Tee Thursday: Travelers a lure for players, fans

Like clicking on whatever PGA tourney is playing on a given weekend and dreaming of what it s like to be fairway-side when the best in the world of golf take one another on Then get off the couch and make plans to head to The Travelers Championship https travelerschampionship com June - the only PGA event in New England this season The tournament itself isn t new it debuted years ago as the Insurance City Open and uncovered its current home at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell just outside of Hartford Conn in But it s been since Travelers Insurance stepped in circa that the tourney has grown to international fame winning accolades from players one of the only PGA tourneys to win sportsman favorite two years running sponsors spectators and of unit the hundreds of charities both local and national that reap millions of dollars in donations from the event This year the tournament returns with classic favorites like the -yard red umbrella hole numbered new extras like a lobster shack and a Treehouse Brewing treehouse on-site and deals to make it all doable like free tickets for kids and under Best of all the tourney will bring in several big guns including last year s champion Scottie Scheffler who won in a dramatic playoff Wyndham Clark who calls this event one of the preponderance special to him it was his first PGA event when he got an invite a scarce years back Ludvig Auberg Justin Thomas Xander Schaffele and numerous more Declared Scheffler at the event s latest Media Day it s a athlete and caddie favorite When I think about the Travelers tournament in general I think of how fun it is how fun the week is for me and for my family It s a week in which the players and our families and our caddies get treated as good as we do all year If you ask any caddie on tour what s his favorite event it s seemingly going to be the Travelers Championship he noted I just think the tournament as a whole does such a good job of making the week so easy and fun for us and the whole family We inevitably get a great crowd and it s consistently a fun event to play The city and the town of Cromwell really kind of rallies around the tournament and it s really fun for us to get to play in front of such great crowds Fans have fun too Tickets range from day passes to the enhanced experience of the Mohegan Sun Terrace where you ll get free food a complimentary bar and premium seating overlooking holes and to the premium experience Global Atlantic Champions Club overlooking the th hole New this year thanks to a partnership with SERVPRO a special advance-registration scheme for complimentary one-day grounds tickets with on-site parking for vitality care workers first responders military members and veterans and children and under launches Tickets are limited for per day with registration for them beginning May at TravelersChampionship com health-care Trinity Wellbeing Of New England offers a Military and Veterans Admission Activity Current Guard Reserve and Retired Military Utility Members and United States Veterans have the opportunity to attend the Travelers Championship on any one day between June - with grounds access and access to the Patriots Outpost with covered seating as a guest of Trinity Vitality Of New England Registration is here TravelersChampionship com military You don t need premium to take it all in though The event features various special spots open to all with ground passes including interactive games multiple food choices and plenty of spots along fairways to take it all in Scheffler disclosed he expects exciting and captivating play thanks to the venue itself and the challenges it brings I think the Travelers is a great golf lesson in the sense you get very rewarded for good shots If you start hitting offline you can be punished pretty severely The closing stretch enhances that and that s why you have such great finishes there year after year he reported It s great You get such a big crowd and they re invariably rowdy and they re having fun and it gets loud in there You have those finishing holes like the scene around green every year is unfailingly so special for us It s just one of those golf courses where there s a really great opportunity for you to have a very special finish I think year after year the Travelers seems to provide that It s a lot of fun for us to come and play he disclosed