2009 Travelers Championship
Kenny Perry shot a tournament-record 258 (22-under par) to earn his 14th career PGA TOUR victory. The 48-year-old Perry held a five-stroke lead heading into the final four holes on Sunday, but had to fend off a late charging Paul Goydos who eagled no. 15 and made birdie on the 16th. Perry then answered and put the tournament away on the 17th hole after hitting his approach shot to 8-feet and making birdie.
2008 Travelers Championship
In an exciting finish that kept fans watching and waiting right up to the final putt, Stewart Cink earned his fifth PGA TOUR victory at the 2008 Travelers Championship. Leading by one stroke as he approached the final hole, Cink drilled a 366-yard tee shot, the longest drive of the tournament’s final round, right into the crowds lining the 18th hole. He recovered from the drive, made par and finished 18-under-par for the tournament. His score of 66-64-65-67-262 marked a new personal best for 72 holes. Cink got his first PGA TOUR victory at this tournament during his rookie year in 1997, and and now joins the elite company of just five other players who had had multiple wins at Connecticut’s PGA TOUR event- Billy Casper (1963, 1965, 1968, 1973), Arnold Palmer (1956, 1960), Peter Jacobsen (1984, 2003), Paul Azinger (1987, 1989) and Phil Mickelson (2001, 2002).
2007 Travelers Championship
The inaugural Travelers Championship was one for the history books, with Hunter Mahan and Jay Williamson battling each other and the challenging TPC River Highlands course for their first PGA TOUR victory. On the final hole of regulation, Williamson put his second shot about 12 feet from the hole. Not to be outdone, Mahan put his between Williamson’s and the hole. Williamson two putted, while Mahan sunk the birdie to send the Championship to a sudden death playoff. In a repeat of the last hole in regulation, both Williamson and Mahan hit the fairway with their tee shots. Williamson’s second shot finished about where Mahan’s was the last time they played the hole. Mahan lofted a nine-iron to within two feet and when Williamson missed the birdie putt, the Championship was Mahan’s with a tap-in birdie putt.
2006 Buick Championship
Fairfield, CT native J.J. Henry lead by 2 after the third round. He also the won the AstraZeneca Charity Challenge and for his performance, AstraZeneca will donate $100,000 to the American College of Gastroenterology on behalf of Henry and the Buick Championship.