Travelers Championship

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  • The Travelers Championship is an annual tournament on the PGA Tour. It takes place at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. The field is made up of 156 PGA Tour professionals and the 2010 event will be held from June 21 to June 27.http://www.travelerschampionship.com/quickfacts.htm Kenny Perry won the 2009 tournament and took home $1,080,000 of the $6,000,000 purse.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r034/
  • Background

    The Travelers Championship was founded in 1952 as the Insurance City Open. Ted Kroll won the inaugural event by four strokes.http://www.travelerschampionship.com/history.htm The tournament became the Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and in 1973 Sammy Davis Jr was added to the name of the tournament.http://www.travelerschampionship.com/history.htm Canon sponsored the event from 1985 until 2002 and Buick took over the event from 2004 to 2007.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r034/winners.html Billy Casper won the event a record four times. Phil Mickelson, Paul Azinger and Arnold Palmer have won the event twice.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r034/winners.html On October 25, 2009 the tournament donated $1,080,000 to charities in Connecticut.http://blogs.courant.com/chip_shots/2009/10/travelers-championship-donates.html On November 19 the PGA Tour awarded the Travelers Championship for "Best Title Sponsor Integration" in 2009.http://blogs.courant.com/chip_shots/2009/11/travelers-championship-honored.html

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