With the U.S. Open in the rearview, the PGA Tour heads to New England this week for the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
The elevated event will have a record $20 million purse and will feature 16 of the world’s top-20 golfers.
Below are our favorite Travelers Championship props including picks for Xander Schauffele and others.
2023 Travelers golf picks: Best bets including Xander Shauffele props
After an impressive T10 finish at the U.S. Open, Xander Shauffele looks to defend his Travelers Championship title this week while also searching for his first victory of the season.
Here are our top 2023 Travelers Championship props ahead of the action on Thursday.
2023 Travelers Championship matchup picks: Xander Shauffele (-105 or better) vs. Jon Rahm
While Xander Shauffele will have to wait for The Open to compete for his first major, he has a chance to defend his title at TPC River Highlands this week.
We aren't predicting he goes back-to-back, but are saying he can take down world No. 2 Jon Rahm in a head-to-head matchup.
Schauffele has finished T20 or better in three of his four trips to the Travelers while Rahm has never placed higher than T25 and was T37 in his last appearance in 2020.
Schauffele shot a -19 at The Travelers last year to win by two strokes thanks to a late meltdown by Sahith Theegala.
The California native comes in off a sensational U.S. Open performance that saw him tie the tournament record for lowest round ever (62).
He’s 6th in OWGR and has finished top 25 in eight straight events this year.
The 29-year-old has placed top five in an astounding 25% of his tourneys this season (4/16) but is still looking for his first victory.
2023 Travelers Championship props: Sahith Theegala to win Group D (+450 at FanDuel)
You have to go to FanDuel to find these specific group matchups, and we like the value here.
Sahith Theegala enters the Travelers Championship on a relative high after a solid T27 at the U.S. Open. He'll look to improve on that at TPC River Highlands this week while also avenging 2022’s final-hole falter.
Last year, the Pepperdine product came up just short after double-bogeying the 72nd hole due to landing in a fairway bunker. He ended up finishing T2.
TPC River Highlands is the second-shortest course on Tour at just 6,841 yards, taking some advantage away from the game’s true bombers.
There should be plenty of birdie opportunities that could play into Theegala’s strong putting game. He’s first in total birdies, first in putting from 3 feet, and 28th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
Theegala is the only one in Group D to have made the cut at LACC last week but still enters with the longest odds.
Other golfers in the group include Sungjae Im, Cameron Young, Justin Thomas and Jason Day.
2023 Travelers Championship props: Justin Suh top 40 (+210 or better)
After struggling with injuries early in his young career, Justin Suh seems to have found his groove. The USC alum followed up his T26 finish at the PGA Championship with a T27 at last week’s U.S. Open.
Suh has now cracked the top 40 in three of four tournaments, narrowly missing The Memorial at T41.
After missing the first three cuts of the season, Suh has rebounded with 11 top-40 appearances in his last 20 tournaments.
At more than a 50% clip, there’s value on +210 odds at FanDuel.
Travelers Championship prop bets: Mackenzie Hughes Top 30 Finish (+440 or better)
There’s much to like about Mackenzie Hughes’ massive odds to crack the top 30.
The Canadian plays TPC River Highlands well and is just one of nine players to have not missed the cut in five straight years (min. three appearances).
He’s finished T25 or better in two of the last three Travelers, with his best showing a T3 in 2019-20 (-17). Hughes has cracked the top 30 in 50% of his appearances here (3/6), offering plenty of value on the bloated +440 odds.
Travelers Championship hole-in-one props: Long shot picks on an ace at TPC River Highlands
Anyone looking for a hefty payout but doesn't want to wager on a specific golfer has the opportunity to wager on Travelers hole-in-one props at some sportsbooks including BetMGM.
We see at least one ace on the PGA Tour most weeks, and these BetMGM golf odds offer the option for each round with juicy odds:
- Round 1 hole-in-one (+333)
- Round 2 hole-in-one (+333)
- Round 3 hole-in-one (+750)
- Round 4 hole-in-one (+750)
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