Hovland Pulls Victory Rug Right From Under Scheffler – Final Travelers C’ship Facts & Figures

2026 TRAVELER’S CHAMPIONSHIP

COMPLETED Final-Round Notes

 

Sunday Weather: Partly cloudy with heavy rain late in the afternoon. High of 83. Wind variable 4-8 mph.

Delay: Play was suspended due to a dangerous weather situation at 5:57 p.m. and resumed at 7:20 p.m. (delay of 1 hour, 23 minutes). Playoff began Monday at 9 a.m.

Monday Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 87. Wind variable 3-5 mph.

Final Leaderboard

Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
P1 Viktor Hovland* 65 61 64 69 259 (-21)
P2 Scottie Scheffler 64 60 67 68 259 (-21)
3 Collin Morikawa 69 66 64 61 260 (-20)
4 Matt Fitzpatrick 64 66 67 64 261 (-19)
T5 Wyndham Clark 68 64 65 65 262 (-18)
T5 Akshay Bhatia 66 62 67 67 262 (-18)

*Hovland def. Scheffler with a birdie on the first playoff hole (No. 18)

 Playoff:

  • Sixth playoff of season (first since J.T. Poston defeated Ryan Gerard at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday)

  • 26th playoff at the Travelers Championship (first since Scheffler defeated Tom Kim in 2024)

  • First unscheduled Monday finish since the 2025 PLAYERS Championship

  • Updated PGA TOUR playoff records:

    • Viktor Hovland: 2-0

    • Scottie Scheffler: 2-3

Viktor Hovland (P1/-21)

  • Earns eighth PGA TOUR title in his 146th start at the age of 28 years, 9 months, 11 days

  • Wins (8): 2026 Travelers Championship, 2025 Valspar Championship, 2023 TOUR Championship, 2023 BMW Championship, 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2021 World Wide Technology Championship, 2020 World Wide Technology Championship, 2020 Puerto Rico Open

  • Improves to 5-for-6 when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead (2022 Open Championship/T4):

    • 2026 Travelers Championship

    • 2025 Valspar Championship

    • 2023 TOUR Championship

    • 2021 World Wide Technology Championship

    • 2020 Puerto Rico Open

  • Becomes the 10th 54-hole leader/co-leader to win this season (individual stroke-play events)

  • At 259, sets career-best 72-hole score (previous: 261/three occasions/most recently at the 2023 TOUR Championship/won)

  • Becomes first Norwegian winner of the Travelers Championship

  • Seventh international winner of the event and first since Russell Knox in 2016, which ends the longest active streak without an international winner on TOUR

  • Becomes eighth international winner (10th win) this season and second Norwegian (Kristoffer Reitan/Truist Championship)

  • Earns victory in his sixth Travelers Championship start (T54/2019, T11/2020, T29/2023, T20/2024, WD/2025, Won/2026)

    • Entered the 2025 final round T14 and withdrew on the third hole due to neck injury

Scottie Scheffler (P2/-21)

  • Maintains his lead in the FedExCup standings following a playoff loss on the first playoff hole to Hovland

  • 20-time TOUR winner collects his 14th runner-up finish and fourth of the season (Masters Tournament, RBC Heritage, Cadillac Championship, Travelers Championship); second season with four runner-up finishes (2022)

  • Earns his 35th straight top-25 finish, the second most in the past 40 years (most: 38/Tiger Woods)

  • Holds the current longest streak of consecutive made cuts (78); last missed cut came at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship

Additional Notes

  • With a 9-under 61, Collin Morikawa (3rd/-20), equaled his career-low round (2023 TOUR Championship/R1); attempted to record the largest come-from-behind victory at the Travelers Championship (current: Brad Faxon/7/2005) and equal the second-largest on the PGA TOUR on record (10/Paul Lawrie/1999 Open Championship, 9/Stewart Cink/2004 RBC Heritage)

  • Matt Fitzpatrick (4th/-13) finished solo-fourth in bid to become the first player to earn four or more wins in a season since Scottie Scheffler in 2025; brother, Alex, finishes T7

  • Wyndham Clark finished T5 in bid to become the first player to win on TOUR the week after winning a major since Scottie Scheffler (2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage)

  • Corey Conners (T7/-17) picked up his first top-10 finish since the 2025 TOUR Championship (T4)

  • Patrick Cantlay finished T14, his ninth straight top-15 finish at the Travelers Championship

  • Keegan Bradley finished T14 in bid to become the first back-to-back Travelers Championship winner since Phil Mickelson in 2002



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