There are plenty of reasons to be dubious of the FedEx Cup Standings and how the PGA Tour has formatted its schedule, but this year’s table does paint a pretty solid picture of how the 2026 campaign has shaken out.
Scottie Scheffler remains in his usual perch, but the gap between him and the chasing pack is as close as it has been in recent years.
Scheffler’s results are still elite, but he has set such a high standard that one win, which came in his first start of the season, in 13 outings seems like a disappointment, even if he also has three runners-up and eight top-5 finishes to boot.
Fresh off a T4 at the U.S. Open, Scheffler is the +440 favorite to win the Travelers Championship, the final “Signature Event” of the season.
Xander Schauffele (18/1), Tommy Fleetwood (18/1), Ludvig Aberg (20/1), and Sam Burns (22/1) round out the top five on the oddsboard at FanDuel Sportsbook.
Wyndham Clark, who is still in the field after winning the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, is 33/1.
Played at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., the Travelers normally produces a winner around 20-under par, and that player usually fits a certain stereotype. Namely, somebody who can bomb the ball off the tee and turn one of the shortest courses on the circuit into a glorified pitch-and-putt.
Keegan Bradley has two wins in the last three years in Cromwell, with Scheffler taking the prize in 2024 and Schauffele lifting the trophy in 2022.
All three of those guys can rip it with their 1-wood.
2026 Travelers Championship picks
Patrick Cantlay (33/1, FanDuel)
He missed the cut at the U.S. Open, but don’t let that scare you off Patrick Cantlay at this price on this course.
Although he’s never won at TPC River Highlands, his average finishing position is 11th in eight trips, and he’s never finished worse than 15th. Cantlay finished 12th here last year, was fifth the year before, and then fourth in 2023.
It’s been four years since he won a PGA Tour event, but Cantlay has been trending in the right direction for the last three months. He’s finished 17th or better, with three top 10s, in his last seven outings.
Robert MacIntyre (55/1, FanDuel)
He’s only played this event twice, but Robert MacIntyre seems to be a fit at TPC River Highlands. And it’s easy to see why.
The Scottish southpaw can hit the ball a mile off the tee, but he blends precision with power. MacIntyre ranks 14th on the PGA Tour this season in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee.
He’s fallen off the boil a bit since the Masters, but don’t forget that MacIntyre posted three top-5 finishes in his first seven starts in 2026 and was a very trendy pick at Augusta National.
This is a great buy-low opportunity.
Gary Woodland (60/1, DraftKings)
Another player who can do serious damage with the driver, Gary Woodland ranks third on the circuit in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee this season, trailing only Rory McIlroy and Michael Brennan.
His course history at TPC River Highlands is not great, but don’t forget the adversity that the 42-year-old has had to deal with in the past few years. He’s a completely different player.
Woodland has two top-10s in his last three outings, including a T7 at Shinnecock last week.
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Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.
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