 2966 6146
White M: 68.7 / 124
W: 74.7 / 137 		406 263 380 398 179 523 385 167 357 3058 383 126 358 470 384 247 140 334 373 2815 5873
Red W: 69.6 / 122 280 213 284 344 123 482 322 116 329 2493 338 103 319 431 305 226 86 249 321 2378 4871
Par 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 35 70
SI Men/Women 3/13 13/11 11/9 5/3 17/15 1 7/5 9/17 15/7 4/6 18 8 6/2 12/10 16 14 2/4 10/12
Forward M: 56.2 / 94
W: 59.2 / 102 		216 116 200 203 123 250 227 105 202 1642 193 97 215 266 150 151 80 214 218 1584 3226

References

  1. ^ "Travelers Championship" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. June 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC River Highlands". USGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  3. ^ "Inside the course: TPC River Highlands". PGA Tour. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  4. ^ Schwartz, Nick (August 7, 2016). "Jim Furyk shoots lowest score in PGA Tour history". Fox Sports.
  5. ^ "Patrick Cantlay's 60 is amateur record on PGA Tour". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. June 25, 2011.
  6. ^ "Interactive Course Tour". TPC River Highlands. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  7. ^ "TPC River Highlands scorecard". TPC.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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