{"id":3511,"date":"2026-05-25T18:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/3511\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:51:50","slug":"travelers-championship-generates-4-million-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/3511\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelers Championship generates $4 million for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/tag\/travelers-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travelers Championship<\/a> was a success on the course, highlighted by a dramatic come-from-behind finish by New England\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2025\/06\/22\/dom-amore-in-dramatic-travelers-finish-keegan-bradley-captain-america-was-captain-clutch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keegan Bradley<\/a>, at the ticket office, with an estimated 200,000 in attendance, and with the 245 charities it benefits, generating a record amount for charity.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament announced Thursday that it donated $4 million to those charities, which include the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford and Luke Roux Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSetting charity records is a feather in the cap for the 2025 Travelers Championship,\u201d tournament director Nathan Grube said at an event announcing the donations. \u201cThese important results wouldn\u2019t be possible without the hard work and support from Travelers, the tournament\u2019s other corporate sponsors, our invaluable volunteers and incredible fans. This collective effort allows us to have a real impact on organizations that are critical to our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradley, who won the tournament for the second time in three years, sent a video message for those in attendance at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a two-time champion means the world to me. It means even more knowing how much the tournament helps nonprofits in need and the positive impact the Travelers Championship has on the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradley is currently serving as the U.S. captain at this week\u2019s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament\u00a0has generated more than $35 million for over 1,000 nonprofits across the region since 2007, donating 100% of its net proceeds to charity, according to a press release. Next year\u2019s event\u00a0will take place June 22-28 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year\u2019s Travelers Championship was a success on the course, highlighted by a dramatic come-from-behind finish by New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2504,2222,1453,1576,1452,2505,44,1454,1325,899,144,2506,1814,56,1425],"class_list":["post-3511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travelers-championship","tag-4-million","tag-charity","tag-connecticut","tag-cromwell","tag-ct-news","tag-donation","tag-golf","tag-hartford-courant","tag-keegan-bradley","tag-local-news","tag-pga-tour","tag-record","tag-signature-event","tag-sports","tag-travelers-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511","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=3511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}