Watson out to emulate Casper at Travelers Championship


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2021 Travelers Championship 

US PGA Tour  

TPC River Highlands
Cromwell, Connecticut, USA 
24-27 June 2021 
 
Bubba Watson will be determined to emulate Billy Casper when he competes in this year's Travelers Championship. 
 
The American star, who is currently ranked 61st in the Official World Golf Ranking, has won three Travelers Championship titles.
 
Watson is now looking to go level with record winner Casper, who won his four trophies in 1963, 1965, 1968 and 1973.
 
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One of the few left-handed golfers on tour, Watson is a multiple major champion, with victories at the Masters Tournament in 2012 and 2014.
 
In February 2015, Watson, who was born in Florida, the USA, reached a career-high second place in the Official World Golf Ranking.
 
The 42-year-old has won 12 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
 
Watson's last win came at the 2018 Travelers Championship and he was his third career victory at the Travelers tournament (2010, 2015 and 2018).
 
Rickie Fowler
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Some have called for ways to limit the effectiveness of the long ball in golf, but Watson recently stated that he wants to see long drives celebrated more.
 
“The sad part for me is we celebrate every sport in the world. We celebrate accomplishments," Watson said. 
 
"We celebrate a guy scoring 50 points in the NBA. They are not saying, ‘Quit shooting three-pointers.’ But we don’t celebrate when a guy makes eight birdies, or a guy bombs it 400 yards.
 
"I don’t understand how we’re not celebrating. We’re trying to make golf courses bigger, harder, dumber, however you want to word it, but we’re not celebrating our great players.”
 

Last five Travelers Championship winners

 
2016 - Russell Knox - Scotland 
2017 - Jordan Spieth - USA 
2018 - Bubba Watson - USA 
2019 - Chez Reavie - USA 
2020 - Dustin Johnson - USA
 

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Published: 06/23/2021