{"id":2395,"date":"2026-05-25T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/2395\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T04:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:32:00","slug":"j-j-spaun-patrick-cantlay-commit-to-travelers-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/2395\/","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Spaun, Patrick Cantlay commit to Travelers Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning U.S. Open champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/player\/39324\/j.j-spaun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.J. Spaun<\/a> and eight-time PGA Tour winner Patrick Cantlay both committed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/tag\/travelers-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travelers Championship<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Spaun, who\u2019s ranked No. 9 in the Official World Golf Rankings, had a terrific season last year, breaking out for his first major win and earning a spot on the Ryder Cup team. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/video\/competition\/6374334615112\/jj-spaun-drains-foot-birdie-putt-to-win-us-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">64-foot putt on 18 to clinch the U.S. Open title<\/a> at Oakmont won\u2019t be forgotten by golf fans anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old has three career wins on tour, including a victory at the Valero Texas Open last month.<\/p>\n<p>Cantlay, 34, has won eight times on tour and twice finished in the top five at the Travelers. He\u2019s currently ranked No. 33 in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo more commitments from great players who have a special connection to the Travelers Championship and have become good friends of mine,\u201d said Travelers Executive Vice President Andy Bessette. \u201cJ.J. won the closest to the pin contest at The Umbrella at 15 \u00bd a few years ago and Travelers donated $10,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on his behalf. Patrick made history at the tournament in 2011, shooting a 60 in the second round and making the most of his sponsor exemption. It\u2019s still the lowest score on the PGA Tour by an amateur. Let\u2019s see what they can do this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Travelers Championship will be held June 25-28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reigning U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun and eight-time PGA Tour winner Patrick Cantlay both committed to the Travelers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1782,1453,1452,44,1454,1561,899,1456,1747,144,56,1425,1783],"class_list":["post-2395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-j-j-spaun","tag-commitment","tag-connecticut","tag-ct-news","tag-golf","tag-hartford-courant","tag-j-j-spaun","tag-local-news","tag-max-image-preview","tag-patrick-cantlay","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports","tag-travelers-championship","tag-travelers-championship-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}