CROMWELL, Conn. — No one who is involved with the Travelers Championship or who goes to TPC River Highlands will deny that the game’s best golfers eat it up every year.
It is less than 6,900 yards in length, and this year after about a half-inch of rain fell on the course Wednesday, so conditions have been soft.
Xander Schauffele, Kevin Kisner, Patrick Cantlay and other players at the top of the leaderboard have looked comfortable most of the week, but as Rory McIlroy proved on the 12th and 15th holes Friday, big numbers can quickly appear on a player’s scorecard if he is not careful.
With 36 holes of the 2022 Travelers Championship now complete, here are some of the well-known golfers who failed to make the cut—which wound up being 2 under (138)—and who will not be playing this weekend.
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Sam Burns walks on the 12th hole during the second round of Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 24, 2022 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
A three-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, Sam Burns arrived at the Travelers Championship ranked No. 2 on the FedEx Cup point list and No. 9 on the Official World Golf Ranking, but a lackluster performance with his irons and around the greens cost him a chance for a first win in Connecticut.
Jordan Spieth plays a shot from the fairway of the first hole during the second round of the 2022 Travelers Championship. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)
The three-time major winner who won this season the week after the Masters at the RBC Heritage was undone by four penalty strokes during his opening-round 75. A Friday 66 was a good bounce back, but the damage from Thursday was too much to overcome.
Aaron Wise plays his shot from the 12th tee during the second round of the 2022 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
The runner-up last month at The Memorial, Wise went low in the second round of this season’s Shiners Hospital for Children Open and shot 62, but he carded just three birdies in two rounds on a soft, gettable TPC River Highlands.
Rickie Fowler walks from the 12th tee during the second round of the 2022 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Fowler reached 1 under for the tournament after his 11th hole on Friday and made a birdie on 17, but bogeys at 13, 14, 15, 16 and 18 ballooned a round that could have been in the mid-60s to a 71 and 3 over (143) total.
Joaquín Niemann plays his shot from the 12th tee during the second round of the 2022 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
The winner of the Genesis Invitational earlier this season at Riveria Country Club started his run at TPC River Highlands with seven consecutive pars, then carded two bogeys and a double-bogey en route to an opening-round 73. An even-par 70 on Friday wasn’t good enough to help the Chilean make the weekend at the Travelers Championship.
Zach Johnson plays a shot from the fairway of the first hole during the second round of the 2022 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)
At age 46, there are only a few golf courses on the PGA Tour where Zach Johnson has a realistic chance to contend, but the 6,852-yard TPC River Highlands is one of them. Unfortunately from the 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain, his 4-over par score after 36 holes was six shots higher than the 2-under par cutline.
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