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 (1928)
1984 (redesign)
TypePrivate
Operated byPGA Tour TPC Network
Total holes18
Events hostedTravelers Championship
GreensBentgrass / Poa annua
FairwaysBentgrass / Poa annua[1]
Website
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 4343414314812235744432024063535 46215841152342129617142044433066841
Blue M: 71.5 / 127 4183114214442125494241943933366 43514939850341327816440740531526518
Green M: 69.6 / 126 4183113803981795493851673933180 38314939850338427816433437329666146
White M: 68.7 / 124
W: 74.7 / 137		 4062633803981795233851673573058 38312635847038424714033437328155873
Red W: 69.6 / 122 2802132843441234823221163292493 3381033194313052268624932123784871
Par 44443543435 4345443443570
SI Men/Women 3/1313/1111/95/317/1517/59/1715/7 4/61886/212/1016142/410/12
Forward M: 56.2 / 94
W: 59.2 / 102		 2161162002031232502271052021642 193972152661501518021421815843226

References

  1. ↑ "Travelers Championship" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. June 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "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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