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- The Travelers Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is the second most attended PGA Tour event annually only behind the Waste Management Phoenix Open. In 2011, the tournament attracted 240,000 fans for the week and 70,000 fans on Sunday. In 2002 the tournament set a record attendance with close to 400,000 fans for the week. The tournament has been played annually in Cromwell, Connecticut since 1984, and since 1991 the tournament has been held on the course at the TPC at River Highlands. Its position on the calendar has varied; in 2005 it was played in late August but in 2006 it was played in late June. Part of the FedEx Cup, the Travelers Championship has been played in late June, the week after the U.S. Open, in both 2007 and 2008. For the tournament's first three decades, it was played at Wethersfield Country Club. In 1984, after the PGA Tour bought and redesigned Edgewood Country Club, the event moved to the new TPC of Connecticut in Cromwell. In 1991, the course was substantially redesigned with a completely new back nine holes and renamed the TPC at River Highlands. This TPC property was the third PGA Tour owned/managed championship golf course in what would grow to a network of over 30 TPC Clubs (2010). The tournament was founded in 1952 as the Insurance City Open; in 1967 it was renamed the Greater Hartford Open, a title that was retained through 2003. From 1973–88, the GHO also bore the name of entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. , who would often play in the pro-ams. Canon was a title sponsor from 1985 to 2002, and their employees would often take vacation time during tournament week to volunteer at the event. Buick was title sponsor from 2004 to 2006 and The Travelers Companies took over sponsorship in 2007. The purse for the 2006 tournament, under Buick's sponsorship, was $4.4 million, with $792,000 going to the winner. From 2007 to 2010, the purse under Travelers' sponsorship was $6 million, with $1,080,000 going to the champion. Over the last decade, longer hitters have done well at the tournament, with Stewart Cink, Hunter Mahan, J. J. Henry, Phil Mickelson, and Bubba Watson combining for six victories over a ten year span. Mahan also finished tied for second in 2006 and 2008. The Insurance City Open was founded by the Greater Hartford Jaycees as a means to raise funds to support their philanthropic causes. The Jaycees are international leadership development organization for men and women ages 21–40. In 1971, The Greater Hartford Jaycees Foundation, Inc. was established as a grant-giving entity by the Greater Hartford Jaycees, Inc. with the help of Bob Murphy, who donated part of his winnings as 1970 Greater Hartford Open champion.
- Travelers Championship est un tournoi de golf du PGA Tour, se déroulant dans le Connecticut.
- Travelers Championship er en golfturnering på PGA-touren. Den ble arrangert for første gang i 1952, men har vært igjennom en rekke navneendringer: 1952–1956: Insurance City Open 1957–1966: Insurance City Open Invitational 1967–1972: Greater Hartford Open Invitational 1973–1984: Sammy Davis Jr. –Greater Hartford Open 1985–1987: Canon Sammy Davis Jr. –Greater Hartford Open 1988: Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford 1989–2002: Canon Greater Hartford Open 2003: Greater Hartford Open 2004–2006: Buick Championship 2007– : Travelers Championship
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- The Travelers Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is the second most attended PGA Tour event annually only behind the Waste Management Phoenix Open. In 2011, the tournament attracted 240,000 fans for the week and 70,000 fans on Sunday. In 2002 the tournament set a record attendance with close to 400,000 fans for the week.
- Travelers Championship est un tournoi de golf du PGA Tour, se déroulant dans le Connecticut.
- Travelers Championship er en golfturnering på PGA-touren. Den ble arrangert for første gang i 1952, men har vært igjennom en rekke navneendringer: 1952–1956: Insurance City Open 1957–1966: Insurance City Open Invitational 1967–1972: Greater Hartford Open Invitational 1973–1984: Sammy Davis Jr. –Greater Hartford Open 1985–1987: Canon Sammy Davis Jr. –Greater Hartford Open 1988: Canon Sammy Davis Jr.
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